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Zuellig Pharma says Thai Red Cross Society’s order for 5 million doses of Moderna vaccine is being processed

 

 

Zuellig Pharma, the sole distributor of Moderna vaccine in Thailand, has informed the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS) that the company has already notified the manufacturer of the order for an additional five million doses, to be delivered next year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225299-zuellig-pharma-says-thai-red-cross-society’s-order-for-5-million-doses-of-moderna-vaccine-is-being-processed/

 

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500,000 doses of US-donated Pfizer vaccine to be given to Thailand’s frontline medics

 

 

No fewer than 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine, from the 1.5 million doses donated to Thailand by the United States, will be administered to frontline medical personnel, said Dr. Rungruang Kitpati, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health Sunday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225301-500000-doses-of-us-donated-pfizer-vaccine-to-be-given-to-thailand’s-frontline-medics/

 

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Ubon Ratchathani’s Candle Festival goes virtual

 

 

A couple of years ago, before the pandemic became part of our lives, anything online was considered a gimmick, something to enhance “modernity”. Today, though, online events are unavoidable, so we Thais will, for the first time, observe and embrace the beginning of the Buddhist Lent online.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225302-ubon-ratchathani’s-candle-festival-goes-virtual/

 

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Health official asks locals to be calm over the arrival of infected for isolation in their province

 

 

The provincial health chief of Ubon Ratchathani province, Dr. Suvit Rojanasaksothorn, has appealed for public calm over the arrival by train on Monday of COVID-19 infected natives of the province, travelling from Bangkok for home or community isolation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225303-health-official-asks-locals-to-be-calm-over-the-arrival-of-infected-for-isolation-in-their-province/

 

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3 villages near poultry plant in Phetchabun locked down as 3,000 workers found infected with COVID-19

 

 

Three villages around a frozen poultry plant in Bung Samphan district of Phetchabun province have been locked down after 19 villagers and more than half of the 6,500 plus workers at there tested positive for COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225304-3-villages-near-poultry-plant-in-phetchabun-locked-down-as-3000-workers-found-infected-with-covid-19/

 

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Temples in Thailand offering free cremation services for COVID-19 victims

 

This handout photo from the Royal Thai Army taken and released on May 16, 2021 shows military personnel in personal protective equipment (PPE) carrying a coffin of a victim of the Covid-19 coronavirus for cremation at a Buddhist temple in Nakhon Ratchasima, amid a surge in cases in Thailand of the virus. Handout / ROYAL THAI ARMY / AFP

 

Over 590 temples throughout Thailand are offering free cremation services for those who die from COVID-19, as the national death toll steadily rises, said Prime Minister’s Office Minister Anucha Nakasai Sunday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225305-temples-in-thailand-offering-free-cremation-services-for-covid-19-victims/

 

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Samut Sakhon governor offers to quit if he can’t solve communication problem with COVID-19 patients

 

Credit: Samut Sakhon’s Governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri Facebook Page

 

Samut Sakhon’s Governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri has volunteered to resign if his officials fail to contact COVID-19 patients, currently in community isolation facilities or pre-admission centres, within 24 hours of the patients asking to be transferred to hospitals for treatment.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225306-samut-sakhon-governor-offers-to-quit-if-he-can’t-solve-communication-problem-with-covid-19-patients/

 

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Home isolation volunteers hope to help the country survive the COVID-19 crisis

 

 

Thailand has begun to place asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in home isolation, to free up hospital beds for those in more need, as the country struggles to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225307-home-isolation-volunteers-hope-to-help-the-country-survive-the-covid-19-crisis/

 

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The Dos and Don’ts when Doing a COVID Test at Home

 

 

You wouldn’t think about doing Covid-19 self-testing any time soon, but the day may have come.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225309-the-dos-and-don’ts-when-doing-a-covid-test-at-home/ 

 

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Phuket Opinion: A storm is brewing

By The Phuket News

 

People in Karon queue for food parcels provided by the PPAO earlier this month. Photo: Kata-Karon Municipality

 

PHUKET: The relief and financial support measures for employees and businesses suffering from lockdown measures in the ‘dark red’ COVID high risk areas have already been announced in a move that snubs the rest of the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225310-phuket-opinion-a-storm-is-brewing/

 

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Thailand’s Education Ministry Seeks 21.6 Billion baht to Subsidize Education Costs

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Ministry of Education will seek Cabinet approval for 21.6 billion baht to subsidize education costs, at 2,000 baht per student in the elementary and vocational education systems, to mitigate financial burdens on parents as a result of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225311-thailand’s-education-ministry-seeks-216-billion-baht-to-subsidize-education-costs/

 

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AstraZeneca Can Supply 5-6 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Monthly to Thailand

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - AstraZeneca has assured Thai people that it can supply 5-6 million doses a month of its COVID-19 vaccine to the country as planned, despite the complicated production process.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225312-astrazeneca-can-supply-5-6-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-monthly-to-thailand/

 

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DDC Launches QueQ App for COVID-19 Test Appointments

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is enabling people to make appointments for COVID-19 tests, using the QueQ app.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225315-ddc-launches-queq-app-for-covid-19-test-appointments/

 

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Eleven-year-old boy, a junior rescue worker, saves a stuck kitten from under a truck on a highway in Chonburi

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Nawat Mueang Chon

 

Chonburi – On Friday (July 23rd), rescue workers were notified that a kitten was stuck under a pickup truck, crying for help, and was unable to escape. The pickup truck was stopped on the road in Bang Sai in the middle of the highway, with it unclear exactly how the kitten had become stuck inside the lower part of the vehicle.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225316-eleven-year-old-boy-a-junior-rescue-worker-saves-a-stuck-kitten-from-under-a-truck-on-a-highway-in-chonburi/

