THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 2 July 2021

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COVID-19 in Thailand expected to worsen next week, CCSA says

 

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Gen. Nattaphon Narkphanich, secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC) and director of the operations centre of the CCSA, said today (Friday) that the CCSA predicts an increase in the rate of new COVID-19 infections next week, so vaccinations must be accelerated.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222556-covid-19-in-thailand-expected-to-worsen-next-week-ccsa-says/

 

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Thailand’s household debt in Q1 2021 is highest in 18 years – Kasikorn Research

 

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Thailand’s household debt in the first quarter of 2021 increased to 14.13 trillion baht, representing 90.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), compared to 89.4% of GDP for the fourth quarter of last year, and is at its highest in 18 years, when the Bank of Thailand started collecting data on household debt in the country, according to the Kasikorn Research Centre of Kasikorn Bank.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222558-thailand’s-household-debt-in-q1-2021-is-highest-in-18-years-–-kasikorn-research/

 

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New Field Hospitals Planned in Private Properties

 

 

BANGKOK, July 2 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry is asking three companies for their permission to set up field hospitals in their properties.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222559-new-field-hospitals-planned-in-private-properties/

 

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No Moderna Vaccine Contract Received

 

 

BANGKOK, July 2 (TNA) – The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) never received for scrutiny any draft contract for the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Moderna , said Prayuth Petchkhun, OAG’s deputy spokesman.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222560-no-moderna-vaccine-contract-received/

 

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‘Colourful Phuket’ festival to welcome Sandbox tourists

 

The month-long festival will include fireworks and fire shows at Patong Beach. Image: Phuket Info Center

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Government and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will together hold a month-long festival in Patong and Phuket Town under the banner “Colourful Phuket” to welcome tourists to Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox scheme. 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222561-‘colourful-phuket’-festival-to-welcome-sandbox-tourists/

 

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Vietnam reports first H5N8 avian flu outbreak in poultry

 

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Friday confirmed its first outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza at a chicken farm in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222562-vietnam-reports-first-h5n8-avian-flu-outbreak-in-poultry/

 

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Thailand to vaccinate vulnerable groups faster as critical cases rise

 

A man stands near health workers at the airport, as Phuket reopens to overseas tourists, allowing foreigners fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will speed up inoculations of elderly and medically vulnerable people to reduce the number of coronavirus patients in critical condition, officials said on Friday, as the country reported a third successive day of record deaths.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222563-thailand-to-vaccinate-vulnerable-groups-faster-as-critical-cases-rise/

 

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Crypto exchange Binance hit by criminal complaint from Thai regulators

 

Binance logo and stock graph are displayed in this illustration taken, June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files

 

(Reuters) - Thailand's financial watchdog filed a criminal complaint against cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Friday for operating a digital asset business without a licence, the latest in a string of crackdowns on the platform by regulators globally.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222564-crypto-exchange-binance-hit-by-criminal-complaint-from-thai-regulators/

 

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