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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

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Thai govt plans $235 million to ease impact of virus curbs

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha waves as he attends an agreement signing ceremony for purchase of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine at Government House, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/Pool

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government has prepared about 7.5 billion baht ($235 million) to help ease the impact of restrictions imposed to curb a recent spike in infections, its prime minister said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222005-thai-govt-plans-235-million-to-ease-impact-of-virus-curbs/

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Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in and around Bangkok to enter ‘Home Isolation’

 

Photo by Tuwaedaniya MERINGING / AFP

 

Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon will enter a “Home Isolation” program, under remote supervision by medical personnel, according to Thailand’s Public Health Ministry (Monday), as a direct result of the hospital bed shortage in and around the capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222021-asymptomatic-covid-19-cases-in-and-around-bangkok-to-enter-‘home-isolation’/

 

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฿7.5bn allotted to help Thai workers and businesses hit by partial lockdown

 

 

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has set aside 7.5 billion baht, from the Social Security Fund and government borrowing, to compensate individuals and businesses affected by the month-long partial lockdown in Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222005-thai-govt-plans-235-million-to-ease-impact-of-virus-curbs/?do=findComment&comment=16606256

 

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Delta variant to become dominant strain in the capital “within two to three months”

By Erich Parpart

 

 

The number of people infected with the Delta and Beta variants of Covid-19, which was first identified in India and South Africa, have increased with the latter exceeding 120 cases, the Department of Medical Science (DMSC) said on Monday.  

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221961-first-beta-variant-case-four-more-clusters-with-over-500-infections-found-in-bangkok/?do=findComment&comment=16606266

 

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“Hundreds” of migrant workers found wandering along the road ahead of camp closures

By Pear Maneechote

 

 

Hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers were dropped at border checkpoints or even just forced onto the streets over the weekend without any further support, ahead of announced camp closures, a non-government organization said Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1221988-checkpoints-set-up-in-bangkok-to-stop-construction-workers-leaving-their-sites/?do=findComment&comment=16606272

 

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Surin: Cambodian Workers Return Home

 

 

SURIN, June 28 (TNA) – Cambodian workers crossed the border at the immigration checkpoint of this northeastern province to return to the homeland as Thailand started sealing off construction worker camps in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222022-surin-cambodian-workers-return-home/

 

 

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Unidentified foreigner arrested for allegedly stealing two bottles of liquor in Pattaya and attempting to flee across nearby rooftops, claims he is homesick and wants to be sent back to his country

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-An unidentified foreign man was arrested yesterday, June 28th, 2021, in Pattaya after allegedly stealing two bottles of liquor from a local store and fleeing which led to a pursuit between the shop clerk, local villagers, and the foreigner and ultimately led to the arrest of the foreign national.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222023-unidentified-foreigner-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-two-bottles-of-liquor-in-pattaya-and-attempting-to-flee-across-nearby-rooftops-claims-he-is-homesick-and-wants-to-be-sent-back-to-his-country/

 

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30 kilogram python caught in garage in Pattaya overnight, alarming owner

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

A 30-kilogram python has been caught in a local man’s garage in Pattaya early yesterday morning (June 28th).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222024-30-kilogram-python-caught-in-garage-in-pattaya-overnight-alarming-owner/

 

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Thailand ready to kick off Phuket reopening program on July 1: official

Editor: huaxia

 

 

BANGKOK, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has been ready to kick off the Phuket Sandbox campaign on Thursday to open the resort island to vaccinated international visitors, Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222026-thailand-ready-to-kick-off-phuket-reopening-program-on-july-1-official/

 

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Thailand reports 4,662 new COVID-19 cases, 36 more deaths

 

File photo//REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

Thailand on Tuesday (June 29) reported 4,662 new COVID-19 cases and 36 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222037-thailand-reports-4662-new-covid-19-cases-36-more-deaths/

 

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Moderna at private hospitals: It'll cost 3,400 baht for two jabs, can pay from Thursday

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Private Hospital Association of Thailand announced that all their hospitals will charge 3,400 baht for two doses of Moderna vaccine. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222043-moderna-at-private-hospitals-itll-cost-3400-baht-for-two-jabs-can-pay-from-thursday/

 

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All go for the Phuket Sandbox - 13,000 rooms booked, foreign airlines set for Samui later, TAT

 

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The Tourism Authority of Thailand chief Yutthasak Suphasorn told the Thai media that just about everything was ready for the Phuket Sandbox reopening to foreign tourism on Thursday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222045-all-go-for-the-phuket-sandbox-13000-rooms-booked-foreign-airlines-set-for-samui-later-tat/

 

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"There's no going back once we open" - Phuket governor says they're ready for Sandbox start

 

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Phuket's governor Narong Wunsew told Manager that everything had been done to ensure the success of the Phuket Sandbox reopening to foreign tourists. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222050-theres-no-going-back-once-we-open-phuket-governor-says-theyre-ready-for-sandbox-start/

 

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1,500 employees at Nonthaburi factory call for its closure after 60 workers infected with Covid

 

 

Daily News reported that a weaving factory in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, remained open yesterday despite 1,500 employees protesting that it should be shut fearing the spread of Covid-19 and a new big cluster.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222052-1500-employees-at-nonthaburi-factory-call-for-its-closure-after-60-workers-infected-with-covid/

 

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Restaurant owners in Thailand frustrated by renewed dining-in ban to curb COVID-19

