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Thailand’s Central Administrative Court asked to lift COVID-19 vaccine import restrictions

 

 

The Thai Mai Thon (Impatient Thais) political group lodged a petition with the Central Administrative Court today (Monday) asking it to hold an emergency hearing on COVID-19 vaccine procurement restrictions and to allow the private sector and local administration organizations to import alternative vaccines for use in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226920-thailand’s-central-administrative-court-asked-to-lift-covid-19-vaccine-import-restrictions/

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COVID-19 Infection Rate in Bangkok Is Decreasing

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Rural Doctors Society reports that COVID-19 infection rates in Bangkok have fallen over the past four days.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226923-covid-19-infection-rate-in-bangkok-is-decreasing/

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Nok Air Phuket - U-Tapao flights to continue

 

Image: Nok Air

 

PHUKET: With Phuket Sandbox tourists stuck on the island under the current shutdown of flights and buses across the country, Nok Air has announced that it will continue its Phuket - U-Tapao flights twice a day through to at least Aug 18.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226948-nok-air-phuket-u-tapao-flights-to-continue/

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U.S. CDC urges avoiding travel to Thailand over COVID-19

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Monday against travel to Israel, France, Thailand, Iceland and several other countries because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in those nations.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226968-us cdc urges avoiding travel to-thailand-over covid-19/

 

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Thai government to limit legal liability of medics treating COVID-19 patients

 

 

The Thai government is to issue a decree to limit the legal exposure of medical personnel in litigation brought by COVID-19 patients or their relatives seeking compensation for loss of life or other damage caused to patients in the course of treatment.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226969-thai-government-to-limit-legal-liability-of-medics-treating-covid-19-patients/

 

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Sergeant’s vaccine brag prompts renewed demands for Pfizer clarity

By Pear Maneechote

 

 

Thai netizens reacted with fury Monday after a soldier shared pictures of a receipt for a Pfizer vaccine online, accusing the government of favouring the military over healthcare workers in allocating the limited stocks of the jab.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226970-sergeant’s-vaccine-brag-prompts-renewed-demands-for-pfizer-clarity/

 

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Pheu Thai urges government not to lower state guarantee of bank deposits during current crisis

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

The Pheu Thai Party on Monday urged the government to defer a planned reduction in the state guarantee of bank deposits, citing the fragile economic situation and the possible public distrust in financial institutions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226971-pheu-thai-urges-government-not-to-lower-state-guarantee-of-bank-deposits-during-current-crisis/

 

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Swiss tourist killer moved to Phuket Prison

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The standard police patrol pickup used to transport Teerawat to Phuket Prison today (Aug 9). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Teerawat Thothip, the man facing murder and robbery causing death charges for the killing of 57-year-old Phuket Sandbox tourist Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, was moved to Phuket Prison late this afternoon (Aug 9) after the Phuket Provincial Court approved his further detention while police continue their investigation.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226972-swiss-tourist-killer-moved-to-phuket-prison/

 

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Pattaya area woman loses her life after crashing into a wall in Nongprue, may have suffered a medical emergency prior to the accident

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Banglamung – A female driver died after she tragically crashed her vehicle into a wall in Nongprue this afternoon (August 9th).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226973-pattaya-area-woman-loses-her-life-after-crashing-into-a-wall-in-nongprue-may-have-suffered-a-medical-emergency-prior-to-the-accident/

 

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Industrial sentiment hits lowest point since March 2020

 

 

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

Thailand’s industrial sentiment index in July dipped to a 16-month low, dragged down as Covid-19 infections continued to rise despite semi-lockdown measures, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said Monday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226975-industrial-sentiment-hits-lowest-point-since-march-2020/

 

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Thailand reports daily record of 235 new coronavirus deaths

 

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Thailand on Tuesday (August 10) reported 19,843 new COVID-19 cases and 235 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226989-thailand-reports-daily-record-of-235-new-coronavirus-deaths/

 

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Kids will be safer in "Sandbox Schools" - pilot project set to start nationwide next week

 

 

A joint collaboration on a pilot project to get some schoolchildren in red and deep red provinces back to school will start next Monday, August 16th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1226999-kids-will-be-safer-in-sandbox-schools-pilot-project-set-to-start-nationwide-next-week/

 

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Thailand’s ‘modern trade’ confidence at lowest point in 3 years due to pandemic

 

 

Thailand’s “modern trade” confidence index in the second quarter of this year hit the lowest point in the past three years, at 45.3, as retail businesses are being hit hard by the pandemic and government measures, according to a joint press conference by The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) and the Board of Trade of Thailand yesterday (Monday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227006-thailand’s-‘modern-trade’-confidence-at-lowest-point-in-3-years-due-to-pandemic/

 

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Thai police seeking spyware that will help it monitor chat applications

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thai police are seeking software that would help it monitor chat applications and social media private messages, a police source told Thai Enquirer on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227008-thai-police-seeking-spyware-that-will-help-it-monitor-chat-applications/

 

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Pattaya: September plan to reopen resort to tourism is OFF - Koh Larn sealed off after 6 infections

 

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Plans to open Thailand's leading seaside resort of Pattaya to tourism have been shelved indefinitely.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227012-pattaya-september-plan-to-reopen-resort-to-tourism-is-off-koh-larn-sealed-off-after-6-infections/