 

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‘Mercy is Power’ Campaign against Buying and Owning Ivory and Tiger Products

By Woraprat Lerpaisal

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The wildlife trade monitoring network (TRAFFIC), Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have jointly launched the ‘Mercy is Power’ campaign to fight the buying and owning of ivory and tiger amulets, ahead of World Tiger Day on 29 July 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225317-‘mercy-is-power’-campaign-against-buying-and-owning-ivory-and-tiger-products/

 

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Thailand reports 15,376 new COVID-19 cases, 87 more deaths

 

File photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Thailand on Monday (July 26) reported 15,376 new COVID-19 cases and 87 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225326-thailand-reports-15376-new-covid-19-cases-87-more-deaths/

 

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Elderly expats in Bangkok urged register for COVID-19 

 

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Expats in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces aged over 60 are urged to register to receive COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225328-elderly-expats-in-bangkok-urged-register-for-covid-19/

 

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Phuket Sandbox: Nearly 10,000 tourists so far - US/Brits top list spending 70,000 baht each

 

File photo: Sigal Baram, 54, a tourist from Israel, enjoys in a swimming pool 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, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

PM's office secretary Thanakorn Wangbunkhongchana in his capacity as spokesman for the Center for Economic Situation Management for Covid-19 said yesterday that it was so far so good for the Phuket Sandbox.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225338-phuket-sandbox-nearly-10000-tourists-so-far-usbrits-top-list-spending-70000-baht-each/

 

 

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TAT chief says October reopening plan for ten provinces will need to be reassessed in light of pandemic

 

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The chief of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Yutthasak Suphasorn has noted that the pandemic is out of control in Thailand and vaccination is still low, reported Sanook in a brief report. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225347-tat-chief-says-october-reopening-plan-for-ten-provinces-will-need-to-be-reassessed-in-light-of-pandemic/

 

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A comprehensive guide to home and community isolation in Thailand

 

 

Most people who test positive for COVID-19 today will likely have to go into “home isolation” or “community isolation”, as Thailand’s public-health system is overwhelmed by new cases. The culprit is a fourth wave of infections that has been surging over the past two months.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225348-a-comprehensive-guide-to-home-and-community-isolation-in-thailand/

 

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Thailand's pandemic crisis: More cases in Isaan as vaccination among elderly fails to hit targets

 

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Daily News reported that Thailand's Covid-19 pandemic was at a dire juncture with the situation worsening and vaccination failing to hit targets by a wide margin. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225350-thailands-pandemic-crisis-more-cases-in-isaan-as-vaccination-among-elderly-fails-to-hit-targets/

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Vietnam received another 3 million doses of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine through COVAX

 

 

The second lot in the latest batch of over 3 million doses of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine granted by the US through the COVAX Facility was handed over to Vietnam late July 25.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225354-vietnam-received-another-3-million-doses-of-covid-19-moderna-vaccine-through-covax/

 

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Phuket infections continue to climb, another COVID death marked

By The Phuket News

 

PPHO Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon at the meeting yesterday (July 25). Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has reported 28 new local infections on the island for yesterday (July 25), bringing the total number of local infections in Phuket for the past seven days to 84. The latest daily COVID report also marks one new death attributed to COVID-19, but provides no further details.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225356-phuket-infections-continue-to-climb-another-covid-death-marked/

 

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Nearly three quarters of Thais interested in vax efficacy and side effects, suggests poll

 

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The latest poll from Suan Dusit university asked questions to Thais nationwide about news during the Covid crisis, reported Bangkok Business News. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225357-nearly-three-quarters-of-thais-interested-in-vax-efficacy-and-side-effects-suggests-poll/

 

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Super Poll: More than half of parents in Thailand want to see a 50% reduction in school fees

 

 

The latest Super Poll conducted last week called for urgent help for reductions in school fees, more vaccination, help in paying for  online teaching equipment and more mental health resources to help people cope in the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225358-super-poll-more-than-half-of-parents-in-thailand-want-to-see-a-50-reduction-in-school-fees/

 

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Harmless gathering or serious crime? Thai media reports arrest of SEVEN at pool villa having some drinks

 

Picture: Daily New

 

Thai media Daily News continued to make a big deal of small infractions of the Covid-19 regulations.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225360-harmless-gathering-or-serious-crime-thai-media-reports-arrest-of-seven-at-pool-villa-having-some-drinks/

 

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"Goodbye Cha-Am Beach" - netizens take aim at new steps installed at popular resort

 

Goodbye Cha-Am Beach

 

The popular beach resort of Cha-Am in Phetchaburi province now has no beach - if netizens are to be believed. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225361-goodbye-cha-am-beach-netizens-take-aim-at-new-steps-installed-at-popular-resort/

 

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Elephant breaks into Hua Hin house for a second time

By Paul Andrews

 

 

An elephant which infamously broke into a house near Hua Hin last month, has returned to the same house in search of more food.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225362-elephant-breaks-into-hua-hin-house-for-a-second-time/

 

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Pattaya area couple arrested after singing and running a livestream show while driving a motorbike during mandatory curfew time

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Banglamung – A couple has been arrested last night (July 25th) after they were singing and live streaming while driving a motorbike during a mandatory Covid-19 curfew time in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225364-pattaya-area-couple-arrested-after-singing-and-running-a-livestream-show-while-driving-a-motorbike-during-mandatory-curfew-time/

 

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Cha-Am: Locals "hunt" Myanmar fisherman who fled hospital with Covid

 

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Manager reported on a story how locals in Cha-Am in Phetchaburi province hunted and found a Myanmar fisherman who had fled from a hospital with Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225365-cha-am-locals-hunt-myanmar-fisherman-who-fled-hospital-with-covid/