Foreigners stranded in Thailand due to COVID-19 can now stay until end of September

 

 

In a widely expected move, the Thai Immigration Bureau has announced that foreigners who are still stranded in Thailand due to the COVID-19 situation can remain in the country until at least late September.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218980-foreigners-stranded-in-thailand-due-to-covid-19-can-now-stay-until-end-of-september/

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Thai government reverses Bangkok's easing of virus measures

 

FILE PHOTO: A shopkeeper is seen behind a protecting plastic curtain as the country struggles with a third wave of infections of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok Thailand April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government has reversed a decision by authorities in its capital Bangkok to ease some coronavirus restrictions, as the city battles its worst outbreak of the virus so far.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218976-bangkok-to-ease-some-covid-19-curbs-despite-rise-in-cases/?do=findComment&comment=16525124

 

Thailand Explains Agreement on Exchange of COVID-19 Vaccines

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has explained that Thailand has entered into an agreement on the exchange of vaccines, which is different from joining the Covax Facility.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1218959-thailand-explains-agreement-on-exchange-of-covid-19-vaccines/

Thailand welcomes back stolen artefacts after San Francisco forfeiture

 

The Bangkok National Museum holds a ceremony to celebrate the return of two ancient relics, believed to have been stolen from Thailand about 60 years ago, from the United States, in Bangkok, Thailand May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand held a welcoming ceremony on Monday to mark the return of two ancient hand-carved artefacts that were stolen decades ago and smuggled out of the country to the United States.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219019-thailand welcomes-back-stolen-artefacts-after-san-francisco-forfeiture/

 

Budget Bureau and NESDB slammed for cutting Public Health Ministry’s budget

 

Bhumjaithai MP for Uthai Thani province, Chada Thaiseth

 

The Budget Bureau and the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) came under attack from a government MP, during the budget debate in the Thai parliament today (Monday), for slashing the funding of the Ministry of Public Health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219020-budget-bureau-and-nesdb-slammed-for-cutting-public-health-ministry’s-budget/

 

Four cases of Indian variant of COVID-19 found in Udon Thani province

 

 

Four people, including a 13-year old girl, in Thailand’s northeastern province of Udon Thani, have been diagnosed with the Indian variant of COVID-19, but their conditions are not serious and they are being monitored closely, said Udon Thani Governor Sayam Sirimongkol today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219021-four-cases-of-indian-variant-of-covid-19-found-in-udon-thani-province/

 

Phuket daily COVID infections hold at single digits

By The Phuket News

 

A man receives a Sinovac COVID-19 vaccination injection at the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong. Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The number of Phuket daily new infections recorded of people contracting COVID-19 on the island remains in the single digits as the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) confirmed four new infections today (May 31). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219022-phuket-daily-covid-infections-hold-at-single-digits/

 

New born baby found deceased on roadside in Si Racha

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Si Racha – A local resident found a corpse of a newborn baby on the side of a road in Si Racha over the weekend. Si Racha Police have launched a search for the individual responsible.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219023-new-born-baby-found-deceased-on-roadside-in-si-racha/

 

PM to Opposition: Health Budget Bigger Than Defense One

 

 

BANGKOK, May 31 (TNA) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the opposition leader that budgets for public health were actually bigger than those for defense.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219024-pm-to-opposition-health-budget-bigger-than-defense-one/

 

Hospitals restrict vaccine registration amid supply concerns

By James Wilson

 

 

The Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) and several private hospitals were closing their registration procedures for vaccination against the Covid-19 virus on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219026-hospitals-restrict-vaccine-registration-amid-supply-concerns/

 

Government said local provinces must get approval before ordering vaccines

By Erich Parpart

 

 

The government said on Monday that provincial governments must gain approval from the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) before they buy coronavirus vaccines, the government said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219027-government-said-local-provinces-must-get-approval-before-ordering-vaccines/

 

Thailand reports 2,230 new COVID-19 cases, 38 new deaths

 

File photo: A person receives 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

Thailand on Tuesday (June 1) reported 2,230 new COVID-19 cases and 39 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219040-thailand-reports-2230-new-covid-19-cases-38-new-deaths/

 

Two more Thai policemen held in Taiwanese businessman abduction case

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that two Thai policemen - of the rank of police corporal - had been arrested and held by Thong Lo investigators in connection with the abduction and extortion of a Taiwanese businessman in Bangkok at the end of March.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219041-two-more-thai-policemen-held-in-taiwanese-businessman-abduction-case/

 

Police hunt homeless man accused of sexually assaulting Canadian woman in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that Thai police were investigating after a man - believed to be a Thai "ray ron" or tramp - sexually molested a Canadian woman while she was doing some live streaming outside Lumpini Park in the Thai capital Bangkok last Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219042-police-hunt-homeless-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-canadian-woman-in-bangkok/

 

Bangkok: Bids to revoke booze and massage bans taken to governor Aswin

 

 

Representatives of the Thai massage shop industry and the Draught Beer Association of Thailand were at BMA HQ yesterday demanding they be allowed to open again, reported INN.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219043-bangkok-bids-to-revoke-booze-and-massage-bans-taken-to-governor-aswin/

 

Amazing Thailand: Wiggly road in Isaan amuses netizens

 

Picture: Surin City Talk via Road Side Politics

 

Thai netizens were having a field day after pictures of a wiggly road were posted online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219050-amazing-thailand-wiggly-road-in-isaan-amuses-netizens/

 

Hua Hin: Register for Covid jab and get 200 baht off at participating restaurants!

