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Thai government urged to tell truth about vaccine supply levels to meet appointments

 

 

The Rural Doctors Society is demanding that the government, and the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), tell the truth about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines and whether there are enough to meet current vaccination appointments.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220383-thai-government-urged-to-tell-truth-about-vaccine-supply-levels-to-meet-appointments/

 

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Anutin denies responsibility for continuing vaccination appointment postponements

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has denied that the Public Health Ministry has anything to do with the postponement of vaccination appointments, scheduled for this week, by numerous private and state hospitals and health centres in Bangkok and other provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220386-anutin-denies-responsibility-for-continuing-vaccination-appointment-postponements/

 

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PM concerned over illegal gambling during Euro 2020 soccer tournament

 

UEFA EURO 2020 opening ceremony (Photo by Andrew Medichini / POOL / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed concern over an increase in illegal gambling by Thais during the month-long UEFA European Soccer Championship, or Euro 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220387-pm-concerned-over-illegal-gambling-during-euro-2020-soccer-tournament/

 

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Parks, museums, beauty clinics, foot massage and tattoo parlours in Bangkok to reopen on Monday

 

 

From Monday, public parks, botanical gardens, museums, archaeological sites, beauty clinics, foot massage, manicure and tattoo parlours in Bangkok can reopen as usual, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his Facebook post on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220388-parks-museums-beauty-clinics-foot-massage-and-tattoo-parlours-in-bangkok-to-reopen-on-monday/

 

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Phuket Opinion: Silence is killing confidence

By The Phuket News

 

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Yuthasak Supasorn was in Phuket in person yesterday (June 12) to make sure the message for July 1 was being heard, yet more needs to be revealed publicly to instill confidence among the public. Photo: TAT

 

PHUKET: The lack of clear information about the July 1 reopening of Phuket to receiving vaccinated foreign tourists needs immediate attention before the silence does any more damage to just the confidence among prospective tourists that local officials have any idea of what they are doing to prepare for the milestone event.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220389-phuket-opinion-silence-is-killing-confidence/

 

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Phuket businesses awarded SHA Plus certification

By The Phuket News

 

Kim Steppe, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Blue Elephant, is interviewed after his business received the SHA Plus certification. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: As Phuket gears towards the July 1 reopening to foreign vaccinated tourists, it was confirmed yesterday (June 12) that almost 300 businesses across the island have received Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus certification.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220390-phuket-businesses-awarded-sha-plus-certification/

 

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Phuket Sandbox Workshop prepares for July 1 reopening

By The Phuket News

 

TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn led the Phuket Sandbox Workshop in Phuket yesterday (June 12). Photo: TAT

 

PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with the Phuket Provincial Government hosted a ‘Phuket Sandbox Workshop’ in Phuket yesterday (June 12) to prepare the island to safely reopen to local and international visitors from July 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220391-phuket-sandbox-workshop-prepares-for-july-1-reopening/

 

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Thai Government Considers Setting up National Maritime Navigation Shipping Line

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Transport Ministry is considering a plan to set up a "National Maritime Navigation Line," which would be created as an affiliate of the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220392-thai-government-considers-setting-up-national-maritime-navigation-shipping-line/

 

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Health Ministry Aims to Vaccinate Children Aged 12-18 in Fourth Quarter

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry intends to inoculate children aged 12-18 against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine, which is expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220393-health-ministry-aims-to-vaccinate-children-aged-12-18-in-fourth-quarter/

 

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Registration via Mor Phrom App for COVID-19 Vaccination to Resume on June 24

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The suspended Mor Phrom (Doctors Ready) COVID-19 vaccine registration application will be back online from June 24, after the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has made improvements to the system.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220394-registration-via-mor-phrom-app-for-covid-19-vaccination-to-resume-on-june-24/

 

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MOPH confirms continual vaccine delivery

Supawadee Wangsri

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, confirmed today that vaccines have been regularly delivered on request, and the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has nothing to do with the Social Security Office’s (SSO) vaccination postponement.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220395-moph-confirms-continual-vaccine-delivery/

 

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MOPH accelerates vaccination for teachers before schools start

By Supawadee Wangsri

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has prepared a plan to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to teachers and educational personnel before the start of this semester. Teachers meanwhile, are asked to help children get used to wearing a face mask.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220397-moph-accelerates-vaccination-for-teachers-before-schools-start/

 

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Online News Providers Launch Campaign for Reliable Information on COVID-19

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Society for Online News Providers (SONP) has launched a new campaign called “Save Thai 2021”, aiming to use online news channels to provide complete, accurate and reliable information to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220398-online-news-providers-launch-campaign-for-reliable-information-on-covid-19/

 

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Thailand reports 3,355 new COVID-19 cases, 17 new deaths

 

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

Thailand on Monday (June 14) reported 3,355 new COVID-19 cases and 17 additional deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220404-thailand-reports-3355-new-covid-19-cases-17-new-deaths/

 

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13 arrested for breaching COVID rules after attending birthday party in Pattaya

 

 

