THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 28 June 2021

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July will be a critical month for the Thai health system – Rural Doctor Society

 

 

Next month will be critical for the Thai health system, because hospitals will be overwhelmed and there won’t be enough beds to accommodate the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Worse still, only about half of the 15 million doses of vaccines expected for the July will actually arrive, according to the Rural Doctor Society RDS).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221896-july-will-be-a-critical-month-for-the-thai-health-system-–-rural-doctor-society/

 

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Home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients waiting for hospital beds

 

File / Beds and items provided to patients in a field hospital set up in the Bangkok Arena indoor multi-purpose sporting venue to accomodate an upsurge in the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the country.

 

Thailand’s Medical Services Department is to issue advisories for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, on how to take care of themselves while they are waiting for hospital beds during to the current shortage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221898-home-isolation-for-asymptomatic-covid-19-patients-waiting-for-hospital-beds/

 

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‘SHA Plus’ certificate awarded to more tourism businesses in Phuket

Presentation sends encouraging signal in lead-up to island’s much-awaited reopening on 1 July, 2021.

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) today presented the Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus Certificate to more tourism businesses in Phuket, following the first ‘SHA Plus’ certificate presentation held in Phuket on 12 June, 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221899-‘sha-plus’-certificate-awarded-to-more-tourism-businesses-in-phuket/

 

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Thai Health Authorities Warn against Buying Antibody Test Kits after COVID-19 Vaccination

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) is advising people against buying antibody testing kits, to test themselves after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, because the result could be inaccurate and lead to misunderstandings.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221900-thai-health-authorities-warn-against-buying-antibody-test-kits-after-covid-19-vaccination/

 

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Pattaya to pilot Koh Larn tourism reopening

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

 

CHONBURI (NNT) - Pattaya City now aims to reopen Koh Larn off the coast of Chonburi province for international tourism in the near future, before extending the opening to other parts of the city, in line with the government’s 120-day country reopening goal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221901-pattaya-to-pilot-koh-larn-tourism-reopening/

 

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Thailand Pro-vaping network reveals UK gov’t provides e-cigarettes to help homeless people quit smoking

By  Adam Judd

 

 

The End Cigarette Smoke Thailand group (ECST) and admins of the “What is an e-cigarette?” Facebook page spoke to the media this week about what they view as incorrect statements made by an anti-smoking activist, who said a new study shows that e-cigarettes contain high levels of nicotine and are just as harmful to health as combustible cigarettes while stating that the government has the right to ban e-cigarettes in order to protect the public’s health and regulate harmful goods.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221902-thailand-pro-vaping-network-reveals-uk-gov’t-provides-e-cigarettes-to-help-homeless-people-quit-smoking/

 

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Unidentified man reportedly fires several gunshots in public on Jomtien Beach, no injuries

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – An unidentified man reportedly opened fire from his vehicle in public next to Jomtien beach early yesterday morning (June 26th).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221904-unidentified-man-reportedly-fires-several-gunshots-in-public-on-jomtien-beach-no-injuries/

 

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Results of the First Phase of Human Trials of Thai COVID-19 Vaccine Are Promising

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has reported that the results of the first phase of human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, being developed by the GPO and Mahidol University’s faculty of tropical medicine, are promising and the official results will be released next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221905-results-of-the-first-phase-of-human-trials-of-thai-covid-19-vaccine-are-promising/

 

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Thailand’s Health Ministry’s Pre-Admission Center Temporarily Closed to Migrant Workers

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Public Health Ministry’s Pre-Admission Center has announced that it is temporarily closed to migrant workers, as many infected with COVID-19 were being abandoned at the center.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221906-thailand’s-health-ministry’s-pre-admission-center-temporarily-closed-to-migrant-workers/

 

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Thai Agriculture Ministry and Chulalongkorn University to Develop Lumpy Skin Disease Vaccine

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is working with Chulalongkorn University to develop Thailand’s first ever vaccine against lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221907-thai-agriculture-ministry-and-chulalongkorn-university-to-develop-lumpy-skin-disease-vaccine/

