THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 4 June 2021

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PM to lead discussions on reopening tourism provinces

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister is set to decide whether or not plans to welcome back foreign tourists will proceed as scheduled, when he heads a meeting of the economic committee set up to address the impact of the COVID-19 virus, tomorrow (June 4, 2021).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219357-pm-to-lead-discussions-on-reopening-tourism-provinces/

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Provinces prepare for June 14th school opening

 

 

AYUTTHAYA (NNT) - As schools across the country are scheduled to reopen for this year’s first semester on 14th June, provincial and educational authorities are working to ensure sufficient health and safety measures are in place to secure the wellbeing of students.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219370-provinces-prepare-for-june-14th-school-opening/

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Coronavirus curbs shutter thousands of Bangkok restaurants

By Athit Perawongmetha and Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A closed sign is seen at the Chu Chocolate Bar & Cafe, days after it was permanently closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2021. Picture taken June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - When restaurant owner Chirayu Na Ranong heard the Thai government announce new coronavirus restrictions in Bangkok in April, he burst into tears.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219332-coronavirus-curbs-shutter-thousands-of-bangkok-restaurants/

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Key Rohingya smuggling ring leader dies in prison

 

 

A former army officer who was serving a heavy jail term for his involvement in a major Rohingya trafficking ring died on Wednesday in a prison hospital in Bangkok, the Corrections Department said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219385-key-rohingya-smuggling-ring-leader-dies-in-prison/

 

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Chulabhorn Hospital to stop giving Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines from June 14th

 

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The Chulabhorn Hospital offered a public apology today (Thursday) to people who have applied for vaccinations at the hospital, through the Chulabhorn Royal Academy channel, because it has to suspend the free service from June 14th as the academy no longer has an allocation of the two “essential” AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines from the Public Health Ministry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219386-chulabhorn-hospital-to-stop-giving-sinovac-and-astrazeneca-vaccines-from-june-14th/

 

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B5.3mn in drugs seized in Phuket bust

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew announces the arrests at a press conference this morning (June 3). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Two men were arrested with 14,000 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) and just over 3kg of crystal meth (ya ice), valued at about B5.3 million, in Phuket Town June 2. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219387-b53mn-in-drugs-seized-in-phuket-bust/

 

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Pattaya and Banglamung rollout second doses of Covid-19 vaccines to selected groups

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Banglamung – People in Pattaya and Banglamung received a second injection of Covid -19 Sinovac vaccines today (June 3rd) at a total of 20,000 doses allocated according to Pattaya City officials and the Chonburi Department of Public Health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219388-pattaya-and-banglamung-rollout-second-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-selected-groups/

 

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Family of man, 50, who died after Covid-19 jab receive 400,000 baht

 

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The family of a 50 year old man who died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccination are to receive 400,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219391-family-of-man-50-who-died-after-covid-19-jab-receive-400000-baht/

 

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Singaporean arrested at Lad Prao condominium for sending "ice" and Ecstasy abroad through the post

 

Picture: New TV

 

The chief of the Narcotics Control Board Wichai Chaimongkhol announced the arrest of a Singaporean national for sending drugs through the post to his native country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219393-singaporean-arrested-at-lad-prao-condominium-for-sending-ice-and-ecstasy-abroad-through-the-post/

 

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Thailand reports 2,631 new COVID-19 cases, 31 new deaths

 

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Thailand on Friday (June 4) reported 2,631 new COVID-19 cases and 31 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219394-thailand-reports-2631-new-covid-19-cases-31-new-deaths/

 

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Owner of Thonburi gold shop in frame as CSD bust online illegal guns club

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Crime Suppression Division are investigating a big online gun club dealing in war weapons that has 1,000 members. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219395-owner-of-thonburi-gold-shop-in-frame-as-csd-bust-online-illegal-guns-club/

 

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Thailand road carnage: Four innocent people dead in pick-up after car rips off their roof - microsleep blamed

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An horrific road accident in the early hours of Thursday morning on Mitraphap (Friendship) highway left four entirely innocent people dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219396-thailand-road-carnage-four-innocent-people-dead-in-pick-up-after-car-rips-off-their-roof-microsleep-blamed/

 

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Chonburi Covid – 19 cases rise to 101 as two new clusters found, one death

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chonburi – The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 101 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 with one new death today, June 4th , mostly driven by two new clusters which were a Chinese party and ice factory.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219401-chonburi-covid-–-19-cases-rise-to-101-as-two-new-clusters-found-one-death/

 

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Thailand’s vaccination program is about to run into another roadblock

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thailand’s vaccination program is set to hit another roadblock in the coming months as vaccines, both local and imported, start to become more available, a source inside the Ministry of Public Health told Thai Enquirer on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219405-thailand’s-vaccination-program-is-about-to-run-into-another-roadblock/

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Foreign workers and migrant workers start receiving vax ahead of start of "Phuket Sandbox" reopening

 

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Manager reported that 28,000 foreign workers and migrant workers were started to be vaccinated yesterday in Phuket ahead of the province's reopening to foreign tourism. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219411-foreign-workers-and-migrant-workers-start-receiving-vax-ahead-of-start-of-phuket-sandbox-reopening/

