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Thai police offer 3,000 baht rewards for arrest of annoying street racers

 

Picture: INN

 

Thai media INN reported that the Royal Thai Police were offering 3,000 baht rewards to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of street racers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219741-thai-police-offer-3000-baht-rewards-for-arrest-of-annoying-street-racers/

 

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Bang Sue Central Station like a hospital - chief calls for help in increasing vax capacity

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The chief of the vaccination center at Bangkok's brand new Bang Sue Grand Central  has described the station as a hospital. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219744-bang-sue-central-station-like-a-hospital-chief-calls-for-help-in-increasing-vax-capacity/

 

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Phuket officials silent on expat vaccination registrations

By The Phuket News

 

The Phuket Must Win web portal continues to feature its ’Vaccinations for expats or migrant workers’ option on its home page, but whther it is accepting registrations from non-working expats has yet to be confirmed. Image: Phuket Must Win

 

PHUKET: More than two weeks after the Thai Ministry fo Foreign Affairs announced to the world in English that foreigners, and specifically expats and retirees staying the country, will from today (June 7) be able to register to receive a state-provided COVID-19 vaccination, Phuket officials have remained silent on whether or not expats living on the island may in fact register from today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219745-phuket-officials-silent-on-expat-vaccination-registrations/

 

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Eight drug smugglers run off into the night - but authorities get their hands on 380 kgs of marijuana

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that officers from the Mekong Riverine Unit, local police and other units staked out the river in the area of the village of Ban Lao Nat in Nakhon Phanom on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219748-eight-drug-smugglers-run-off-into-the-night-but-authorities-get-their-hands-on-380-kgs-of-marijuana/

 

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Pre-registered vaccine recipients’ appointments cancelled before inoculations began today

 

 

A number of pre-registered vaccine recipients received phone calls late this morning (Monday), notifying them of the cancellation of their vaccination appointments, with no new appointment being made.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219750-pre-registered-vaccine-recipients’-appointments-cancelled-before-inoculations-began-today/

 

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Thai private hospitals to purchase 10 million Moderna doses, deliveries expected by October

 

Vials of the Moderna Covid-19 disease vaccine at Recipharm plant in Monts, central Franc. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Private Hospital Association (PHA) is seeking to purchase up to 10 million doses of the US made Moderna vaccine, through the country’s Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), with deliveries expected by October.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219751-thai-private-hospitals-to-purchase-10-million-moderna-doses-deliveries-expected-by-october/

 

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Thai PM assures sufficient COVID-19 vaccines as mass inoculations begin today

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha gave yet another assurance today (Monday) that there is sufficient COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate those who have appointments this month, as mass inoculations begin today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219752-thai-pm-assures-sufficient-covid-19-vaccines-as-mass-inoculations-begin-today/

 

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Thai villagers at Singkorn in Prachuap fearful of Myanmar conflict

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that Thais who are living across the border in Muang Singkorn (near the closed border post between Myanmar and Thailand in Prachuap Khiri Khan province) had got caught up in trouble between the Myanmar military and forces of the Karen National Union or KNU.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219753-thai-villagers-at-singkorn-in-prachuap-fearful-of-myanmar-conflict/

 

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Thai police bust chemical engineering graduate at his Ecstasy lab in Nonthaburi

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The deputy chief of the Royal Thai Police Gen Manu Mekmork and other high ranking officers went to a room in the Nonthaburi projects after a lab cooking up Ecstasy was discovered. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219754-thai-police-bust-chemical-engineering-graduate-at-his-ecstasy-lab-in-nonthaburi/

 

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Video: Netizens irate after car blocks ambulance carrying unconscious man - 500 baht's the fine 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that netizens on Facebook were furious after a video showed a white car going along a road in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in southern Thailand blocking an ambulance. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219759-video-netizens-irate-after-car-blocks-ambulance-carrying-unconscious-man-500-bahts-the-fine/

 

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Thailand starts long awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive

 

People wait to receive the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Thailand start a mass inoculation at a gymnasium inside the Siam paragon Shopping center, Bangkok, Thailand June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand kicked off a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign on Monday as the country battles its third and worst wave of the coronavirus epidemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219692-thailand-begins-massive-vaccination-drive-despite-shortages-concerns/?do=findComment&comment=16545111

 

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Indian COVID-19 variant found in 235 people in 10 of Thailand’s provinces

 

 

235 people have been infected with the Indian variant of COVID-19, or B.1.617.2, to date, in 10 Thai provinces, with most in Bangkok, according to the Department of Medical Sciences today (Monday).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219771-indian-covid-19-variant-found-in-235-people-in-10-of-thailand’s-provinces/

 

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Almost 150,000 people inoculated this morning as Thailand’s national vaccination drive begins

 

 

143,116 people were inoculated against COVID-19 at 986 vaccination sites across the country this morning (Monday), according to Director-General of the Disease Control Department Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, as the country kicks off mass inoculations nationwide.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219772-almost-150000-people-inoculated-this-morning-as-thailand’s-national-vaccination-drive-begins/

 

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7 Airlines to Operate Flights to Phuket

 

 

BANGKOK, June 7 (TNA) – Seven airlines confirmed they would operate flights to Phuket province as the government already announced to implement the Phuket Sandbox model to reopen the tourist island province on July 1.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219774-7-airlines-to-operate-flights-to-phuket/

 

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Prime Minister Apologizes If He Worries People

 

 

BANGKOK, June 7 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha apologized to people if he worried them and promised he would do his best to procure COVID-19 vaccines to meet people’s demand and respond well to situations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219776-prime-minister-apologizes-if-he-worries-people/

 

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New Zealand expat injured after crashing his vehicle into a tree in Pattaya this morning

 

 

A New Zealand ex-pat has sustained head injuries after he crashed his car into a tree before overturning his vehicle in Pattaya just before noon today (June 7th) according to rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219777-new-zealand-expat-injured-after-crashing-his-vehicle-into-a-tree-in-pattaya-this-morning/

 

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Australian national arrested allegedly breaking into Pattaya convenience store

 

 

An Australian national has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a convenience store in Pattaya early this morning (June 7th).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219779-australian-national-arrested-allegedly-breaking-into-pattaya-convenience-store/

 

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Ratchaburi noodle factory closed after 28 workers found with COVID-19

 

 

An instant noodle factory, in Ban Pong district of Thailand’s Ratchaburi province, has been ordered to close for 14 days from today (Monday), after 28 workers tested positive for COVID-19 and another 300 have been placed in quarantine in the factory’s compound.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219781-ratchaburi-noodle-factory-closed-after-28-workers-found-with-covid-19/

 

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25 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine ordered for Thailand

 

 

A purchase order for 25 million doses of US made Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Thailand has been signed, according to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Monday).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219785-25-million-doses-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine-ordered-for-thailand/

 

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Thailand Used as Transit Point for Drug Trafficking

 

 

BANGKOK, June 7 (TNA) – Thailand has been used as a transit point for drug trafficking because it stands adjacent to the Golden Triangle and has convenient transport networks, said Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219786-thailand-used-as-transit-point-for-drug-trafficking/

 

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