 

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A Thailand jungle adventure like no other: wildlife and nighttime frights in Khao Sok

 

● An overnight tour in Khao Sok, a national park to the north of Phuket, takes visitors far off the beaten path and into a forest rich with history

 

● The rainforest was once riddled with gangsters but is now a haven for wildlife – and the occasional rough-sleeping tourist

 

Philipp Meier

 

Khao Sok, full of endangered wildlife and plant species, plays host to our writer’s thrill-seeking desire to get off Thailand’s well-trodden tourist trail. Photo: Shutterstock

 

It is pitch black and rustling sounds in the jungle are coming closer. Our candles have gone out and if it weren’t for the light from the dying campfire, I wouldn’t be able to see my hands in front of my face.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221910-a-thailand-jungle-adventure-like-no-other-wildlife-and-nighttime-frights-in-khao-sok/

 

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Opinion: Four steps the government can take to save the country

By Ken Lohatepanont

 

 

Since the start of the third wave, the government has been stuck in a difficult, damned if you do, damned if you don’t position. Impose too many restrictions and long-suffering small businesses may finally topple. Impose too few, however, and infections would continue with no end in sight. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221913-opinion-four-steps-the-government-can-take-to-save-the-country/

 

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Thailand reports 5,406 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

Thailand on Monday (June 28) reported 5,406 new COVID-19 cases and 22 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221915-thailand-reports-5406-new-covid-19-cases-22-more-deaths/

 

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Phuket’s Message To The World “Welcome Back Home” Echoes Its X Factor – Its People

As the countdown to the Sandbox hits seven days, resort island pays tribute to its real-life tourism attraction

 

    

PHUKET, THAILAND: Tourism eyes around the world are focused on a resort island in Thailand next week for the reopening of international, vaccinated travel to the Phuket Sandbox. A key emerging storyline from the island’s frenzied runaway to 1st July has been the remarkable cross sector partnerships that has become a true catalyst of change. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221918-phuket’s-message-to-the-world-“welcome-back-home” echoes-its-x-factor-–-its-people/

 

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NIDA poll: Nearly three quarters of Thais DO NOT agree with reopening Thailand to foreign tourists

 

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The Thai people have given PM Prayuth Chan-o- cha's government's 120 day plan to reopen to foreign tourism a big thumbs down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221922-nida-poll-nearly-three-quarters-of-thais-do-not-agree-with-reopening-thailand-to-foreign-tourists/

 

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Foreign Chambers of Commerce call on Thai govt to urgently vaccinate foreigners AND their families

 

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A meeting of 35 foreign Chambers of Commerce unanimously declared Friday the need for the Thai government to vaccinate foreign businessmen, foreign employees and their families as a matter of priority. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221931-foreign-chambers-of-commerce-call-on-thai-govt-to-urgently-vaccinate-foreigners-and-their-families/

 

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Mass exodus from Bangkok after closure of construction sites

 

 

Thai media was full of stories about the mass exodus from Bangkok to beat the authorities after they closed construction camps in the Thai capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221935-mass-exodus-from-bangkok-after-closure-of-construction-sites/

 

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Pattaya: Saturday morning raids could jeopardize plans to reopen resort to foreign tourists

 

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Thai media Sanook reported on the fallout from the raids on Friday night/Saturday morning at The Garden 168, Mo Salah and on the beach when 121 people were rounded up for drinking and illegal gathering. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221937-pattaya-saturday-morning-raids-could-jeopardize-plans-to-reopen-resort-to-foreign-tourists/

 

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Thai economy seen back to pre-pandemic levels in first quarter, 2023

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy Cha-am Beach in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2023, the central bank said on Monday, as tourism has been slow to recover.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221938-thai-economy-seen-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels-in-first-quarter-2023/

 

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Samut Sakhon: Grim picture as "factory capital" province that headed second wave battles third wave

 

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The province of Samut Sakhon south west of Bangkok is in the grip of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221940-samut-sakhon-grim-picture-as-factory-capital-province-that-headed-second-wave-battles-third-wave/

 

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Calls Urgent Meeting to Map out COVID-19 Relief Measures

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called an urgent meeting of the government’s economic team on Monday, to map out relief measures for those affected by the latest set of restrictions, intended to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221941-thailand’s-prime-minister-calls-urgent-meeting-to-map-out-covid-19-relief-measures/

 

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Thailand’s Insurance Association Warns against COVID-19 Exposure to Claim Insurance.

