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Phuket study finds full Sinovac vaccination cuts infection rate by 83.3%

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Phuket Public Health Office, Vachira Phuket Hospital and Prince of Songkla University have carried out a study on the efficacy of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccination in Phuket province, finding the treatment reduces infection by 83.3 percent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218434-phuket-study-finds-full-sinovac-vaccination-cuts-infection-rate-by-833/

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Phang Nga man dies after Phuket Sinovac vaccination injection

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phang Nga health officials maintain they are investigating the man’s death seriously. Photo: PR Phang Nga

 

PHUKET: A 43-year-old man from Phang Nga has died after suffering chest pains and a heart attack on Monday night after receiving his first Sinovac COVID-19 vaccination injection at Phuket airport on Sunday (May 23).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218396-phang-nga-man-dies-after-phuket-sinovac-vaccination-injection/

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Thailand adjusts vaccine plan to tame deadliest outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares a syringe with a dose of China's Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Central Vaccination Center, inside the Bang Sue Grand Station, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is modifying its coronavirus immunisation strategy to target worst-hit areas and sectors where clusters are most likely to emerge, officials said on Wednesday, as it deals with its most severe outbreak yet and a low vaccination rate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218419-thailand-adjusts-vaccine-plan-to-tame-deadliest-outbreak/

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Thai health minister insists mass vaccination proceed as scheduled on June 7

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed today (Wednesday) that mass COVID-19 inoculations, scheduled to begin on June 7th, remain on course, with Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province designated as one of the main vaccination sites.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218450-thai-health-minister-insists-mass-vaccination-proceed-as-scheduled-on-june-7/

 

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A lemur on my keyboard - Thai girl plays for animals in deserted zoo

By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Vorasit Satienlerk

 

Lemurs are seen as Seenlada Supat, 11, plays keyboard for animals amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a zoo in Chonburi, Thailand May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

KHAO KHEOW, Thailand (Reuters) - Dressed from head to toe in a bright green alligator costume, a girl was playing a tune on her keyboard in a Thai zoo, unfazed by a lemur climbing onto the instrument.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218451-a-lemur-on-my-keyboard-thai-girl-plays-for-animals-in-deserted-zoo/

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Finance Min explains 500 B Baht loan

By Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of Finance has addressed concerns expressed about the government’s securing of a 500-billion-baht loan under the second COVID-19 Loan Act.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218452-finance-min-explains-500-b-baht-loan/

 

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PM promotes Creat for treatment of COVID-19 symptoms

By Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has voiced support for the use of Creat in the treatment of COVID-19 symptoms, in conjunction with Faripiravir for patients experiencing inflammation, but reminded users that the plant boosts the immune system and is not a cure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218453-pm-promotes-creat-for-treatment-of-covid-19-symptoms/

 

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Air conditioner repairman seriously injured after falling through roof in Pattaya

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – A repairman has sustained serious injuries after falling through a roof while refilling refrigerant liquid in an air conditioner in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218454-air-conditioner-repairman-seriously-injured-after-falling-through-roof-in-pattaya/

 

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Pattaya City to propose “Pattaya Move On” tourism scheme to Thai Covid Center to welcome vaccinated foreigners without quarantine by October

By  Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Pattaya – Pattaya City authorities, along with Pattaya’s Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Pattaya business sector, is planning to propose to the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, or CCSA, a “Pattaya Move On” tourism scheme to welcome vaccinated foreign tourists to the city without quarantine in the 4th quarter of 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218455-pattaya-city-to-propose-“pattaya-move-on”-tourism-scheme-to-thai-covid-center-to-welcome-vaccinated-foreigners-without-quarantine-by-october/

 

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Anutin confirms AstraZeneca jabs to arrive in June

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of Public Health has reassured the community that more AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered in June, albeit without a clear delivery date, as some hospitals have started rescheduling second dose appointments for their patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218456-anutin-confirms-astrazeneca-jabs-to-arrive-in-june/

 

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COVID-19: Provisional release on the cards for some inmates in Thailand amid overcrowding

By Pichayada Promchertchoo

 

Inmates are treated for COVID-19 at the Medical Correctional Hospital on May 8, 2021. (Photo: Department of Corrections, Thailand)

 

BANGKOK: Some inmates in Thailand could soon get a provisional release as the government plans to reduce overcrowding in prisons in its fight against COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218458-covid-19-provisional-release-on-the-cards-for-some-inmates-in-thailand-amid-overcrowding/

 

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HUMBLE HERO 

Hero cave diver on Colin Farrell playing him in movie and how he saved Thai children

Graeme Culliford

 

 

HE is the fearless cave diver who put his life on the line to save a dozen Thai children and their football coach trapped deep underground for 17 days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218460-hero-cave-diver-on-colin-farrell-playing-him-in-movie-and-how-he-saved-thai-children/

 

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PM orders "Mor Prom" slowdown - vaccine must go to where it's needed most 

 

Govt spokesman Anucha Buraphachaisri. Picture: Daily News

 

A high level meeting chaired by Thai PM Prayuth Chan-o-cha decided to but the brakes on registration for Covid-19 vaccine on the Mor Prom application.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218468-pm-orders-mor-prom-slowdown-vaccine-must-go-to-where-its-needed-most/

 

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Jealousy the motive as man shoots girlfriend in Bangkok taxi

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Deputy met commander and RTP spokesman Maj-Gen Piya Tawichai told Sanook that the Tha Kham police had arrested a 53 year old man after a shooting in a taxi outside Big C, Rama 2, west of the Thai capital Bangkok at 7.50 am yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218469-jealousy-the-motive-as-man-shoots-girlfriend-in-bangkok-taxi/

