3 months of semi-lockdown required to bring pandemic under control – KKP Research

 

 

KKP Research, of Kiatnakin Phatra Bank, has predicted that the latest COVID-19 outbreak will be longer than expected, due to the Delta variant, the slow imposition of lockdown measures and slow roll out of mass vaccinations, and that semi-lockdown measures will have to be in place for at least three months to ease the situation. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225020-3-months-of-semi-lockdown-required-to-bring-pandemic-under-control-–-kkp-research/

Vulnerable Groups Crowd Vaccination Station

 

 

BANGKOK, July 22 (TNA) – People in three vulnerable groups flocked to the Bang Sue Grand Station for walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations, offered on the first day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225017-vulnerable-groups-crowd-vaccination-station/

Toyota says suspends Thailand vehicle production amid parts shortage

 

FILE PHOTO: Toyota Motor Corp's logo on Estima Hybrid model is pictured at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp has since earlier this week suspended vehicle production at three of its manufacturing plants in Thailand due to a parts shortage, the company said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225012-toyota-says-suspends-thailand-vehicle-production-amid-parts-shortage/

Phuket Sandbox arrival who fled to Chonburi now in ALQ

By The Phuket News

 

PPHO Chief Dr Kusak speaking at the meeting with Governor Narong yesterday (July 21). Photo: Radio Thailand Phuket

 

PHUKET: The 18-year-old Thai woman who fled to Chonburi before completing the required 14-day stay on the island under the Phuket Sandbox scheme is now in an alternative local quarantine (ALQ) in Chonburi, Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225039-phuket-sandbox-arrival-who-fled-to-chonburi-now-in-alq/

 

Hotel operators hopeful for recovery to start in H2 2021

By The Phuket News

 

Image: Knight Frank Thailand

 

PHUKET: Due to the high reliance on Chinese visitors, the Phuket ‘Sandbox’ re-opening program starting in July might result in a less-than-forecasted number of foreign arrivals, reports Carlos Martinez, Director of Valuation and Advisory, Knight Frank Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225040-hotel-operators-hopeful-for-recovery-to-start-in-h2-2021/

 

PPAO eyes B98mn budget to buy Moderna vaccine for Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Mr Rewat called for the extra budget for the PPAO to buy Moderna vaccine doses directly from the Red Cross. Photo: PPAO

 

PHUKET: Rewat Areerob, President of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) today called for a budget of about B98 million from the central government in order to buy more than 89,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the Red Cross.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225041-ppao-eyes-b98mn-budget-to-buy-moderna-vaccine-for-phuket/

 

Hospital bed shortage “a crisis”

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Only 5 per cent remain of the hospital beds designated for Covid patients with moderate symptoms or in critical condition in the Bangkok and Metropolitan Region (BMR), the government said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225042-hospital-bed-shortage-“a-crisis”/

 

Construction worker dies after being run over by an excavator in Pattaya while installing drainage pipes

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – A construction worker passed away after being run over by an excavator in what was described by Nongprue police as a tragic accident in Pattaya Wednesday afternoon, July 21st, 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225043-construction-worker-dies-after-being-run-over-by-an-excavator-in-pattaya-while-installing-drainage-pipes/

 

One dead, one injured in overnight Sattahip motorbike crash

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Sattahip – One person is dead while another has sustained injuries after a motorbike crash in Sattahip Wednesday night (July 21st).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225044-one-dead-one-injured-in-overnight-sattahip-motorbike-crash/

 

As Covid-19 batters Thailand’s economy, even pawnshops are running out of customers

 

A forfeited watch is seen at a pawnshop in Bangkok, as Thais struggle for cash during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Vijitra Duangdee

 

● A pawnshop owner says the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is worse than the Asian financial crisis in 1997, as indebted Thais ‘have nothing left’

 

● With GDP forecasts slashed, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s government is hoping economic stimulus measures will boost growth

 

Vijitra Duangdee

 

From his dusty Bangkok pawnshop, where gold deposits are still recorded in heavy wooden ledgers, Danai Tangvatanangkoon has had a ringside seat to decades of Thai economic crises.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225046-as-covid-19-batters-thailand’s-economy-even-pawnshops-are-running-out-of-customers/

 

Thailand reports another record high of 14,575 coronavirus cases and 114 deaths

 

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

Thailand on Friday (July 23) reported 14,575 new COVID-19 cases and 114 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225051-thailand-reports-another-record-high-of-14575-coronavirus-cases-and-114-deaths/

 

Angry crowd await AirPod fraudster at Nonthaburi police station

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that an angry crowd of dozens of deceived customers were waiting at Bang Yai police station in Nonthaburi after the cops hauled in a fraudster.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225052-angry-crowd-await-airpod-fraudster-at-nonthaburi-police-station/

 

10% of people in Bangkok given COVID-19 antigen tests since July 12 infected

 

 

About 10% of over 50,000 people in Bangkok checked using antigen test kits (ATK) since July 12th, under an active screening campaign, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to  the National Health Security Office (NHSO).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225058-10-of-people-in-bangkok-given-covid-19-antigen-tests-since-july-12-infected/

 

Video: A mother's anguish - car winched out of Chanthaburi gravel pit proves to contain her husband and child

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai mother's worst fears were realized when a rescue team winched out the family car from an abandoned and flooded gravel pit in Chanthaburi in eastern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225060-video-a-mothers-anguish-car-winched-out-of-chanthaburi-gravel-pit-proves-to-contain-her-husband-and-child/

 

First elderly foreigners vaccinated at Bang Sue station - good news for those aged 60 plus throughout the country