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai General Insurance Association (TGIA) is warning people against deliberately getting themselves infected with COVID-19, so they can claim insurance, after a Facebook user said people could earn 100,000 baht each if they were infected.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221942-thailand’s-insurance-association-warns-against-covid-19-exposure-to-claim-insurance/

 

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฿1-2bn Baht per day loss expected due to new restrictions – Commerce Chamber

 

People dine separated by dividing screens at a street food corner in Bangkok’s Chinatown on January 10, 2021, (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

One to two billion Baht in revenue will be lost per day, resulting in an economic contraction of about 0.1%-0.3%, amid a new round of COVID-19 restrictions beginning today (Monday) in Bangkok and nine other provinces, according to the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221945-฿1-2bn-baht-per-day-loss-expected-due-to-new-restrictions-–-commerce-chamber/

 

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It's not a lockdown! Govt spokesman says new rules are to stop travel just as travel increases

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's embattled government was in total disarray Sunday as their spokesman said that new rules published in the Government Gazette did not represent a lockdown. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221950-its-not-a-lockdown-govt-spokesman-says-new-rules-are-to-stop-travel-just-as-travel-increases/

 

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Suspended jail terms and 5,000 baht fines for 29 caught drinking at Sukhumvit Soi 22 pub

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that Thong Lo police investigated after hearing loud music emanating from a pub on Sukhumvit Soi 22  in downtown Bangkok at 2 am Saturday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221951-suspended-jail-terms-and-5000-baht-fines-for-29-caught-drinking-at-sukhumvit-soi-22-pub/

 

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Quarantine on a raft! Idea in south floats the boat of officials looking for field hospital beds

 

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Health officials in Yala in the far south of Thailand are battling Covid-19 infections that have shot past 1,000 and are rising at up to 200 a day, reported INN. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221953-quarantine-on-a-raft-idea-in-south-floats-the-boat-of-officials-looking-for-field-hospital-beds/

 

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Sting at Bangkok coffee shop nets corrupt OBEC official demanding under the table payment

 

 

Naew Na reported on yet another example of extortion by a state official yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221954-sting-at-bangkok-coffee-shop-nets-corrupt-obec-official-demanding-under-the-table-payment/

 

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Trader in Rayong killed after being hit by drunk driver

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Horrific CCTV footage from Rayong in the early hours of Friday morning showed the moment when a drunk in a Mitsubishi Mirage plowed into a completely innocent woman waiting at a red light on her motorcycle. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221956-trader-in-rayong-killed-after-being-hit-by-drunk-driver/

 

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First Beta variant case, four more clusters with over 500 infections found in Bangkok

 

Construction site in Bangkok

 

The first case of a Beta (South African) variant COVID-19 infection and four more COVID-19 clusters, with over 500 infections, have been found in Bangkok, according to the government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221961-first-beta-variant-case-four-more-clusters-with-over-500-infections-found-in-bangkok/

 

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UPDATE: Five people test positive for Covid -19 in Pattaya raid on restaurants allegedly violating Covid -19 rules

 

 

Five people have been confirmed with Covid -19 over the past weekend in Pattaya after a raid on two restaurants allegedly violating Covid -19 rules. Dozens of police and support team members involved in the raid are currently being quarantined.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221763-pattaya-121-foreigners-and-thais-arrested-drinking-alcohol-at-restaurants-and-beach-gatherings/?do=findComment&comment=16605005