By  Pichayada Promchertchoo

 

Chairs are stacked on tables in a restaurant in a mall in Bangkok on May 4, 2021, as restaurants have been ordered to offer takeaway only as part of COVID-19 restrictions in Thailand. (Photo: Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

By  Pichayada Promchertchoo

 

BANGKOK: Owners of eateries in Bangkok and nearby provinces were left frustrated after a ban on dining-in was reimposed on Monday (Jun 28), a week after the government relaxed COVID-19 control measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222059-restaurant-owners-in-thailand-frustrated-by-renewed-dining-in-ban-to-curb-covid-19/

 

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In Thailand’s conflict-hit ‘Deep South’, mistrust fuels Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among Muslim majority

 

● As Thailand contends with its deadliest wave of the pandemic yet, the vast majority of people in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces have not had a jab

 

● Those who have are overwhelmingly Buddhist. Years of conflict and martial law have made the region’s Muslims deeply suspicious of government intentions

 

Vijitra Duangdee in Pattani

 

A nurse administers a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital in the southern province of Narathiwat on June 7. Less that 5 per cent of Narathiwat and Yala’s 1.1 million population have received a jab so far. Photo: AFP

 

Fear, misinformation and chronic mistrust of the state in a conflict zone is undercutting vaccination efforts in Thailand’s insurgency-hit “Deep South”, activists say, as coronavirus cases spike in a region previously spared the worst of the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222062-in-thailand’s-conflict-hit-‘deep-south’-mistrust-fuels-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-among-muslim-majority/

 

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Vaccination of elderly, those with underlying diseases brought one month forward

 

 

Vaccination appointments, made via the Mor Prom app by people aged 60 and over and those with any of the seven specified underlying diseases, have been brought forward, from August to July, amid the increasing spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222066-vaccination-of-elderly-those-with-underlying-diseases-brought-one-month-forward/

 

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CCSA defends late decision on announcement of new regulations saying it must all be lawful

 

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The Centre for Covid Situation Administration spokesman has defended the timing of the announcement of new rules that sealed construction camps in the Thai capital Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222068-ccsa-defends-late-decision-on-announcement-of-new-regulations-saying-it-must-all-be-lawful/

 

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Hunt on for son who murdered his dad over 1,250 baht

 

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A phu yai ban in the village of Ban Soknak, Buriram in Thailand's north east, called in the police after a 72 year old man was found buried in a shallow grave behind his house. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222069-hunt-on-for-son-who-murdered-his-dad-over-1250-baht/

 

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Thai husband shows his undying love - tattoos marriage certificate on his arm

 

Picture: Prachuap Post

 

A Hua Hin man is unlikely to be straying very far from his wife who he married last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222070-thai-husband-shows-his-undying-love-tattoos-marriage-certificate-on-his-arm/

 

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Huge Ya Ba haul found in Chiang Rai - three arrests

 

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77kaoded reported that Region 5 police and Chiang Rai provincial officers arrested three people on Sunday night and made a huge seizure of drugs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222072-huge-ya-ba-haul-found-in-chiang-rai-three-arrests/

 

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Gel-like substance found in 110 bottles of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine

 

 

As many as 110 bottles of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have been found to contain a lump of transparent gel, which did not go away after being shaken. It is believed to be caused by the vaccine being stored at an inappropriate temperature, according to Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222073-gel-like-substance-found-in-110-bottles-of-sinovac’s-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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A hundred victims after luxury rental cars sold in 400 million baht scam

 

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Around 100 victims of a big luxury car sales fraud have gone to the Crime Suppression Division to register complaints.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222074-a-hundred-victims-after-luxury-rental-cars-sold-in-400-million-baht-scam/

 

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Pattaya: City Hall focuses on bringing order to problem of 1,600 speedboat free for all

 

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The problem of private operators of some 1,600 speedboats operating out of Pattaya was raised at City Hall.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222077-pattaya-city-hall-focuses-on-bringing-order-to-problem-of-1600-speedboat-free-for-all/

 

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What dangers come with Beta, Bangkok’s latest COVID variant?

 

 

Barely a month after the Beta variant emerged in the deep South, it has managed to travel more than 1,000 kilometres north to Bangkok where COVID-19 cases were already surging by thousands each day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222080-what-dangers-come-with-beta-bangkok’s-latest-covid-variant/

 

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Phuket marks 14 COVID infections in past week, vaccinations hit 80%

By The Phuket News

 

A man receives a COVID vaccination injection at the Indoor Sports Stadium in Saphan Hin. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily report for yesterday (June 28) marked three new COVID infections on the island, bringing the total number of people infected in Phuket since Apr 3 to 723.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222083-phuket-marks-14-covid-infections-in-past-week-vaccinations-hit-80/

 

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Nightlife Workers Seek Aid

 

 

BANGKOK, June 29 (TNA) – Nightlife workers rallied with high heels and bikinis at Government House to seek financial assistance as their workplaces were closed amid COVID-19 impacts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222084-nightlife-workers-seek-aid/

 

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Government urged to try harder to procure sufficient vaccine for the Thai people

 

 

The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT) is urging the government to try harder and faster to procure sufficient, quality vaccines, including alternatives, to inoculate people in Thailand, to build herd immunity as quickly as possible.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222089-government-urged-to-try-harder-to-procure-sufficient-vaccine-for-the-thai-people/