Sunday 13th proved unlucky for 13 Thai youth at a luxury resort in Bang Lamung, Pattaya in the early hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220411-13-arrested-for-breaching-covid-rules-after-attending-birthday-party-in-pattaya/

 

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Private hospitals grow increasingly frustrated with government

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Private hospital administrators and doctors are growing increasingly frustrated with the government’s vaccine rollout and lack of transparency, sources told Thai Enquirer on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220413-private-hospitals-grow-increasingly-frustrated-with-government/

 

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Poll: Majority of Thais not confident govt can vaccinate 50 million people this year

 

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A Suan Dusit University poll conducted last week showed that 57.61% of Thais have no confidence in the government's claim they will inject 100 million doses into the arms of 50 million people by the end of this year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220417-poll-majority-of-thais-not-confident-govt-can-vaccinate-50-million-people-this-year/

 

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Sandbox: 50% of foreigners cancel plans to visit Phuket

 

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Over 50 percent of foreigners who had confirmed they would visit Phuket as part of the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ project have now cancelled their plans, Thailand’s tourism minister has said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220421-sandbox-50-of-foreigners-cancel-plans-to-visit-phuket/

 

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Video: Here one moment gone the next, final video before BMW hits Swift causing three deaths

 

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A video posted by Thai Rath showed the happy times of a group of three people in a BMW Z4 going though mist covered hills in light rain on Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220423-video-here-one-moment-gone-the-next-final-video-before-bmw-hits-swift-causing-three-deaths/

 

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Heroin seized in post at Suvarnabhumi Airport - 19 cases of drugs sent to Australia

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin called for immediate action after the Narcotics Control Board made a heroin smuggling discovery at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Saturday, reported Daily News.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220426-heroin-seized-in-post-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-19-cases-of-drugs-sent-to-australia/

 

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Signals point to an early election in Thailand

 

 

When Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered his Cabinet last week to speed up implementation of public projects as the government only had one year left in office, many saw it as a countdown to dissolution of Parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220430-signals-point-to-an-early-election-in-thailand/

 

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Ambulance driver, nurses escape serious injury in bypass accident

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The accident occurred on the bypass road just before 1:30am. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: An ambulance driver and two nurses escaped with only minor injuries after the vehicle hit a light pole and slammed into a tree on the central reservation while driving northbound on the bypass road early this morning (June 14).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220432-ambulance-driver-nurses-escape-serious-injury-in-bypass-accident/

 

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Lampostgate! Thai media get stuck into latest potential corruption scandal

 

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They are a familiar sight all over Thailand - fancy lampposts topped or adorned with a symbol of why the area is famous. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220435-lampostgate-thai-media-get-stuck-into-latest-potential-corruption-scandal/

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Bangkok postpones vaccinations at 25 non-hospital sites from Tuesday

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced this morning (Monday) the postponement of inoculations for people who have registered via the Thai Ruam Jai website, scheduled for tomorrow (June 15th) onwards, at all 25 vaccination sites outside hospitals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220436-bangkok-postpones-vaccinations-at-25-non-hospital-sites-from-tuesday/

 

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Hospital in Bangkok ordered to change Facebook post about vaccine shortage

 

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A well known doctor at a Bangkok Hospital said on her personal Facebook page that she got a call early in the morning telling her to adjust a post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220437-hospital-in-bangkok-ordered-to-change-facebook-post-about-vaccine-shortage/

 

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School reopening: Nearly 100% of teachers and staff vaccinated in Bangkok - most up country schools open today

 

 

Education officials in Bangkok under the auspices of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said that nearly 100% of teachers, school and ancillary staff had been vaccinated against Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220440-school-reopening-nearly-100-of-teachers-and-staff-vaccinated-in-bangkok-most-up-country-schools-open-today/

 

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Police hope distinctive handwriting will lead to capture of armed robber who stole 80,000 baht from Chiang Rai bank

 

 

Staff were left shaken after a lone robber stole around 80,000 baht from a branch of Bangkok Bank at Lotus in Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai in the north of Thailand yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220441-police-hope-distinctive-handwriting-will-lead-to-capture-of-armed-robber-who-stole-80000-baht-from-chiang-rai-bank/

 

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Vaccine confusion: Up-country doctors' bemoan lack of vaccines, point finger at CCSA

 

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A group that represents provincial doctors has stepped into the major row over vaccines - or more exactly the shortage of them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220443-vaccine-confusion-up-country-doctors-bemoan-lack-of-vaccines-point-finger-at-ccsa/

 

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Poll suggests Bangkokians are generally happy with measures to improve capital

 

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The latest "Super Poll" suggests that the majority of Bangkok residents are happy with measures to "restore order" to the Thai capital. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220447-poll-suggests-bangkokians-are-generally-happy-with-measures-to-improve-capital/

 

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About 8 million Thais register for co-payment scheme in 50 minutes

 

 

About eight million Thais registered for the third phase of the 50:50 co-payment stimulus scheme in just 50 minutes, after applications opened at 6am today (Monday), causing a brief disruption to the “Pao Tang” government app.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220450-about-8-million-thais-register-for-co-payment-scheme-in-50-minutes/