Fully vaccinated taxi drivers now have ‘Vaccine’ sign on vehicle

 

 

With a green illuminated sign that reads “Vaccine” installed on top of the car, taxi drivers who have been fully vaccinated are earning more during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218694-fully-vaccinated-taxi-drivers-now-have-‘vaccine’-sign-on-vehicle/

Public Health Ministry Denied Existence of COVID’s Thai Variant

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry said that the new variant of COVID-19 known as C.36.3 that was detected in Britain was not a Thai variant of the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218693-public-health-ministry-denied-existence-of-covid’s-thai-variant/

Royal academy seeks 1 million vaccines as Thailand approves Sinopharm

 

FILE PHOTO: A signage of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A royal academy chaired by Princess Chulabhorn, the youngest sibling of Thailand's king, on Friday said it would import 1 million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine next month, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised its use.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218696-royal-academy-seeks-1-million-vaccines-as-thailand-approves-sinopharm/

Guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccination Requests from Foreigners Residing in Chiang Mai Province

 

 

MORE INFO: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218717-guidelines-for-covid-19-vaccination-requests-from-foreigners-residing-in-chiang-mai-province/

 

PM reassures every Thai they will be vaccinated against COVID-19 this year

 

facebook: ThaigovSpokesman

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reassured all Thais that they will be inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines this year and asked the public not to quarrel among themselves about who should get vaccinated first.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218718-pm-reassures-every-thai-they-will-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-this-year/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai Govt. claims C.36.3 strain of COVID-19 is not a “Thai variant” and not of concern

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry said today (Friday) that there is no current Thai variant of the coronavirus, which was previously reported to have been detected in the UK by Public Health England (PHE).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218693-public-health-ministry-denied-existence-of-covid’s-thai-variant/?do=findComment&comment=16516975

 

Phuket to ease COVID restrictions from June 1

 

Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong at the meeting yesterday (May 27). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials will relax a wide range of business closures on the island ordered to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and relax measures to allow people to enter the province under a new order yet to be issued, but announced to come into effect on June 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218720-phuket-to-ease-covid-restrictions-from-june-1/

 

Return of Empty Shipping Containers Enables Export of Products worth ฿35bn

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has reported that more than 23,000 empty containers have been returned to Thailand since February, enabling the export of 458,000 tons of products worth over 35 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218721-return-of-empty-shipping-containers-enables-export-of-products-worth-฿35bn/

 

New Tax Restructuring Plan Focuses on Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has reported that the draft plan for tax restructuring for 2022-2026 will focus on four goals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218724-new-tax-restructuring-plan-focuses-on-competitiveness-and-sustainable-growth/

 

Three More Non-Hospital Jab Stations Opened in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) - The Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration today opened three more non-hospital vaccination stations at Asiatique, Sripatum University and EmQuartier shopping center.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218725-three-more-non-hospital-jab-stations-opened-in-bangkok/

 

Anutin: COVID Vaccines Available on June 7

 

 

BANGKOK (TNA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed that general people would definitely have COVID-19 vaccines on June 7.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218726-anutin-covid-vaccines-available-on-june-7/

 

Domestic tourists from Ayutthaya claim they were attacked by local teenagers on Jomtien Beach for no reason overnight

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – A group of Thai teenagers from Ayutthaya filed a report to Pattaya police early this morning, claiming they were attacked by a group of Pattaya teenagers who warned the victims not to go to the police and claimed they were not afraid of law enforcement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218727-domestic-tourists-from-ayutthaya-claim-they-were-attacked-by-local-teenagers-on-jomtien-beach-for-no-reason-overnight/

 

Over one hundred smuggled wild monkeys confiscated in Thailand before reportedly being delivered to neighboring countries as a food delicacy

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Prachinburi – Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division (CSD) yesterday, May 27th, announced a major confiscation of over a hundred wild monkeys while being transferred to a Thailand-Cambodia border area for sales in the Srimahaphot District of Prachinburi province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218729-over-one-hundred-smuggled-wild-monkeys-confiscated-in-thailand-before-reportedly-being-delivered-to-neighboring-countries-as-a-food-delicacy/

 

20 years of building healthier communities in Thailand

 

Dr Supreda Adulyanon, CEO of ThaiHealth, in front of an information board about ThaiHealth receiving the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2021. Location: ThaiHealth Center, Bangkok, Thailand / Picture Credit: Thai Health Promotion Foundation.

