THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 27 July 2021

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Once Asia’s top performer, the Thai baht is now becoming the region’s worst-hit currency

 

 

The Thai baht, once the strongest-performing currency in Asia before the pandemic, has been steadily falling in 2021 and is this year’s worst-hit currency in the region, according to Mizuho Bank.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225434-once-asia’s-top-performer-the-thai-baht-is-now-becoming-the-region’s-worst-hit-currency/

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Epidemiology Division Expects COVID-19 Infections in Bangkok to Decline in Next 4-6 Weeks

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) expects COVID-19 infections in Bangkok to decline in late August and early September.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225397-epidemiology-division-expects-covid-19-infections-in-bangkok-to-decline-in-next-4-6-weeks/

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Sandbox tourists not scared off, says Phuket official

 

Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong. Photo: PR dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong has refuted claims that almost a third of tourists who entered the island under the Sandbox scheme decided to return home due to escalating COVID-19 figures.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225392-sandbox-tourists-not-scared-off-says-phuket-official/

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Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan forest listed as world natural heritage site

 

(Photo) We Love Kaeng Krachan Facebook page

 

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) agreed to list Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan forest complex as a world natural heritage site during its 44th session, held online between July 16th and 31st in China’s Fuzhou city.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225452-thailand’s-kaeng-krachan-forest-listed-as-world-natural-heritage-site/

 

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Banglamung police raid illegal beach club in the Pattaya area, arrest over 66 people allegedly breaking Covid-19 emergency decree

By Adam Judd

 

 

Banglamung, Pattaya, Chonburi-Banglamung police raided an illegal beach club in the Pattaya beach last night, July 26th, 2021, allegedly finding both foreign nationals and Thais mingling, drinking, partying, and socializing despite strict Covid-19 rules currently in place in Chonburi province to stop the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225453-banglamung-police-raid-illegal-beach-club-in-the-pattaya-area-arrest-over-66-people-allegedly-breaking-covid-19-emergency-decree/

 

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Rayong announces 411 new and confirmed cases of Covid -19

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Rayong-The Rayong Public Health Office yesterday (July 26th) has announced 411 new confirmed cases of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225454-rayong-announces-411-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19/

 

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Thailand reports 14,150 new COVID-19 cases, 118 more deaths

 

File photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Thailand on Tuesday (July 27) reported 14,150 new COVID-19 cases and 118 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225463-thailand-reports-14150-new-covid-19-cases-118-more-deaths/

 

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Calls for better queuing system at Bang Sue station vax center - even a SLOWDOWN

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A government Covid-19 spokeswoman has responded to concerns from many parties that the Bang Sue Grand Central Station vaccination center has flawed queuing systems that could potentially result in a cluster or spread of infection. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225467-calls-for-better-queuing-system-at-bang-sue-station-vax-center-even-a-slowdown/

 

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61 kilos of heroin in instant noodle sachets seized by Hong Kong customs - shipment from Thailand

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that comment was rife online after a Facebook page called "Eat With Pal Li" reported that 61 kilos of heroin concealed in sachets of additives for instant noodles were seized in Hong Kong by customs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225469-61-kilos-of-heroin-in-instant-noodle-sachets-seized-by-hong-kong-customs-shipment-from-thailand/

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Man falls down in middle of Bangkok intersection - taken for Covid test

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the latest case of a person suspected of having Covid-19 falling down on the streets of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225480-man-falls-down-in-middle-of-bangkok-intersection-taken-for-covid-test/

 

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MP launches scathing attack on Thai PM: He's lost all credibility and faith - and where are missing vaccines?

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Pheu Thai opposition MP for Nan Dr Cholnan Srikaew lauched a scathing attack on Thailand's embattled prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for his handling of the pandemic, reported Daily News. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225481-mp-launches-scathing-attack-on-thai-pm-hes-lost-all-credibility-and-faith-and-where-are-missing-vaccines/

 

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Ruling party to stay for “full term” despite rumours

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thailand’s Palang Pracharat Party will stay for the full term despite rumours that there could be an early house dissolution, an MP from the ruling party told Thai Enquirer on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225484-ruling-party-to-stay-for-“full-term”-despite-rumours/

 

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Phuket COVID cases hit 114 for past week, one more death

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: Local health officials reported 23 more local infections across the island yesterday (July 26), bringing the total number of infections on the island since Apr 3 to 958 ‒ and the total number of local infections in the past seven days to 114.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225486-phuket-covid-cases-hit-114-for-past-week-one-more-death/

 

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Two girls told by mother to go to orphanage as they watch her die of COVID at home

 

 

Two girls, aged 7 and 9, who later tested positive for COVID-19, were rescued from their home in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district yesterday (Monday), after watching their mother die of COVID-19, amid a continual surge in infections and deaths in Thailand which has seen more deaths on the streets and at home, as hospital resources are being stretched wafer thin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225492-two-girls-told-by-mother-to-go-to-orphanage-as-they-watch-her-die-of-covid-at-home/

 

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Phuket officials inch up COVID prevention measures

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong (right) and Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew (centre) at the Phuket Provincial Communicable Disease Committee meeting yesterday (July 26). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: All schools in Phuket are to remain closed until Aug 16, Central shopping mall has been closed for seven days for cleaning and all local markets must enforce four-square- metres per person social distancing under the latest order from provincial officials to try to curb the rise in infections across the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225493-phuket-officials-inch-up-covid-prevention-measures/

 

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Buriram police chief defends giving officers third dose of Covid-19 vaccine

