THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 25 July 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Old photos of Pattaya show beach resort of a bygone era

 

Picture: Kapook

 

Thai media Kapook took their readers on a walk down memory lane as they published several pictures of Pattaya from a bygone era.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225179-old-photos-of-pattaya-show-beach-resort-of-a-bygone-era/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand’s Health Ministry Adjusts COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan to Prioritize the Elderly

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has adjusted its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, focusing on vaccinating the elderly and patients any of with seven high-risk diseases.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225214-thailand’s-health-ministry-adjusts-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-plan-to-prioritize-the-elderly/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Pharmaceutical Organization Signs Contract to Purchase 5 Million Doses of Moderna Vaccine

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has signed a contract with Zuellig Pharma Thailand to purchase 5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which are all expected to arrive before the end of the first quarter of 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225215-thai-pharmaceutical-organization-signs-contract-to-purchase-5-million-doses-of-moderna-vaccine/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

WHO Suggests Tightened Measures to Control COVID-19 Spread in Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that the Thai government tighten existing measures to control the COVID-19 outbreak, similar to the initial response to last year’s first wave.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225218-who-suggests-tightened-measures-to-control-covid-19-spread-in-thailand/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand Shifts Strategies, Joins COVAX, Strengthens Public Health to Battle Covid-19

 

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

With funding from the European Union (EU) and new strategies, Thailand hopes to get infections and mortality rates from the coronavirus down in the next couple of months.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225224-thailand-shifts-strategies-joins-covax-strengthens-public-health-to-battle-covid-19/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Body of man who fell at Sarasin Bridge after entry denial found

 

Photo: Tha Chatchai Police

 

PHUKET: The body of a man who slipped and fell into the water under the Sarasin bridge after he was denied entry to the island was found in Mai Khao this morning (July 24).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225241-body-of-man-who-fell-at-sarasin-bridge-after-entry-denial-found/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Domestic buyers snapping up properties in Thai resort destinations

 

 

By TTG Asia

 

Resort properties in Thailand’s leisure destinations are seeing surging interest from domestic home buyers over the course of the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225243-domestic-buyers-snapping-up-properties-in-thai-resort-destinations/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Man Who Escaped From Notorious Thai Jail Reveals How He Did It

 

 

By Claire Reid

 

The only Westerner to ever escape from a notorious Thai prison has revealed that an umbrella was key to his success.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225244-man-who-escaped-from-notorious-thai-jail-reveals-how-he-did-it/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports daily record of 15,335 coronavirus cases, 129 deaths

 

FILE PHOTO: Public health officers bring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swab testing to residents living in remote communities, amid the rise of coronavirus disease infections, in Samut Prakan, near Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand on Sunday reported 15,335 coronavirus cases, a daily record, bringing the country's cumulative cases to 497,302.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225246-thailand-reports-daily-record-of-15335-coronavirus-cases-129-deaths/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Panipak wins taekwondo’s 49kG gold medal for Thailand

 

 

On a day of many upsets, Thailand’s taekwondo flyweight queen Panipak Wongpattanakit did not disappoint in the end, winning her first Olympic gold by a hair on Saturday (July 24) to add to her two world championships.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225248-panipak-wins-taekwondo’s-49kg-gold-medal-for-thailand/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pattaya Community Support helping those in need during the current Covid-19 crisis

 

 

Things are tough right now in Pattaya, with an estimated 80 to 90 percent of businesses closed, either by mandate or due to lack of traffic, and tens of thousands either out of work or laid off temporarily.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225249-pattaya-community-support-helping-those-in-need-during-the-current-covid-19-crisis/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Driver dies after he crashes his motorbike into a pickup truck in the Pattaya area

 

 

A driver has been pronounced dead at the scene after his motorbike collided with a pickup truck in Banglamung last night (July 23rd).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225250-driver-dies-after-he-crashes-his-motorbike-into-a-pickup-truck-in-the-pattaya-area/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Philippines evacuates thousands as monsoon rains flood Manila, provinces

 

A man on a bicycle wades through a flooded street in Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

 

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225255-philippines-evacuates-thousands-as-monsoon-rains-flood-manila-provinces/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Vietnam's biggest cities tighten restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge

 

FILE PHOTO: A man living in an area under lockdown receives food through a barricade during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will extend a lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City until Aug. 1 and impose stricter restrictions in the capital Hanoi from Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its worst wave of COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225256-vietnams-biggest-cities-tighten-restrictions-as-covid-19-cases-surge/

 

[rooster59]

Lockdown birthday! A trip down memory lane as Rooster gets his bus pass

 

 

Today I reach what for many people is a significant milestone; I’m 60.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225259-lockdown-birthday-a-trip-down-memory-lane-as-rooster-gets-his-bus-pass/

 

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