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Foreign ministry spokesman Thanee Saengrat announced that 73 foreign nationals living in Bangkok and surrounding areas aged 75 and over have already been vaccinated at the Bang Sue Grand Central Station vaccination center since Monday. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225065-first-elderly-foreigners-vaccinated-at-bang-sue-station-good-news-for-those-aged-60-plus-throughout-the-country/

 

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Thai government does not discriminate against foreigners, says minister

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin has assured the press that the policies of Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha and his deputy DMP Prawit Wongsuwon do not discriminate against foreigners in any way. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225071-thai-government-does-not-discriminate-against-foreigners-says-minister/

 

Thailand produces cheaper domestic “Favipiravir” to treat COVID-19

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - "Favipiravir" has been used for some time to treat COVID-19 patients in Thailand. As a result, the Government Pharmaceutical Organization has now produced the medicine locally, and this week, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has given approval to the product.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225074-thailand-produces-cheaper-domestic-“favipiravir”-to-treat-covid-19/

 

Philippines to bar travel from Malaysia, Thailand to curb Delta's spread

 

A woman takes rest while queueing for free vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at San Andres Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines, July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Malaysia and Thailand, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesperson said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225080-philippines-to-bar-travel-from-malaysia thailand to-curb-deltas-spread/

Chiang Mai: Authorities ask police to prosecute 11 officials of children's foundation who set up booths

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The authorities in Chiang Mai have filed a report with the Bhubing Rajanives police in the northen Thai province to charge 11 officials from a Chiang Rai children's foundation with breaking Covid-19 rules. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225082-chiang-mai-authorities-ask-police-to-prosecute-11-officials-of-childrens-foundation-who-set-up-booths/

 

Plan to attract a million foreign investors stalls yet again: TAX breaks are the sticking point

 

File photo for reference only

 

Plans to attract one million foreign investors into Thailand this year are once again stalled.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225084-plan-to-attract-a-million-foreign-investors-stalls-yet-again-tax-breaks-are-the-sticking-point/

 

Amazing Thailand video: Motorcyclists flee from rampaging buffalo

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Extraordinary CCTV footage from Narathiwat in the far south of Thailand showed the moment that a buffalo terrified motorists at a red light. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225086-amazing-thailand-video-motorcyclists-flee-from-rampaging-buffalo/

 

Is Thailand’s bid to join global vaccine-sharing initiative too little, too late?

By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

 

Thailand is finally bidding to join the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative after being hit by a critical shortage of effective vaccines at the height of its contagion crisis. Thai PBS World takes a closer look at the global vaccine initiative and ponders why Thailand is the only ASEAN nation not to join so far.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225089-is-thailand’s-bid-to-join-global-vaccine-sharing-initiative-too-little-too-late/

 

Foreign tourists caught out by domestic flight ban offered free buses from Phuket Sandbox

 

Picture: Thansettakij 

 

Thansettakij reported that three buses will be going between Phuket and Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport daily after foreign tourists got caught out by the ban on domestic flights to deep red zone provinces now in place.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225091-foreign-tourists-caught-out-by-domestic-flight-ban-offered-free-buses-from-phuket-sandbox/

 

Heavy rains forecast for next 24 hours in north and Isaan

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that the Thai met office warned of possible heavy rains in the upper north and north eastern regions of Thailand in the next 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225092-heavy-rains-forecast-for-next-24-hours-in-north-and-isaan/

 

Phuket tour guide believed drowned after fall at Sarasin Bridge

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police and rescue workers are continuing their search for a Chiang Mai man living in Phuket who slipped and fell into the water beside the Sarasin Bridge yesterday (July 22) after he was denied entry to the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225093-phuket-tour-guide-believed-drowned-after-fall-at-sarasin-bridge/

 

Public holidays in Thailand this weekend brings alcohol ban

By Paul Andrews

 

Image: ThaiVisa

 

A number of public holidays in Thailand over this weekend and beyond will result in nationwide alcohol bans.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225094-public-holidays-in-thailand-this-weekend-brings-alcohol-ban/

 

"Big Joke" to the rescue helping southerners get home for Covid-19 treatment

 

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that former top cop Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan was helping the "Back Home" initiative with five vans running people back home to the south for Covid treatment.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225095-big-joke-to-the-rescue-helping-southerners-get-home-for-covid-19-treatment/

 

Another Phuket rule change: Negative COVID test results must be issued in past 72 hours

By The Phuket News

 

The decision to tighten the requirement to enter Phuket were made at a meeting of the Phuket Provincial Communicable Disease Committee last night (July 22). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Starting Sunday (July 25), all people travelling from within Thailand wanting to enter Phuket must present RT-PCR or rapid antigen test results confirming the arrival is not infected with COVID-19 issued by a medical facility within 72 hours before arriving on the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225100-another-phuket-rule-change-negative-covid-test-results-must-be-issued-in-past-72-hours/

 

Thailand reports one VITT case in 5 million people given AstraZeneca vaccine

 

 

Only one case of Vaccine-induced immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), or clogged arteries, has been reported among more than five million people in Thailand who have received the AstraZeneca viral vector vaccine until July 11th, said Director-Deneral of Medical Sciences Department Dr. Supakit Sirilak today (Friday).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225113-thailand-reports-one-vitt-case-in-5-million-people-given-astrazeneca-vaccine/

 

Backlash over new regulation classifying tampons as a cosmetic product

 

Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP

 

There has been some online backlash today (Thursday), soon after the government passed a new regulation which categorises tampons as a cosmetic product, causing the widespread belief that the product, which is a necessity for many menstrual women, would be subject to 30% tax.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225114-backlash-over-new-regulation-classifying-tampons-as-a-cosmetic-product/