THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 29 July 2021

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Seven volunteers in Bangkok under probe over vaccination registration scam

 

 

Seven volunteers, helping people at the Bang Sue Grand Station vaccination to register for COVID-19 inoculation appointments, are under investigation by railway police, but no charges have yet been filed.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225794-seven-volunteers-in-bangkok-under-probe-over-vaccination-registration-scam/

 

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Thai FDA warns against use of disinfectant spray gun

 

 

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is warning against the use of alcohol spray guns, as their tiny droplets are ineffective at disinfecting surfaces and such spraying could cause any pathogens present to spread more widely.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225795-thai-fda-warns-against-use-of-disinfectant-spray-gun/

 

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Bangkok’s Chinatown street food stalls, gold shops see worst trade in years

 

 

The Thai capital’s once bustling Chinatown is now uncharacteristically quiet, with many businesses suffering from the impacts of the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225796-bangkok’s-chinatown-street-food-stalls-gold-shops-see-worst-trade-in-years/

 

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Thailand Risks First Double-Dip Recession Since 1998 Crisis

 

A near-empty Patong Beach in Phuket, on July 19. Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg

 

Thailand will likely be the worst economic performer in Southeast Asia this year, with economists continuing to slash the country’s growth forecast amid surging Covid-19 infections, mounting political tensions and fading hopes for a tourism revival.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225797-thailand-risks-first-double-dip-recession-since-1998-crisis/

 

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Thailand warns COVID-19 surge pushing hospitals to the brink

 

Volunteers walk as they prepare to convert an air cargo warehouse into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) field hospital at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

(Reuters) - Hospitals in Thailand's capital Bangkok and surrounding province are running out of beds due to a jump in COVID-19 patients, a health official said on Thursday, as the country reported a record number of infections for the fourth time this week.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225817-thailand-warns-covid-19-surge-pushing-hospitals-to-the-brink/

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Heavy Rains Cause Floods in Provinces

 

 

ฺBANGKOK, July 29 (TNA) – Heavy rains caused floods in many provinces and rescue workers were delivering essentials to isolated communities.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225819-heavy-rains-cause-floods-in-provinces/

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Layan beachfront squatters given yet another reprieve

 

Cherng Talay OrBorTor Chief MaAnn Samran (right, in uniform) gave the illegal occupants of the prime beachfront land seven days’ eviction notice on June 21. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) has given illegal occupiers of prime beachfront land at Layan Beach belonging to the government another extension to vacate the plots they are illegally occupying.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225820-layan-beachfront-squatters-given-yet-another-reprieve/

 

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Phuket Sandbox on two-week ‘watch’

 

Khajonsak Kaewjarat, Deputy Director of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), speaks to the press after the meeting at the Phuket EOC Command Centre today (July 29). Screenshot: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Sandbox scheme will continue for at least two more weeks while officials monitor the fallout from the rise in COVID-19 infections across the island, Dr Khajonsak Kaewjarat, Deputy Director of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), has confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225825-phuket-sandbox-on-two-week-‘watch’/

 

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Switzerland donates medical equipment to help Thailand combat COVID-19 surge

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Swiss Government has donated a supply of medical equipment including test kits and ventilators to Thailand to help with the country’s COVID-19 response. Thailand’s Minister of Public Health today received the equipment in the name of the Thai government.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225826-switzerland-donates-medical-equipment-to-help-thailand-combat-covid-19-surge/

 

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