THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 4 July 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Tourism Council announce their four scenarios for return of foreign tourists in 2021 - 3 million tops, 1 million worst

 

File photo//REUTERS

 

Deputy chief of the Tourism Council of Thailand Wichit Prakopkosol said that he was absolutely thrilled with the Thai government's plans to reopen the country within 120 days. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222635-tourism-council-announce-their-four-scenarios-for-return-of-foreign-tourists-in-2021-3-million-tops-1-million-worst/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Samui, Phangan, Koh Tao ready to reopen on July 15 - 70% of islands vaccinated

 

Picture: Channel 7

 

Channel 7 quoted the chief of the Koh Samui tourism promotion association as saying that the three islands of Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao were ready to join the grand reopening of Thailand to foreign tourism slated for 15th July.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222631-samui-phangan-koh-tao-ready-to-reopen-on-july-15-70-of-islands-vaccinated/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai police understand the hardship - but will still prosecute pubs that open

 

Picture: INN

 

The Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Col Krissana Pattanacharoen struck a conciliatory tone yesterday when commenting on the online campaign to defy orders not to reopen restaurants and pubs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222630-thai-police-understand-the-hardship-but-will-still-prosecute-pubs-that-open/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

70% of new COVID-19 cases in Thailand are Delta variant – Dr. Yong

 

 

About 70% of all new COVID-19 infections in Thailand are of the Delta (Indian) variant, which is 1.4 times more transmissible than the Alpha (UK) strain, said Dr. Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology of the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222688-70-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-thailand-are-delta-variant-–-dr-yong/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Fisheries Department bans 13 alien aquatic species in Thailand

 

 

Thailand’s Fisheries Department has decided to ban the breeding and farming of 13 alien aquatic species, defined as non-indigenous species introduced by human activities, which are deemed to be a threat to native aquatic species and the local ecological system.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222689-fisheries-department-bans-13-alien-aquatic-species-in-thailand/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Tired of being ignored, volunteers at Phuket Dog Shelter lodge complaint with Governor

 

Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee accepts the formal complaint from volunteers at the Phuket Dog Shelter yesterday. Photo: PR dept

 

PHUKET: Volunteers at the Phuket Stray Dog Shelter have filed an official complain to Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew after claiming their requests for help from the Phuket Provincial Livestock Office (PPLO) have been constantly ignored.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222690-tired-of-being-ignored-volunteers-at-phuket-dog-shelter-lodge-complaint-with-governor/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Chonburi governor orders the temporary closure of another market in Mueang Chonburi due to Covid-19

 

 

The Chonburi provincial governor issued a new order this evening, posted on social media PR pages, informing of the closure of another market due to Covid-19 related measures.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222691-chonburi-governor-orders-the-temporary-closure-of-another-market-in-mueang-chonburi-due-to-covid-19/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand - AIDS temple, 30 years home for the abandoned AIDS patients

 

 

 

The people in charge of the " Phrabat Nam Phu " temple, or "The Temple of AIDS" in Lopburi, succeeded in educating the people of the area until they were able to achieve the goal of persuading them to accept the abandoned AIDS patients who had taken the temple as a refuge to overcome ignorance and hatred towards the patients.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222692-thailand-aids-temple-30-years-home-for-the-abandoned-aids-patients/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Academics: Thai govt does not provide enough vaccine options for citizens and insists on buying the Sinovac vaccine

Academics stated that the Thai government does not give its citizens enough options for Corona vaccines, noting that the Thai government’s decision that the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will be the primary vaccine for Thailand, and its insistence on buying more of the Sinovac vaccine, raises questions and doubts among many about Chinese companies paying money to the Thai government to accept Sinovac as the main choice for vaccines in Thailand, although many Thais prefer European and American vaccines after confirming the weak effectiveness of Sinovac compared to other vaccines.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222693-academics-thai-govt does-not-provide-enough-vaccine-options-for-citizens-and-insists-on-buying-the-sinovac-vaccine/

 

 

[rooster59]

Welcome to ASEAN! How Rooster stumbled into Thailand via the neighbors!

 

 

The news on Friday that Thaivisa was no more - at least in name - caught many of the forum faithful on the hop. What was all this ASEAN NOW stuff about?

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222695-welcome-to-asean-how-rooster-stumbled-into-thailand-via-the-neighbors/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

1,300 tourists arrive during first 3 days of Phuket Sandbox - 12,000 arrivals expected in July

 

Rotem and Dani, newly-arrived tourists from Israel, sit in a jacuzzi 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 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

More than 1,300 foreign tourists have arrived in Phuket in the first three days of the 'Phuket Sandbox' project.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222696-1300-tourists-arrive-during-first-3-days-of-phuket-sandbox-12000-arrivals-expected-in-july/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

One million U.S. vaccine doses due in Malaysia on Monday

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One million donated doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc's and BioNTech will arrive in Malaysia on Monday, White House officials said, with plans for more shipments to Southeast Asia soon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222698-one-million-us-vaccine-doses-due-in-malaysia-on-monday/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Vietnam's daily COVID-19 infections hit new record of 922

 

FILE PHOTO: A man buys goods at a shop covered with plastic amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 31. REUTERS/Thanh Hue

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry reported 922 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest daily total since the virus was first found in the country in January last year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222699-vietnams-daily-covid-19-infections-hit-new-record-of-922/

 

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 5,916 new COVID-19 cases, 44 more deaths

 

 

Thailand on Sunday (July 4) reported 5,916 new COVID-19 cases and 44 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1222704-thailand-reports-5916-new-covid-19-cases-44-more-deaths/

 

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