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Drug raids net 10 suspects, firearms

 

Photos: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have arrested 10 people in a series of raids that seized in total more than 480 grammes of crystal meth (ya ice), 225 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah), firearms and 76 rounds of ammunition.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219880-drug-raids-net-10-suspects-firearms/

 

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Caution issued for ice consumption following COVID-19 infections at ice factories

 

 

Following the reported emergence of clusters of COVID-19 infections at ice factories in Samut Prakan and Chon Buri provinces, the Health Department is advising consumers to choose ice cubes which are properly packed, sealed and with good manufacturing practice (GMP) certification.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219881-caution-issued-for-ice-consumption-following-covid-19-infections-at-ice-factories/

 

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Health officials step up studies on COVID-19 mutations

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Medical Sciences has reported 230 people infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19, the variant first reported in India. The department is closely monitoring variants first detected in South Africa and Thailand’s neighboring country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219882-health-officials-step-up-studies-on-covid-19-mutations/

 

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Thailand Calls on Vietnam to Ease Trade Obstacles

 

 

The Commerce Ministry reports that Thailand is calling on Vietnam to ease trade obstacles on sugar products and to facilitate drug registration, as well as land transportation at border checkpoints.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219884-thailand-calls-on-vietnam-to-ease-trade-obstacles/

 

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Retail-wholesale medical supply business continues to expand in 2021

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The rise in the demand for medical products during the COVID-19 epidemic has resulted in a constantly increasing number of new companies in the retail and wholesale medical supply business this year. Almost 25 billion baht has been invested in the business by foreign investors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219885-retail-wholesale-medical-supply-business-continues-to-expand-in-2021/

 

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Factory Workers in Industrial Estates Will Be Inoculated from July 9

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - A state-private partnership expects to start distributing Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccines to factory workers in five industrial estates and a deep-sea port in Map Ta Phut on July 9, with a target of 1,000 inoculations per day.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219887-factory-workers-in-industrial-estates-will-be-inoculated-from-july-9/

 

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Traffickers Arrested with 3.5m Speed Pills

 

 

NONTHABURI, June 8 (TNA) – Police arrested four men for allegedly possessing 3.5 million methamphetamine pills and suspected them of actively trafficking illicit drugs in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219888-traffickers-arrested-with-35m-speed-pills/

 

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Thai industries sentiment hits 11-month low in May

 

FILE PHOTO: A container is loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Bangkok March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's industries sentiment dropped for a second straight month in May, hitting an 11-month low, due to a third wave of coronavirus infections and a slow vaccine rollout, an industries group said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219889-thai-industries-sentiment-hits-11-month-low-in-may/

 

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1 million more Sinovac doses to arrive in Thailand this Thursday

 

 

Permanent Secretary of Thailand’s Public Health Ministry, Dr. Kiattiphum Wongrajit, said today (Tuesday) that this Thursday, 1 million more doses of Sinovac will be imported into Thailand, while there will be more AstraZeneca vaccines coming next Monday (June 14th), but the exact number of doses is yet to be confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219901-1-million-more-sinovac-doses-to-arrive-in-thailand-this-thursday/

 

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Inoculation vans to tour Thailand vaccinating the elderly, bed-ridden, caretakers

 

 

A caravan of COVID-19 inoculation vans, from the Public Health Ministry, began inoculating people over 60, bed-ridden patients and their caretakers in Bangkok today (Tuesday), before going on to tour the country to inoculate the vulnerable on Friday. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219902-inoculation-vans-to-tour-thailand-vaccinating-the-elderly-bed-ridden-caretakers/

 

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Thai hospitals instructed not to postpone vaccination appointments – DPHM

 

 

Hospitals in Thailand have been instructed to keep vaccination appointments, even though they may have received fewer doses of vaccine than expected, especially for people over 60 and those suffering from any of seven non-communicable underlying diseases, Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha told Thai PBS during the “Tob Jot” TV programme on Monday night.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219903-thai-hospitals-instructed-not-to-postpone-vaccination-appointments-–-dphm/

 

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New COVID-19 Clusters in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK, June 8 (TNA) – The government expressed concern about the progressive increase of COVID-19 clusters in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219907-new-covid-19-clusters-in-bangkok/

 

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Thailand must speed up the vaccination process to 70 percent of the population to prevent possible outbreak of new Covid-19 variants, says Thai prominent neurologist

 

 

Thailand must speed up the vaccination process to 70 percent of the population before the new variants of Covid-19 Coronavirus will become the new outbreak in the country, Thai neurologist Thiravat Hemachudha suggested.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219908-thailand-must-speed-up-the-vaccination-process-to-70-percent-of-the-population-to-prevent-possible-outbreak-of-new-covid-19-variants-says-thai-prominent-neurologist/

 

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High speed rail project construction in Chonburi linked to three major airports expected to start this October

 

 

A major high-speed rail construction project in Chonburi which will be linked to three airports is expected to start this October.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219909-high-speed-rail-project-construction-in-chonburi-linked-to-three-major-airports-expected-to-start-this-october/

 

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