Virus outbreaks at Thai factories threaten export sector, recovery

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng

 

Migrant workers from Myanmar pass their time near their mosquito net tents at Cal-Comp Electronics factory while under quarantine, Phetchaburi, Thailand June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A series of coronavirus outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic's crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220452-virus-outbreaks-at-thai-factories-threaten-export-sector-recovery/

 

Expats registering for vaccines: Impossible task takes another depressing twist

 

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For many expats in Thailand, registering online for a COVID-19 vaccine is an impossible task, with what is now an ongoing debacle taking another depressing twist on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220454-expats-registering-for-vaccines-impossible-task-takes-another-depressing-twist/

 

It gets worse! Thailand Intervac website taken offline after data leak

 

 

Just when you thought the process for foreigners in Thailand to register for a COVID-19 vaccine online could not get any more shambolic, the website used for registrations was abruptly taken offline on Monday due a purported data breach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220466-it-gets-worse-thailand-intervac-website-taken-offline-after-data-leak/

 

Another Thai woman dies after receiving AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab

 

 

Family members of a 73-year-old woman are demanding that authorities investigate her death and take responsibility, if it is found to be related to the AstraZeneca jab she received on Friday (June 11th).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220475-another-thai-woman-dies-after-receiving-astrazeneca-covid-19-jab/

 

Six million doses of vaccine to be distributed across the country by July 2 – DDC

 

 

The Disease Control Department reassured the public today (Monday) that six million more doses of vaccines will be distributed across the country by this month, or July 2nd the latest, amid widespread jab appointment postponements due to insufficient allocations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220476-six-million-doses-of-vaccine-to-be-distributed-across-the-country-by-july-2-–-ddc/

 

No more conflict between MoPH and BMA over vaccine allocation – Anutin

 

 

The misunderstanding between the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), over the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines, appears to have be resolved, at least for now.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220477-no-more-conflict-between-moph-and-bma-over-vaccine-allocation-–-anutin/

 

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Thailand Live Tuesday 15 June 2021 
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