THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 18 July 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Results from COVID rapid antigen home test kits not accepted for travel

By The Phuket News

 

Dr Chalermpong with a home test kit. photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Test results from COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits for self-testing at home cannot be used as evidence in order to travel, Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224395-results-from-covid-rapid-antigen-home-test-kits-not-accepted-for-travel/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pattaya presses ahead with plan to reopen to foreign tourists from September - targeting large numbers

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the authorities in Pattaya were pressing ahead with the "Pattaya Move On" reopening to foreign tourism come September despite Covid-19 infections being severe in the country at the moment. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224397-pattaya-presses-ahead-with-plan-to-reopen-to-foreign-tourists-from-september-targeting-large-numbers/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Ramathibodi Hospital suspends some services as 300 medics infected with COVID-19

 

 

Ramathibodi Hospital has announced the suspension of all elective surgery appointments and some ward services, with the exception of emergency cases, until further notice.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224457-ramathibodi-hospital-suspends-some-services-as-300-medics-infected-with-covid-19/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thais unconvinced by govt’s unique mix-and-match jab policy

 

 

Like many Thais, veteran journalist Wichit Chaitrong had been looking forward to getting a government-provided COVID-19 jab for months – but not anymore. He changed his mind after hearing the government rollout will use Sinovac for the first dose and AstraZeneca for the second – a mix-and-match formula untried by any other country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224458-thais-unconvinced-by-govt’s-unique-mix-and-match-jab-policy/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Protest against PM in Pattaya by Thai Mai Thon group

 

 

Anti-government Thai Mai Thon (Impatient Thais) protesters rallied in the resort town of Pattaya this afternoon (Saturday), to repeat demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224459-protest-against-pm-in-pattaya-by-thai-mai-thon-group/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket brings infected residents home to get treatment on the island

 

Phuket resident has been transferred from Bangkok to the island to get COVID-19 treatment. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The first COVID-19 case from a dark-red zone province arrived on the island yesterday (July 16) under the “Bring Phuket People Home” project aimed at facilitating infected people to receive medical treatment in Phuket. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224460-phuket-brings-infected-residents-home-to-get-treatment-on-the-island/ 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Chalong pier livelier with sandbox tourist

 

Tourists are back to Chalong Pier. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Tourists under the Phuket Sandbox scheme make Chalong pier livelier, said tour operators at the pier. While a group of tourists were amazed with a group of 20 dolphins they saw on route to Koh Maithon. Today (July 17) there were about 300-400 tourists gathering at Chalong pier and preparing to join their island tours.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1224461-chalong-pier-livelier-with-sandbox-tourist/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phang Nga welcomes foreign tourist couple from Phuket Sandbox project

 

 

PHANG NGA (NNT) - Phang Nga organized a welcome parade this week, to greet the first foreign tourist couple from the Phuket Sandbox project who have traveled on to Khao Lak.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224462-phang-nga-welcomes-foreign-tourist-couple-from-phuket-sandbox-project/

 

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand to promote Kaeng Krachan forest as world heritage

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has continued to pursue the promotion of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hoping the process will help promote conservation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224463-thailand-to-promote-kaeng-krachan-forest-as-world-heritage/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Red Cross confirms 1 million Moderna jabs arriving Q4

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Red Cross Society has confirmed the Moderna brand COVID-19 vaccines it purchased under Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s (GPO) conditions will arrive in the final quarter this year and at the beginning of next year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224464-red-cross-confirms-1-million-moderna-jabs-arriving-q4/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Police warn July 18 protesters they will be violating the law

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Police have warned protesters who plan to gather in front of the Democracy Monument and move on Government House on Sunday, July 18th that they will be in violation of multiple laws.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224465-police-warn-july-18-protesters-they-will-be-violating-the-law/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Commerce Min ready to control price of home COVID-19 tests

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce has issued an assurance that it is ready to oversee the price of Antigen Test Kits for COVID-19, but is awaiting a Ministry of Public Health decision on whether or not they need to be price-controlled.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224466-commerce-min-ready-to-control-price-of-home-covid-19-tests/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

DES notes uptick in fake news

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society (DES) has noted an uptick in fake or distorted news that threatens social harmony, reporting 17 such instances in need of investigation on July 15.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224467-des-notes-uptick-in-fake-news/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Regulator bars firms from canceling COVID-19 insurance

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) has issued a directive barring insurance companies from canceling active COVID-19 insurance policies, following yesterday controversial decision by one firm to terminate COVID-19 insurance packages they have been offering.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224468-regulator-bars-firms-from-canceling-covid-19-insurance/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Armed forces ordered to set up more field hospitals

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Security agencies have been urged to maintain stringent border controls and restrictions on population movements in a COVID-19-related meeting, with the armed forces now called on to set up more field hospitals to accommodate the surge of COVID-19 cases.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224469-armed-forces-ordered-to-set-up-more-field-hospitals/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Royal Thai Navy moves forward with proposal to purchase more submarines, dismisses criticism

 

 

The Royal Thai Navy has stated today, July 17th, 2021, through a spokesperson, that they are moving forward with a controversial plan to purchases two submarines from China.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224471-royal-thai-navy-moves-forward-with-proposal-to-purchase-more-submarines-dismisses-criticism/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Woman stabs her boyfriend to death at Pattaya area home allegedly in self defense

 

 

A young woman has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend to death at a house in Banglamung, part of the Pattaya area, early this morning. She told Banglamung police that her boyfriend tried to attack her after midnight (July 17th).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224472-woman-stabs-her-boyfriend-to-death-at-pattaya-area-home-allegedly-in-self-defense/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports another record high new COVID-19 cases

 

FILE PHOTO: A man undergoes a free coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a rapid antigen mass testing station as the spread of COVID-19 continues, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

Thailand on Sunday reported another high in new daily COVID-19 cases, which surpassed 10,000 for the second successive day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224474-thailand-reports-another-record-high-new-covid-19-cases/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand – isolation tents for Corona patients due to overcrowding in hospitals

 

 

To reduce overcrowding inside hospitals in Bangkok due to the high number of Corona infections after the widespread spread of the Delta strain recently, the Thai authorities decided to allow Corona patients with mild or no symptoms to stay at home or in isolation tents centers in the Klong Toei area of Bangkok instead of hospitals. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224476-thailand-–-isolation-tents-for-corona-patients-due-to-overcrowding-in-hospitals/

 

[rooster59]

On newbies in Thailand and getting your Siamese wings!

 

 

One can usually spot a newbie to Thailand a mile off. 

 

They love to regale anyone who pretends to listen about their knowledge of everything Thai from the language to the politics, the daily life to the police. They know all about the Thai people - especially relationships - and they have the culture off pat. They usually condemn it to hide their ignorance.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224477-on-newbies-in-thailand-and-getting-your-siamese-wings/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Chonburi confirmed as 'dark red' maximum and strict control zone

 

 

Chonburi will be added to the list of 'dark red' or maximum and strict control zone in order to try and prevent further spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1224486-chonburi-confirmed-as-dark-red-maximum-and-strict-control-zone/

 

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