THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 4 August 2021

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Former construction worker is now homeless, living in a pipe, and unemployed due to Covid-19 restrictions in Pattaya, tells his story

 

 

A former construction worker who is now laid off and unemployed due to Covid-19 related measures and restrictions that have essentially shut most major construction projects in Chonburi was found living in a concrete pipe near a road in Pattaya recently.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226433-former-construction-worker-is-now-homeless-living-in-a-pipe-and-unemployed-due-to-covid-19-restrictions-in-pattaya-tells-his-story/

 

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Pattaya Mayor confirms order of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine amid what he calls misleading information widely shared on social media

 

 

Pattaya Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem has reassured the local community that a total amount of 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine have already been reserved for local residents after false information regarding the allocation not taking place had been spread online.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226434-pattaya-mayor-confirms-order-of-sinopharm-covid-19-vaccine-amid-what-he-calls-misleading-information-widely-shared-on-social-media/

 

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Thailand’s newly developed Favipiravir syrup to be given to children, elderly from Friday

 

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The new syrup form of Favipiravir antiviral COVID-19 medication, developed by Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Thai research organization Medica Innova, will be available for infected children and the elderly for free at Chulabhorn Hospital in Bangkok from this Friday (August 6th).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226451-thailand’s-newly-developed-favipiravir-syrup-to-be-given-to-children-elderly-from-friday/

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Bangkok’s Busarakham field hospital opens ICU to treat severe COVID-19 cases

 

 

The Busarakham field hospital, which has admitted more than 14,200 COVID-19 patients since its opening in mid-May, opened its first intensive care unit (ICU) today (Wednesday), to treat severe cases waiting to be admitted to general hospitals.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226452-bangkok’s-busarakham-field-hospital-opens-icu-to-treat-severe-covid-19-cases/

 

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Gov’t assures all COVID-19 patients of full care

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has assured all COVID-19 patients, who may receive treatment at home or at a community isolation center, that they will be closely monitored by medical professionals, and promising the provision of 40 million tablets monthly of locally produced Favipiravir antiviral from October.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226454-gov’t-assures-all-covid-19-patients-of-full-care/

 

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Numbers low in Thailand's Phuket tourism revival bid - official

 

FILE PHOTO: People receive the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine as the Thai resort island of Phuket rushes to vaccinate its population amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, and ahead of a July 1 ending of strict quarantine for overseas visitors, to bring back tourism revenue in Phuket, Thailand, April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Visitors to Thailand's resort island of Phuket in July were at just 1% of pre-pandemic levels, an official told Reuters, as a bid to revive tourism to the Southeast Asian country gets off to a slow start amid its biggest COVID-19 outbreak yet.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226455-numbers-low-in-thailands-phuket-tourism-revival-bid-official/

 

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