 

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Worst affected provinces given priority for COVID-19 vaccines

 

File photo: Small bottles labelled with a 'Vaccine COVID-19' sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration. File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

 

Provinces worst affected by COVID-19 will be prioritized during the first stages of Thailand’s vaccine distribution, the Public Health Ministry has announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219416-worst-affected-provinces-given-priority-for-covid-19-vaccines/

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Hua Hin: Thousands who registered for vax left disappointed - there's only 930 doses - Maya Pub charges imminent

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that comment was rife on the page of Hua Hin Hospital after the authorities said they only had 930 doses of vaccination against Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219417-hua-hin-thousands-who-registered-for-vax-left-disappointed-theres-only-930-doses-maya-pub-charges-imminent/

 

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Thai PM hails new Benjakitti Park as something for Thais to be proud of and foreign tourists to enjoy

 

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Thailand's prime minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha chaired the latest meeting to discuss the new Benjakitti Park in Bangkok and its connection to Lumpini Park, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219418-thai-pm-hails-new-benjakitti-park-as-something-for-thais-to-be-proud-of-and-foreign-tourists-to-enjoy/

 

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 ‘Dead’ man returns home to find family about hold his funeral

 

Picture: Sanook

 

When Sangat or "Laan" aged 35 returned home after a few days helping his mate in the fields he was in for a bit of a shock. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219424-‘dead’-man-returns-home-to-find-family-about-hold-his-funeral/

 

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Tragedy as man reverses over nephew after he faints in Samut Prakan

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CCTV footage from a cement pipe factory in Samut Prakan showed the moment a young man was walking in the factory year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219425-tragedy-as-man-reverses-over-nephew-after-he-faints-in-samut-prakan/

 

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Bangkok: Meth dealing taxi driver fled cops and smashed into ten other vehicles before he's nabbed

 

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Drugs police in the Bang Khen area of Bangkok mounted a stakeout in Pahonyothin Soi 48 in the early hours of Thursday after they received information that a drug deal was going down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219426-bangkok-meth-dealing-taxi-driver-fled-cops-and-smashed-into-ten-other-vehicles-before-hes-nabbed/

 

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Climatic change means less rain for Thailand and hotter May and June this year

 

 

You may be wondering why it is hotter now than it was in April, which is supposed to be the hottest month of the year in Thailand. Dr. Sutat Weesakul, director of Thailand’s Hydro Informatics Institute (HII), is attributing the hot weather to less rain this month, even though Thailand officially entered the rainy season in mid-May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219427-climatic-change-means-less-rain-for-thailand-and-hotter-may-and-june-this-year/

 

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Phuket marks one new COVID case, total reaches 671

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: While Phuket officials continue their mass-vaccination campaign and other measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the July 1 reopening to receiving vaccinated foreign tourists, the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has reported just one new case of infection for yesterday (June 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219428-phuket-marks-one-new-covid-case-total-reaches-671/

 

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Malaysia grants conditional approval for Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine

 

FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities said on Friday conditional approval had been granted for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Siam Bioscience Co in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219430-malaysia-grants-conditional-approval-for-thai-made-astrazeneca-vaccine/

 

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Thai May headline CPI rises 2.44% year on year, lower than forecast

 

FILE PHOTO: A mother and her daughter shop for bananas at a market in Bangkok, Thailand, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose for a second straight month in May, up 2.44% from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Friday, slightly missing analyst expectations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219435-thai-may-headline-cpi-rises-244-year-on-year-lower-than-forecast/

 

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Govt Receives 1st Lot of Thailand-made AstraZeneca Vaccine

 

 

BANGKOK, June 4 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received the first lot of 1.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219437-govt-receives-1st-lot-of-thailand-made-astrazeneca-vaccine/

 

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First 1.8 million doses of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine delivered

 

 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health took delivery of the first batch of 1.8 million doses of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine from the company today (Friday), to inoculate people in Thailand under a mass vaccination campaign which will begin on Monday (June 7th).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219437-govt-receives-1st-lot-of-thailand-made-astrazeneca-vaccine/?do=findComment&comment=16535657

 

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Thailand has monetary scope to help economy - IMF

 

FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of IMF at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has room for further monetary easing to support its economic recovery, which is expected to be slow, uneven and clouded by the unknown path of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219457-thailand-has-monetary-scope-to-help-economy-imf/

 

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Thailand says has enough supplies for start of COVID-19 vaccinations

 

A person receives the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Kodang stadium in Bangkok, Thailand June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will have its promised amount of COVID-19 vaccines for use during this month, a health official said on Friday, amid supply concern and public anxiety ahead of a so far chaotic mass immunisation drive.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219458-thailand-says-has-enough-supplies-for-start-of-covid-19-vaccinations/

 

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Does COVID-19 origin really matter?

 

 

The answer is “Yes” and “No”. “Yes” because a non-politicised knowledge can help prevent or soften a future pandemic a great deal, if the world manages to get out of this one. “No” because the possibility of the issue being extremely and dangerously politicized is nearly one hundred percent.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219459-does-covid-19-origin-really-matter/