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/

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’/

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/

Phuket restricts travel from other Thai regions as COVID-19 cases surge

 

FILE PHOTO: Travellers arrive at the airport, 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 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

(Reuters) -Thailand's Phuket will ban travel from the rest of the country from Aug. 3-16 to try to stop a surge in coronavirus cases from spreading to the resort island, but overseas visitors will be largely unaffected, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225835-phuket-restricts-travel-from-other-thai-regions-as-covid-19-cases-surge/

 

Telenor says committed to Thailand following market talk on Thai unit

 

FILE PHOTO: Telenor's logo is seen in central Belgrade, Serbia, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor Group said on Thursday it was committed to Thailand and its Asia strategy, in response to a Reuters query on whether it would sell its stake in Thailand's Total Access Communication Pcl.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225836-telenor-says-committed-to thailand following-market-talk-on-thai-unit/

Football -Thailand sack Japanese coach Nishino

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - 2022 World Cup Qualifier Round 2 - Group G - Thailand v United Arab Emirates - Thammasat University Main Stadium, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand - October 15, 2019. Thailand coach Akira Nishino. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

(Reuters) - Thailand's former Japan coach Akira Nishino has been fired after two years at the helm of the national team, the Football Association of Thailand announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225837-football-thailand sack-japanese-coach-nishino/

 

10-point advisory to save loved ones from COVID-19 for people venturing out-doors

 

Residents of a remote community help move food donations from the Bangkok Community Help Foundation in Phra Kanong district in Bangkok on July 23, 2021, as Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the kingdom continue to reach new highs on a daily basis. Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

 

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) is recommending a ten-point guideline for people who go outdoors for work, business or other essential reasons, to prevent them from bringing COVID-19 back home to their families and friends.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225838-10-point-advisory-to-save-loved-ones-from-covid-19-for-people-venturing-out-doors/

 

More tigers found in Thailand’s nature, as world marks International Tiger Day Thursday

 

Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP

 

17 more tigers have been found in Thailand’s natural environment this year, bringing the total to 177, according to the country’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, as the world marks International Tiger Day today (Thursday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225839-more-tigers-found-in-thailand’s-nature-as-world-marks-international-tiger-day-thursday/

 

Doctor suggests prayer as she describes the desperate situation at Ban Paew Hospital

 

 

“At this moment when science, medicine and medical treatment are not easily accessible, we will have to rely on the deities,” said Dr. Sandy, a pseudonym used for a Facebook page run by a doctor, with a following of over 5,500 people.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225840-doctor-suggests-prayer-as-she-describes-the-desperate-situation-at-ban-paew-hospital/

 

Nattawut “announces movement” against Prayut online

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Nattawut Saikua, secretary-general of the now-dormant United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), called for a renewed campaign to oust Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on social media Thursday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225841-nattawut-“announces-movement”-against-prayut-online/

 

Govt Thanks Britain for Donating 415,000 Vaccine Doses

 

 

BANGKOK, (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed his gratitude for Britain’s donation of about 415,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for accelerated inoculations in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225842-govt-thanks-britain-for-donating-415000-vaccine-doses/

 

Volunteer rescue worker dies after crashing his vehicle into a tree in Mueang Chonburi

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Wisarn Pu Chonburi / Khaochad

 

Chonburi – A thirty-eight-year-old driver who was a rescue worker volunteer has been pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed his personal sedan into a tree in Mueang Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/07/29/volunteer-rescue-worker-dies-after-crashing-his-vehicle-into-a-tree-in-mueang-chonburi/

 

Thailand reports 17,345 new COVID-19 cases and 117 deaths

 

File photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand on Friday (July 30) reported 17,345 new COVID-19 cases and 117 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225854-thailand-reports 17345-new-covid-19-cases-and-117-deaths/

 

Bangkok Road Rage: Cop pulls a gun and his employee slashes at car with a knife - then tests positive for Covid

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Royal Thai Police have clarified what happened at a road rage incident caught on tape near the On Nut intersection in the Prawet district of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225855-bangkok-road-rage-cop-pulls-a-gun-and-his-employee-slashes-at-car-with-a-knife-then-tests-positive-for-covid/

 

Migrant worker shortage threatens key Thai exports, economic recovery

By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai

 

FILE PHOTO: A Myanmar migrant worker passes his time near his room as he has been stuck for 12 days due to lockdown measures after more than a thousand COVID-19 cases were detected in the workers' dormitory in Bangkok, Thailand May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports have been a rare bright spot in the struggling economy, but migrant worker shortages are threatening labour-intensive sectors, undermining a fragile recovery as the country struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak yet.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225858-migrant-worker-shortage-threatens-key-thai-exports-economic-recovery/

 

