THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 30 June 2021

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Aid for Workers, Operators in 6 Provinces

 

 

BANGKOK, June 30 (TNA) – The cabinet approved one-month financial aid for workers and employers in six provinces under maximum and strict COVID-19 control.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222233-aid-for-workers-operators-in-6-provinces/

 

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Strict requirements set for visitors ahead of Phuket “Sandbox” reopening on July 1

 

Empty tourist boats anchor off Rawai Beach on Phuket, southern Thailand, Monday, June 28, 2021. Thailand’s government will begin the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket starting July 1. Even though coronavirus numbers are again rising around the rest of Thailand and prompting new lockdown measures, officials say there’s too much at stake not to forge ahead with the plan to reopen the island to fully-vaccinated travelers. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

 

The Thai government has finalised requirements for the entry of fully vaccinated foreign tourists and Thai returnees, without entering quarantine, through the Phuket “sandbox” project, which starts tomorrow (Thursday).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222184-phuket-sandbox-rules-tweaked/?do=findComment&comment=16611320

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Several Thai provinces welcome COVID-infected natives home for treatment

 

 

Due to the critical shortage of hospital beds in and around Bangkok, several provinces have announced their readiness to accept their infected natives, who have been waiting for empty beds in Bangkok and its vicinities, for medical treatment.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222234-several-thai-provinces-welcome-covid-infected-natives-home-for-treatment/

 

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Experts call for Thai government to procure mRNA vaccines instead of Sinovac

 

Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP

 

The Infectious Disease Association of Thailand (IDAT) is calling on the Thai government to procure mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, instead of China’s Sinovac, citing concerns over the Chinese vaccine’s efficacy against new variants, especially the virulent Delta strain.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222235-experts-call-for-thai-government-to-procure-mrna-vaccines-instead-of-sinovac/

 

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DSI chief investigates Phuket forest encroachment

 

DSI Chief Lt Col Korawat was in Phuket yesterday to inspect the damage done by the encroachment. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Director-General Pol Lt Col Korawat Panprapakorn was in Phuket in person yesterday (June 29) to inspect the site of national forest encroachment in the hills above the Bang Wad reservoir that local officials have been confirmed as involved in allowing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222245-dsi-chief-investigates-phuket-forest-encroachment/

 

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3.2m More COVID Vaccine Doses This Week

 

 

BANGKOK, June 30 (TNA) – Thailand receives 3.2 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines by Sinovac and AstraZeneca this week, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222247-32m-more-covid-vaccine-doses-this-week/

 

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Use of schools, temples instead of homes proposed for asymptomatic, mild COVID-19 cases

 

This handout from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration taken and released on April 21, 2021 shows 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. (Photo by Handout / BANGKOK METROPOLITAN ADMINISTRATION / AFP)

 

A senior doctor, at the Faculty of Medicine of Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, has expressed concern over the idea of home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, or those with mild symptoms, saying that this may cause the spread of the disease among family members.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222248-use-of-schools-temples-instead-of-homes-proposed-for-asymptomatic-mild-covid-19-cases/

 

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Thailand buys 5 million doses of Moderna coronavirus vaccine

 

Women receive the Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as the Thai resort island of Phuket rushes to vaccinate its population amid the COVID-19 outbreak ahead of a July 1 end of strict quarantine for overseas visitors to bring back tourism revenue, in Phuket, Thailand, June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Wednesday it would import nearly four million doses of Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccine towards the end of this year and a further one million in early 2022, for use by private hospitals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1222260-thailand-buys-5-million-doses-of-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine/

 

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