 

Picture: RYT9

 

RYT9 reported that registration was open for vaccination against Covid-19 on the first floor of Market Village in downtown Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219052-hua-hin-register-for-covid-jab-and-get-200-baht-off-at-participating-restaurants/

 

Army admits 30,000+ illegal immigrants have been caught in Thailand in last year

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Defence ministry spokesman Lt-Gen Khoncheep Tantrawanich revealed yesterday that 32,423 people had been arrested in connection with illegal immigration in the period from July 1st 2020 to May 30th this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219053-army-admits-30000-illegal-immigrants-have-been-caught-in-thailand-in-last-year/

 

The naming of COVID variants invites another pandemic – of racism

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

(Photo by Handout / US Food and Drug Administration / AFP)

 

Many Thais were shocked and frustrated at international news reports identifying a “Thai variant” of COVID-19 last week. Among them was Medical Sciences Department director-general Dr. Supakit Sirilak, who said it was unfair to describe the variant as “Thai” since the country had seen only one case – and that was imported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219057-the-naming-of-covid-variants-invites-another-pandemic-–-of-racism/

 

Most parents want teachers, students vaccinated before schools allowed to reopen

 

Picture: Channel 7

 

A survey/poll done by the Thai Public Health department showed that the majority of parents and guardians don't want their children to go back to school.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219060-most-parents-want-teachers-students-vaccinated-before-schools-allowed-to-reopen/

 

Public health ministry, CCSA grow increasingly frustrated with Bangkok Met

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Senior officials inside the Covid response centre and the Ministry of Public Health are growing increasingly frustrated with the Bangkok Governor’s office and its haphazard response to the Covid-19 pandemic, sources told Thai Enquirer on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219063-public-health-ministry-ccsa-grow-increasingly-frustrated-with-bangkok-met/

 

Education minister orders schools to return money, provide discounts and allow parents to pay in instalments

 

Picture: PPTV36

 

Most children in Thailand have been off school for the best part of two months as the third wave of Covid-19 has hit. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219064-education-minister-orders-schools-to-return-money-provide-discounts-and-allow-parents-to-pay-in-instalments/

 

Nearly a week and no one has taken responsibility - Southern woman goes to the media as dad remains in coma

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A 52 year old fisherman remains in a coma after he became entangled in an internet cable while riding his bike in Ranong in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219066-nearly-a-week-and-no-one-has-taken-responsibility-southern-woman-goes-to-the-media-as-dad-remains-in-coma/

 

COVID-19 time bomb ticking in Southeast Asia

 

A police officer checks the documents of a driver at a roadblock during lockdown ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in an effort to prevent a large-scale transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

 

June 1, 2021: Vaccines are definitely working in the West, where some countries are deemed by health experts as months, if not weeks, away from being able to emerge from the health crisis, but Southeast Asia is increasingly where the attention is on, with the word “new epicentre” now looking likelier than ever before.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219068-covid-19-time-bomb-ticking-in-southeast-asia/

 

Deserted Chatuchak Market: Can it recover former glories or just be a footnote in history?

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on a Facebook post on "Gthai Movie" about the state of Chatuchak Market in northern Bangko

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219074-deserted-chatuchak-market-can-it-recover-former-glories-or-just-be-a-footnote-in-history/

 

Direct flights to Phuket to start July 1

By The Phuket News

 

Image: TAT

 

PHUKET: THAI Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Qatar Airways will fly to Phuket at least once a week from July 1, according to information shared with major tour operators by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219077-direct-flights-to-phuket-to-start-july-1/

 

Thai Medical Sciences Department approves first 14 batches of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine

 

AFP

 

The first 14 batches of AstraZeneca vaccine, produced by Thai pharmaceutical company Siam Bioscience, have passed the quality tests of the Thai Department of Medical Sciences.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219078-thai-medical-sciences-department-approves-first-14-batches-of-locally-produced-astrazeneca-vaccine/

 

International tourists to be tempted back to Phuket with hotel rooms for just $1

 

An empty hotel and beach which have opened for visitors is seen in Karon, Phuket Island, Thailand March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

In a bid to win tourists back to Phuket, the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has proposed a ‘One Night, One Dollar’ campaign, which would see hotel rooms available for just $1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219090-international-tourists-to-be-tempted-back-to-phuket-with-hotel-rooms-for-just-1/

 

Thai Supreme Court to investigate Toyota bribery scandal allegedly implicating former senior judges

 

 

Thai Supreme Court President Mrs. Mathenee Chalotorn signed an order yesterday (Monday), to set up a 4-member fact-finding panel to investigate the Toyota Motors Thailand’s (TMT) bribery scandal, involving import duties on Toyota Prius hybrid cars, in which three former senior judges have been implicated by Law360.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219110-thai-supreme-court-to-investigate-toyota-bribery-scandal-allegedly-implicating-former-senior-judges/

 

Japan to tighten entry curbs on nations including Thailand and Germany

 

Passengers wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) are escorted by the employee of an airline company at Narita international airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it will tighten entry controls on people from a number of nations including Afghanistan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Germany, and ask them to stay in government-run quarantine facilities for a set number of days after arrival.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219111-japan-to-tighten-entry-curbs-on-nations-including-thailand-and-germany/