 

This week at the World Health Assembly, WHO’s annual high-level decision-making event, innovative and successful health initiatives from around the world were recognized for their outstanding contributions to public health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218730-20-years-of-building-healthier-communities-in-thailand/

 

Over 22,000 inmates in Thailand found infected with COVID-19

Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Over 22,000 inmates in prisons in Thailand have so far been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, said a government official on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218731-over-22000-inmates-in-thailand-found-infected-with-covid-19/

 

Thailand reports 4,803 new COVID-19 cases, 34 new deaths

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

Thailand on Saturday (May 29) reported 4,803 new COVID-19 cases and 34 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218738-thailand-reports-4803-new-covid-19-cases34-new-deaths/

 

Tragic Covid family in Bangkok - grandfather dies, mother in hospital three children rescued

 

 

The media PPTV 36 reported on a tragic case of a family of six living in a flat in the Din Daeng area of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218741-tragic-covid-family-in-bangkok-grandfather-dies-mother-in-hospital-three-children-rescued/

 

Thai police bust 100 million baht a month online gambling gang at Bangkok condo building

 

PIcture: Daily News

 

Police in Bangkok's Bangkok Noi district arrested 19 people in three rooms at the Pinklao River Park View condominium on Boromratchachonnanee Road deputy RTP chief Damrongsak Kittiprapat said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218744-thai-police-bust-100-million-baht-a-month-online-gambling-gang-at-bangkok-condo-building/

 

Thai driver who fell asleep at the wheel killing one blames kidney dialysis for being tired

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on a 52 year old man who was driving a pick-up after getting kidney dialysis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218745-thai-driver-who-fell-asleep-at-the-wheel-killing-one-blames-kidney-dialysis-for-being-tired/

 

How striker "Mr Dicko" got back into Thailand despite 10 year ban - to play football in League 3

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported on the activities of the Immigration Bureau headed by Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang at IB HQ yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218746-how-striker-mr-dicko-got-back-into-thailand-despite-10-year-ban-to-play-football-in-league-3/

 

Pattaya: Warning to motorcyclists about spate of bike thefts

 

PIcture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na warned motorcyclists in Pattaya to lock their vehicles after what they said - without providing much evidence - was a spate of bike thefts. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218747-pattaya-warning-to-motorcyclists-about-spate-of-bike-thefts/

 

Thai netizens enjoy a joke about "Free Green Tea" at Bang Saen beach

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai netizens have stopped being irate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218749-thai-netizens-enjoy-a-joke-about-free-green-tea-at-bang-saen-beach/

 

A closer look at Sinopharm, Thailand’s first alternative vaccine

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

A vial of the Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)

 

A vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm looks set to become the first alternative jab available to Thais, as Chulabhorn Royal Academy prepares to import 1 million doses next month. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218750-a-closer-look-at-sinopharm-thailand’s-first-alternative-vaccine/

 

Phuket drug blitz nets five suspects

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photos: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: Police have arrested five suspects for possession of methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and crystal meth (ya ice) under ‘crime mobilization’ operation that began on Thursday (May 27).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218752-phuket-drug-blitz-nets-five-suspects/

 

Dr Yong: You can't eradicate Covid - virologist compares three strains for Thailand's three waves

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Top virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan of Chulalongkorn University went on his personal Facebook page to expound his views on the pandemic in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218753-dr-yong-you-cant-eradicate-covid-virologist-compares-three-strains-for-thailands-three-waves/

 

Big Joke wants YOUR views on police reform - he's setting up a "People Poll"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that recently reintegrated top cop Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn will be asking the people about police reform.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218754-big-joke-wants-your-views-on-police-reform-hes-setting-up-a-people-poll/

 

It's definitely sorcery and the dark arts, says man 25, after he coughs up blood and nails

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on the case of a 25 year old man who called Ruam Katanyu rescue foundation after claiming he coughed up blood then four three inch nails in a parking lot.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218757-its-definitely-sorcery-and-the-dark-arts-says-man-25-after-he-coughs-up-blood-and-nails/

 

Police had no warrant for raid on luxury house in Pattaya, lawyer claims

 

 

Popular Channel 3 TV show Hone Krasae investigated the case of the police in Pattaya who went to the house of a Chinese man at the Phoenix Country Club on Wednesday of last week, reported Sanook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218766-police-had-no-warrant-for-raid-on-luxury-house-in-pattaya-lawyer-claims/

 

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