 

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Thailand reports new daily record of 47 coronavirus deaths, 3,323 infections

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

Thailand on Thursday (May 27) reported 3,323 new COVID-19 cases and 47 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218473-thailand reports-new-daily-record-of-47-coronavirus-deaths-3323-infections/

 

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Anutin confident on Thailand’s vaccine rollout, talks with Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer ongoing

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Health Minister and Deputy PM was the center of press attention yesterday as he and senior medical experts went to Bang Sue Grand Central station in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218476- anutin-confident-on-thailand’s-vaccine-rollout-talks-with-johnson-johnson-pfizer-ongoing/

 

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Pattaya luxury house shooting: We did everything by the book, claim RTP despite CCTV evidence

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Following the release of what many have said is damning CCTV footage on Chinese media, the Thai police have stood by their claim that everything was done by the book at a luxury house in Pattaya last Wednesday evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218478-pattaya-luxury-house-shooting-we-did-everything-by-the-book-claim-rtp-despite-cctv-evidence/

 

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Downtown Bangkok hospital made deal with Chinese embassy to vax 20,000 Chinese and Thais

 

Picture: Ban Mung

 

Ban Muang reported that the Vimut Hospital in Phayathai, Bangkok, worked with the Chinese embassy to start vaccinating their nationals living in Thailand that started on May 21st.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218479-downtown-bangkok-hospital-made-deal-with-chinese-embassy-to-vax-20000-chinese-and-thais/

 

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Thai woman caught with 17 million baht in fake dollars in brown envelope at Bangkok mall

 

Picture: INN

 

Thailand's Economic Crime Suppression Division working with the US Secret Service attached to the US Embassy arrested a 41 year old Thai woman at a mall in Silom, Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218481-thai-woman-caught-with-17-million-baht-in-fake-dollars-in-brown-envelope-at-bangkok-mall/

 

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Thailand’s AstraZeneca plan stumbles again as third wave rises

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

A medical staff member injects a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine into the arm of a man from the Klong Toey community at a school in Bangkok on May 4, 2021. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

In October last year, the government chose the AstraZeneca vaccine as its main weapon against COVID-19. However, arming itself with AstraZeneca shots has proved difficult, and it now looks like the shortage will last longer than expected.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218483-thailand’s-astrazeneca-plan-stumbles-again-as-third-wave-rises/

 

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Phuket police chief confirms search for Deep South arrivals illegally entering Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo has issued a statement to counter reports of ‘influential people’ from the three southern border provinces arriving in Phuket by road during the middle of the night ‒ contravening the current COVID-19 restrictions on entering the province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218487-phuket-police-chief-confirms-search-for-deep-south-arrivals-illegally-entering-phuket/

 

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Phuket: Only 1% occupancy in hotels in May - 90% shut - so will the tourists come July 1st?

 

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As Phuket gears up for the much vaunted start of the so-called "Phuket Sandbox" scheme a hotel association rep has painted a grim picture of the holiday island in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218490-phuket-only-1-occupancy-in-hotels-in-may-90-shut-so-will-the-tourists-come-july-1st/

 

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Amazing Thailand Video: Shock absorber mechanic gets tire shock in garage!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Extraordinary CCTV footage from the north east of Thailand showed the moment a manager and mechanic of a shock absorber garage in Sakon Nakhon got the shock of his life.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218491-amazing-thailand-video-shock-absorber-mechanic-gets-tire-shock-in-garage/

 

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Wannabe cop arrested after man fires into the air in road rage incident

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A clip filmed last Friday morning in the Don Mueang area of Bangkok showed a man on a motorcycle with police plates firing into the air after a road rage incident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218494-wannabe-cop-arrested-after-man-fires-into-the-air-in-road-rage-incident/

 

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American motorcyclist killed in head on collision in Phrae

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Long district police in Phrae in the north of Thailand were called after a head on collision between a Mitsubishi car and a PCX 150 on the Lampang to Den Chai Road (KM 407-408) on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218495-american-motorcyclist-killed-in-head-on-collision-in-phrae/

 

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256 New COVID Cases in Cal-Comp Cluster

 

 

PHETCHABURI, May 27 (TNA) – COVID-19 tests confirmed 256 more people were infected with the disease in the cluster of a Cal-Comp Electronics factory in the central plain province as the total cases in the cluster rose to 2,845, none of whom died of the virus yet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218498-256-new-covid-cases-in-cal-comp-cluster/

 

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Phuket daily cases remain single digit, total climbs to 642

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The number of daily new COVID-19 infections recorded in Phuket remains in the single digits, with the total number of cases confirmed by officials since Apr 3 climbing to 642 as of last night (May 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218505-phuket-daily-cases-remain-single-digit-total-climbs-to-642/

 

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Kratom officially removed from narcotics list

 

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Kratom has been removed from Thailand's narcotics list following publication in the Government Gazette.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218506-kratom-officially-removed-from-narcotics-list/

 

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Siam Bioscience’s AstraZeneca Vaccine Passes Quality Inspection

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Medical Sciences has announced that nine production lots of the AstraZeneca vaccine, manufactured locally by Siam Bioscience, passed quality inspection by the Department on May 25th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218540-siam-bioscience’s-astrazeneca-vaccine-passes-quality-inspection/

 

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Most COVID-19 Infections in Thailand in April Were Caused by UK Variant

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

The Public Health Ministry said most COVID-19 cases found in April were caused by the UK variant, according to results from tests on 300 samples.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218544-most-covid-19-infections-in-thailand-in-april-were-caused-by-uk-variant/