 

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Thailand vaccine rollout finally picking up pace - media publishes 10 stats you need to know

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media Sanook published ten statistics from the vaccine rollout in the country as given to them by Dr Sirirerk Songwilai of the Ministry of Further Education.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227013-thailand-vaccine-rollout-finally-picking-up-pace-media-publishes-10-stats-you-need-to-know/

 

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Trawlerman saved by Thai Navy after spending 9 hours floating in the Gulf off Nakhon Sri Thammarat

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Royal Navy swung into action on Sunday night after they received a report that a fisherman aboard a trawler 28 kilometers off cape Talum Phuk in Nakhon Sri Thammarat had fallen into the sea.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227014-trawlerman-saved-by-thai-navy-after-spending-9-hours-floating-in-the-gulf-off-nakhon-sri-thammarat/

 

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Defense Volunteer has leg blown off after stepping on landmine in his rubber plantation - wife injured

 

Channel 7 reported that a Territorial Defense Volunteer in Naratiwas in the far south of Thailand had his left leg blown off after stepping on a landmine at his rubber plantation in Su-Ngai Padi district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227015-defense-volunteer-has-leg-blown-off-after-stepping-on-landmine-in-his-rubber-plantation-wife-injured/

 

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Phuket Town fresh markets closed over COVID fears

By The Phuket News

 

The Phuket City Fresh Market 1 on Ranong Rd in Phuket Town has been ordered to remain closed until Aug 22. Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has ordered two markets in the heart of Phuket Town closed over concerns of COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227016-phuket-town-fresh-markets-closed-over-covid-fears/

 

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Governor orders islandwide tourist safety campaign

By The Phuket News

 

Governor Narong will order all local municipalities to increase safety measures at all risk areas for tourists. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed that he will order every municipality on the island to identify isolated locales in their areas that may be unsafe for visitors and not suitable for tourists to visit as part of a campaign to ramp up tourist safety on the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227018-governor-orders-islandwide-tourist-safety-campaign/

 

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Suspect couple flee abroad in case of southern Thai woman murdered over 60,000 baht debt

 

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Daily News reported on the investigation into the death of a 28 year old woman from Phatthalung in the far south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227019-suspect-couple-flee-abroad-in-case-of-southern-thai-woman-murdered-over-60000-baht-debt/

 

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Absolutely no mention of foreigners as Pfizer vaccine rollout begins

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News carried a story about booster doses (third doses) for medical frontliners and the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine that has been donated by the US.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227020-absolutely-no-mention-of-foreigners-as-pfizer-vaccine-rollout-begins/

 

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Department of Rail Transport resurrects plans for a high speed train to Hua Hin

By Paul Andrews

 

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The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has said it will once again look at plans to operate a high speed train to Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227021-department-of-rail-transport-resurrects-plans-for-a-high-speed-train-to-hua-hin/

 

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Another lockdown! Idyllic Koh Lipe in southern Thailand shut for 28 days

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The governor of Satun province in the far south of Thailand Ekkarat Leesen has ordered the idyllic island of Koh Lipe to be locked down for the next 28 days, reported Sanook yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227026-another-lockdown-idyllic-koh-lipe-in-southern-thailand-shut-for-28-days/

 

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Foreigners raring to buy condos in Thailand - Bangkok most popular in searches - but late 2022 for recovery

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News published the opinions of an analyst from Krung Thai Compass regarding the Thai condo market.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227027-foreigners-raring-to-buy-condos-in-thailand-bangkok-most-popular-in-searches-but-late-2022-for-recovery/

 

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Phuket ‘Covid Care Centers’ to be set up for asymptomatic patients

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong at the meeting at Provincial Hall yesterday (Aug 9). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Government will set up a “Covid Care Center” in each of Phuket’s three districts where people who have tested positive for COVID-19 only by a rapid antigen test but are showing no signs of infection will be required to stay.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227029-phuket-‘covid-care-centers’-to-be-set-up-for-asymptomatic-patients/

 

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Thai women conned by ”rich foreigner” - how ”Jim” was snared by private investigators

 

 

Picture: Kapook

 

Kapook reported on a post on Facebook of a firm of private investigators called TBLS. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227032-thai-women-conned-by-”rich-foreigner”-how-”jim”-was-snared-by-private-investigators/

 

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Thai research body predicts a million jobless by year end if pandemic persists

 

 

Thailand’s economic think-tank, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), predicts that the number of unemployed in the kingdom will reach one million by the end of this year, if the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncontrollable.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227047-thai-research-body-predicts-a-million-jobless-by-year-end-if-pandemic-persists/

 

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Cargill and PTTGC to build $600 million biopolymer plant in Thailand

 

FILE PHOTO: A Cargill logo is pictured on the Provimi Kliba and Protector animal nutrition factory in Lucens, Switzerland, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc and Thailand's PTT Global Chemical Pcl announced on Tuesday they will build a biopolymer production facility at a cost of more than $600 million in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227048-cargill-and-pttgc-to-build-600-million-biopolymer-plant-in-thailand/

 

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Thai Authorities Insist Green Chiretta Can Help COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has defended its study on the use of Andrographis paniculata, or green chiretta, in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227049-thai-authorities-insist-green-chiretta-can-help-covid-19-patients-with-mild-symptoms/