Thailand to ease some restrictions next Monday, COVID-19 zones adjusted

 

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Friday) announced adjustments to COVID-19 monitoring zones and the easing of some restrictions, effective Monday (June 21st).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220932-thailand-to-ease-some-restrictions-next-monday-covid-19-zones-adjusted/

 

2nd Jab of Sinovac Vaccine Significantly Stimulates Immunity

 

 

BANGKOK, June 18 (TNA) – A research has found the efficacy rate of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine is higher than 50% among the Thai people who have received two doses, according to Chulalongkorn University.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220941-2nd-jab-of-sinovac-vaccine-significantly-stimulates-immunity/

 

CCSA reduces count of Dark Red Zones to only 4 provinces

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has whittled down the list of Dark Red Zones to only four provinces and is to allow dining at restaurants until 11pm from June 21.

 

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Million more doses of AstraZeneca delivered, 2 million more Sinovac doses due next week

 

 

One million more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to Thailand’s Public Health Ministry today (Friday), which will be distributed across Thailand later today or tomorrow, according to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220950-million-more-doses-of-astrazeneca-delivered-2-million-more-sinovac-doses-due-next-week/

 

Free state quarantine for arrivals in Thailand by air, sea to cease from July 1

 

 

There will no longer be free, state provided quarantine for international arrivals in Thailand by air and sea from July 1st, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Friday), citing high costs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220951-free-state-quarantine-for-arrivals-in-thailand-by-air-sea-to-cease-from-july-1/

 

Gov confident it can meet 120 day reopening goal

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow has clarified the government’s intention of reopening the entire nation to foreigners within 120 days, saying the countdown will start on July 1, placing its deadline at the end of October this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220953-gov-confident-it-can-meet-120-day-reopening-goal/

 

Organization’s Sinopharm jabs allotment application ends today

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Private firms and local administrative organization that wish to purchase doses of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, have until 4 p.m. today to submit their request to Chulabhorn Royal Academy, which has already received applications from some 14,000 organizations.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220954-organization’s-sinopharm-jabs-allotment-application-ends-today/

 

Thai tourism set for sluggish reboot as Phuket stutters on 'sandbox'

 

FILE PHOTO: An empty street market is seen near the beach in Phuket, Thailand March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's planned reopening of the resort island Phuket next month to vaccinated visitors, bypassing quarantine requirements, has met a lukewarm response, with hotel bookings indicating expected occupancy of less than 20% so far.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220956-thai-tourism-set-for-sluggish-reboot-as-phuket-stutters-on-sandbox/

 

Thailand, Malaysia central banks launch cross-border QR payment linkage

 

A general view of the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 31, 2019. Picture taken July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The central banks of Thailand and Malaysia launched on Friday a cross-border QR (Quick Response) payment linkage to enable consumers and merchants in both countries to make and receive instant cross-border QR code payments.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220957-thailand-malaysia-central-banks-launch-cross-border-qr-payment-linkage/

 

Outrage over blacktip reef sharks sold at Phuket fish market

 

The haul of blacktip reef sharks at the fresh fish market on Koh Siray, east of Phukte Town, this morning (June 18). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Fisheries Chief has confirmed that blacktip reef sharks are not protected species following outrage online sparked from photos of a haul of dead sharks in baskets at Koh Siray, in Rassada, today (June 18).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220967-outrage-over-blacktip-reef-sharks-sold-at-phuket-fish-market/

 

10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to be distributed across Thailand in July

 

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is aiming to administer about 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines in July in provinces which have high infection rates and to complete full inoculation of at least 70% of the population of Phuket, which is set to be the first province to receive fully vaccinated tourists without quarantine from July 1st.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220968-10-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-be-distributed-across-thailand-in-july/

 

78-year-old customer files police report on his barber for a bad haircut in Udon Thani

 

 

A 78-year-old customer filed a police complaint to the Bandung Police Station in Udon Thani yesterday, June 17th, and asked for a 60-baht refund after his hair was cut unevenly by a local hairdresser.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220969-78-year-old-customer-files-police-report-on-his-barber-for-a-bad-haircut-in-udon-thani/

 

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