THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 11 July 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bus services on all southern routes in Thailand suspended until July 25th

 

 

Thailand’s state-run Transport Company has suspended operations on all southern bus routes, from 11pm tonight (Saturday) until July 25th, in line with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) decision yesterday to restrict interprovincial travel, in a new bid to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223499-bus-services-on-all-southern-routes-in-thailand-suspended-until-july-25th/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Surat Thani islands hit vaccine targets ahead of 15th July opening - foreigners vaxxed on Koh Phangan

 

Reuters file photo for reference only

 

Thai media reported that all the well known tourist islands in Surat Thani province - Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan - had hit their vaccination targets. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223494-surat-thani-islands-hit-vaccine-targets-ahead-of-15th-july-opening-foreigners-vaxxed-on-koh-phangan/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Complaint filed against Bangkok beauty pageant after contestants and officials found with COVID-19

 

Image Credit: Miss Grand Samut Sakhon 2021

 

Huai Khwang district office in Bangkok has lodged a complaint with Makkasan police, accusing the organiser of the “Miss Grand Samut Sakhon 2021” pageant for holding the event on June 26th and 27th, at the Mirin Theatre RCA in Huai Khwang district, in violation of the Communicable Disease Act and restrictions announced by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223493-complaint-filed-against-bangkok-beauty-pageant-after-contestants-and-officials-found-with-covid-19/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Royal Gazette announces new COVID-19 restrictions starting Monday

 

 

A construction site sits empty in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 25, 2021. As Thailand has struggled unsuccessfully to lower the number of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths during its third and worst wave of coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

 

All the restrictive measures announced by the country’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday, in an attempt to contain the rapid surge in COVID-19 infections in Thailand, have been published in the Royal Gazette, making them enforceable.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223544-royal-gazette-announces-new-covid-19-restrictions-starting-monday/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

“Car mob” protesters rally in Bangkok to demand PM’s removal

 

 

The “car mob” protesters, led by political activist Sombat Boonngarm-anong, rallied in different parts of Bangkok this afternoon (Saturday), to put pressure on government coalition parties to dump Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223545-“car-mob”-protesters-rally-in-bangkok-to-demand-pm’s-removal/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bangkok Will Implement Home and Community Isolation for Mild COVID-19 Patients

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will implement home and community isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and those with mild symptoms in the capital, starting with a community isolation center inside Sri Sudaram Temple on 9 July.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223546-bangkok-will-implement-home-and-community-isolation-for-mild-covid-19-patients/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Government to Set up 5,000-bed Field Hospital at Suvarnabhumi Airport

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Ministries of Public Health and Transport have been preparing a 5,000-bed field hospital at Suvarnabhumi airport, to cope with soaring COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223547-thai-government-to-set-up-5000-bed-field-hospital-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Cabinet Members Donate Salaries to Help People Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced his donation of three months’ salary, to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, during a meeting at the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) via video conference on 9 July.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223548-thai-cabinet-members-donate-salaries-to-help-people-affected-by-covid-19-pandemic/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

All Bangkok-Phuket buses cancelled

 

 

PHUKET: All interprovincial bus services between Phuket and Bangkok have been suspended, effective today (July 10), as all bus services between Bangkok and Southern Thailand have been cancelled.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223550-all-bangkok-phuket-buses-cancelled/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

All schools in Phuket ordered closed for two weeks

 

 

PHUKET: All schools in Phuket have been ordered to close from July 12-23 by order of the Phuket Governor.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223551-all-schools-in-phuket-ordered-closed-for-two-weeks/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

PPHO braces for infections; Delta, Beta variants confirmed in Phuket

 

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials are drawing up battle plans in anticipation of a spike in infections on the island after Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon confirmed that both the Delta and Beta variants of COVID-19 have now been found among infected people in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223552-ppho-braces-for-infections-delta-beta-variants-confirmed-in-phuket/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Vietnam receives 2 million COVID-19 vaccines to fight worst outbreak

 

FILE PHOTO: A family wears protective masks as they ride a motorbike in the street amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo

 

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam has received 2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. government, the American embassy in Hanoi said on Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223553-vietnam-receives-2-million-covid-19-vaccines-to-fight-worst-outbreak/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Singapore reports no new local COVID-19 cases, first time since April 25

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks into a newly set up coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination center which will be opened to the public the day after, in Singapore January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Saturday reported no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection for the first time since April 25, according to preliminary daily numbers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223554-singapore-reports-no-new-local-covid-19-cases-first-time-since-april-25/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Malaysia reports 9,353 new coronavirus cases, second straight daily high

 

FILE PHOTO: A soldier wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects an area under enhanced lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 9,353 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a second straight daily record.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223555-malaysia-reports-9353-new-coronavirus-cases-second-straight-daily-high/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Palace downplays Philippines safety ranking

 

File photo

 

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang downplayed yesterday the Global Finance Magazine report that put the Philippines at the bottom of its list of the world’s safest countries in 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223556-palace-downplays-philippines-safety-ranking/

 

[rooster59]

Thailand to the rescue again:  security guard helps panicked Englishman in 3 am drama!

 

 

BOOM!......then everything went black, including my flatscreen TV. 

 

It was 2.17 am on Thursday morning in locked down Bangkok and what Rooster and many others had been waiting for for 55 years - an appearance in a major football final - went blank.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223560-thailand-to-the-rescue-again -security-guard-helps-panicked-englishman-in-3-am-drama/

 

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