 

 

The chief of police in the north eastern Thai province of Buriram has defended officers under his command who have received their third dose of vaccine.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225495-buriram-police-chief-defends-giving-officers-third-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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Charges against Red Bull "Boss" have not been dropped - old news says OAG spokesman

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General has said that charges against Red Bull scion Vorayuth Yoovidhya remain in place.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225496-charges-against-red-bull-boss-have-not-been-dropped-old-news-says-oag-spokesman/

 

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Thai Food: Thais are consuming TWICE the level of WHO's sodium recommendation

 

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A virtual forum heard that Thai people are consuming twice the limit of sodium in their diet when compared to World Health Organization recommendations. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225497-thai-food-thais-are-consuming-twice-the-level-of-whos-sodium-recommendation/

 

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Give foreigners thirty year visas for million dollar investment and watch land prices rocket, says Phuket group

 

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

A Phuket real estate group has thrown it's support behind plans that have been presented to the government to attract a million foreigners to Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225498-give-foreigners-thirty-year-visas-for-million-dollar-investment-and-watch-land-prices-rocket-says-phuket-group/

 

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Health Ministry reassures Pfizer booster available to healthcare workers

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has stressed 500,000 doses of Pfizer jabs from the 1.54 million donated by the U.S. government will be reserved for healthcare workers, while denying rumors some doses are reserved for VIPs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225501-health-ministry-reassures-pfizer-booster-available-to-healthcare-workers/

 

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Pfizer jabs for 10,000 baht and cop dying from AZ jabs are fake news, say RTP

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Col Siriwat Deephor gave the details of three cases of fake news being shared online investigated by tech police and the Digital Economy and Society ministry.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225503-pfizer-jabs-for-10000-baht-and-cop-dying-from-az-jabs-are-fake-news-say-rtp/

 

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Phuket ‘sandbox’ continues despite more closures amid surge in COVID-19 cases

 

Image Credit: Phuket 101 Photo from https://wwwphuket101.net

 

The Phuket “sandbox” scheme, in which fully vaccinated COVID-19 negative foreign tourists are allowed into the country through the island, without quarantine, as an initial step in the country’s reopening to international arrivals, will continue, despite the announcement of closures of more venues in response to rising coronavirus infections on the island and in many other parts of the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225504-phuket-‘sandbox’-continues-despite-more-closures-amid-surge-in-covid-19-cases/

 

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Roche ready to release its COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit

By Tarin Angskul

 

   

Roche is ready to make its COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit (Home Use) available, allowing antigen self-testing at home, after the kit was approved by the Thai FDA—aiming to reduce the risk of domestic transmission.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225505-roche-ready-to-release-its-covid-19-antigen-test-kit/

 

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Bangkok Administration Speeds up Proactive Rapid COVID-19 Tests

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has sped up rapid antigen testing as the latest weapon in fighting the current wave of COVID-19 infections, which are threatening to overwhelm the country’s capital.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225507-bangkok-administration-speeds-up-proactive-rapid-covid-19-tests/

 

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Video: Thai-nado hits Chachoengsao! Like a helicopter landing reports resident

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a video that they received that showed a waterspout or "Lom Nguang Chang" (Elephant trunk wind) hit Chachoengsao on the eastern seaboard. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225508-video-thai-nado-hits-chachoengsao-like-a-helicopter-landing-reports-resident/

 

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Hundreds of angry macaques stop traffic as they fight for food in Lopburi

 

Picture: Facebook Wisrut Suwanphak

 

Remarkable footage shows the moment rival gangs of macaques fight off for food in Lopburi, bringing traffic to a standstill.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225517-hundreds-of-angry-macaques-stop-traffic-as-they-fight-for-food-in-lopburi/

 

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Call-out culture: Poison or nectar for social activism in Thailand?

 

(Photo by Camilo Jimenez)

 

Calling people out has become popular among Thai social-media users in recent times, and now they are pressuring local celebrities and stars to take a stance – usually on political issues. 

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225527-call-out-culture-poison-or-nectar-for-social-activism-in-thailand/

 

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Mongkut Wattana hospital to reject COVID patients “dumped” on the doorstep

 

Maj-Gen Rianthong Nanna, Director of Bangkok’s Mongkut Wattana Hospital

 

The director of Bangkok’s Mongkut Wattana Hospital has issued a stern warning to those who attempt to jump the admissions queue by dumping COVID-19 infected people at the hospital without advance coordination, in hope of being admitted, saying he means business and will not tolerate such a practice.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225529-mongkut-wattana-hospital-to-reject-covid-patients-“dumped”-on-the-doorstep/

 

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Will Phuket be the last straw that breaks camel’s back?

 

(Photo by Tulip Naksompop Blauw)

 

The answer will depend primarily on the COVID-19 numbers at Thailand’s popular island resort. But how the Prayut administration will look coming out of a potential Phuket nightmare will also have to do with competing political narratives, which are getting hotter and hotter on social media.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225530-will-phuket-be-the-last-straw-that-breaks-camel’s-back/

 

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Antibodies from Sinovac's COVID-19 shot fade after about 6 months, booster helps - study

 

FILE PHOTO: Bottles of the Sinovac vaccine are seen at a hospital, as Indonesia drives mass vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

 

BEIJING (Reuters) -Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine declined below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, although a third shot had a strong booster effect, according to a lab study.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225533-antibodies-from-sinovacs-covid-19-shot-fade-after-about-6-months-booster-helps-study/