Media, internet users in Thailand warned about spreading fake news and scaremongering 

 

Image: Daily News

 

A Government Gazette announcement effective immediately forbids news outlets and internet users from spreading fake, damaging or scaremongering news likely to cause instability or trouble among the public.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225861-media-internet-users-in-thailand-warned-about-spreading-fake-news-and-scaremongering/

 

RTP: Media warned of jail over case of drunk who fell over in the street - NOT dead from Covid

 

Picture: Daily News

 

In a clear sign that the Royal Thai Police and the Thai authorities mean to crack down on fake news the RTP spokesman mentioned a jail term of 5 years for media outlets after stories about a man who fell down in the street.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225863-rtp-media-warned-of-jail-over-case-of-drunk-who-fell-over-in-the-street-not-dead-from-covid/

 

Fake News: Case filed with tech police charging health minister Anutin over alleged false vax statements

 

 

Thailand's health minister and DPM Anutin Charnvirakul is at the center of claims that he misled the public over Thailand's vaccine rollout.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225866-fake-news-case-filed-with-tech-police-charging-health-minister-anutin-over-alleged-false-vax-statements/

 

Thai PM attempts to assure public - "I don't want to see anyone die at home"- more vax on way

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Embattled Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha spoke to the press yesterday about the Covid-19 crisis facing the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225875-thai-pm-attempts-to-assure-public-i-dont-want-to-see-anyone-die-at-home-more-vax-on-way/

 

Covid creating more mules: Out of work seafood trader arrested with nearly 400 kilos of ganja

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The navy in Nakhon Panom proudly showed off 398 kilos of high grade marijuana worth around 5 million baht.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225878-covid-creating-more-mules-out-of-work-seafood-trader-arrested-with-nearly-400-kilos-of-ganja/

 

Chulalongkorn Hospital opens vaccination registration

 

 

Chulalongkorn Hospital yesterday opened vaccination registration for Astra Zeneca jabs for Thai nationals aged 18+.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225881-chulalongkorn-hospital-opens-vaccination-registration/

 

 

Korean 'ice' dealers nabbed in Bangkok - drugs in a computer mouse

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's immigration Bureau chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang presided over a press briefing that explained the resolution of a drug case, reported Naew Na.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225883-korean-ice-dealers-nabbed-in-bangkok-drugs-in-a-computer-mouse/

 

 

Two Chinese fraudsters rounded up by immigration in digital currency fraud

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

Thailand's immigration bureau announced the arrest of two Chinese fraudsters.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225884-two-chinese-fraudsters-rounded-up-by-immigration-in-digital-currency-fraud/

 

Tourism Minister: Tourist spending target 850 billion (up on last year) - TAT staying ultra positive

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

Despite the raging pandemic and lockdowns the two key figures in Thailand's tourism were staying positive, according to media Komchadluek.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225886-tourism-minister-tourist-spending-target-850-billion-up-on-last-year-tat-staying-ultra-positive/

 

First batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines donated by US arrives in Thailand

 

Photo: U.S. Embassy Bangkok

 

The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. government arrived in Thailand this morning (Friday), according to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225889-first-batch-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccines-donated-by-us-arrives-in-thailand/

 

More Phuket venues ordered closed, ban on movement of migrant workers

 

Image: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: New provincial orders have been issued to close more venues for sport and activities and to control the movement of migrant workers on the island from today (July 30) following the record new number of daily infections on the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225894-more-phuket-venues-ordered-closed-ban-on-movement-of-migrant-workers/

 

Thai Labor Ministry Clarifies Compensation for Employers and Workers in Dark Red Provinces

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Ministry of Labor has clarified details of the compensation packages being offered during the tightened lockdown measures in 13 COVID-19 dark-red zone provinces, after people complained that they had been unfairly excluded from the scheme.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225895-thai-labor-ministry-clarifies-compensation-for-employers-and-workers-in-dark-red-provinces/

 

Heavy downpours across Phuket set to continue

By The Phuket News

 

The heavy downpours and strong winds across Phuket are forecast to continue well into next week. Image: TMD

 

PHUKET: The heavy downpours and strong winds are expected to continue across Phuket and neighbouring coastal provinces until next Wednesday (Aug 4), according to a weather advisory issued by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225897-heavy-downpours-across-phuket-set-to-continue/

 

Phuket marks record daily new infections, one more COVID death

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked a record 50 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (July 29), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,073.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225899-phuket-marks-record-daily-new-infections-one-more-covid-death/

 

Chonburi Covid-19 cases drop to 914 with six new deaths

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Chonburi – The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 914 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with six new deaths, July 30th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1225901-chonburi-covid-19-cases-drop-to-914-with-six-new-deaths/