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Thailand to start human trials on COVID-19 shots via nasal spray

 

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks queue outside the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand opens walk-in first dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination scheme for elders, people with a minimum weight of 100 kilograms and pregnant women amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two coronavirus vaccines administered using a nasal spray being developed in Thailand are due to start human trials by the end of this year, after promising results in trials involving mice, a government official said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227186-thailand-to-start-human-trials-on-covid-19-shots-via-nasal-spray/

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Full disclosure demanded over distribution of 1.5m doses of donated Pfizer vaccine

 

 

Former Pheu Thai MP Dr. Tossaporn Serirak is demanding full disclosure of the distribution of the 1.5 million doses of Pfizer mRNA vaccine, donated to Thailand by the United States.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227183-full-disclosure-demanded-over-distribution-of-15m-doses-of-donated-pfizer-vaccine/

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Over 15,500 in Bangkok tested positive for COVID-19 with Antigen kits last week

 

 

15,588 people in Bangkok, tested positive for COVID-19 using Antigen Test Kits (ATK), out of 141,516 (11%) screened between August 4th and 9th, according to the Ministry of Public Health today (Wednesday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227207-over-15500-in-bangkok-tested-positive-for-covid-19-with-antigen-kits-last-week/

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Thai central bank eyes credit market to help kick-start economy- head

By Kay Johnson and Orathai Sriring

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's central bank is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank will focus on creating conditions for expanding debt relief and credit for firms to boost the flagging economy, the bank's chief said, adding that already low interest rates had become a blunt tool for many policymakers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227222-thai-central-bank-eyes-credit-market-to-help-kick-start-economy-head/

 

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Phuket welcomes first flight from Hong Kong under ‘Sandbox’ programme

TAT Newsroom 

 

 

Bangkok, 11 August, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to report that Phuket has welcomed its first direct flight from Hong Kong under the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ programme that was launched on 1 July, 2021, and which has to date brought over 19,000 foreign tourists to the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227224-phuket-welcomes-first-flight-from-hong-kong-under-‘sandbox’-programme/

 

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Government downplays plan to protect officials against vaccine lawsuits

By Erich Parpart

 

 

Some parts of government on Wednesday appeared to be backing away from a leaked draft decree that would shield doctors and policymakers from prosecution over the country’s Covid-19 vaccination plan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227225-government-downplays-plan-to-protect-officials-against-vaccine-lawsuits/

 

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New Chinese Ambassador Arrives in Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 11 (TNA) – New Chinese Ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang arrived in Thailand yesterday to take up his new post.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227226-new-chinese-ambassador-arrives-in-thailand/

 

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PM Confirms Cooperation with US

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 11 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and confirmed Thailand's cooperation with the US.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227227-pm-confirms-cooperation-with-us/

 

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Olympic Boxers, Coaches Test Negative for COVID

 

 

SURAT THANI, Aug 11 (TNA) – Thai Olympic boxers and their coaches and staff tested negative for COVID-19 during their quarantine in the Samui Plus Model project after returning from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227228-olympic-boxers-coaches-test-negative-for-covid/

 

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Cambodian man injured from electric shock while installing electric cables in Pattaya

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – A Cambodian worker has sustained serious injuries from an electric shock while installing underground cables at a condominium in South Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227230-cambodian-man-injured-from-electric-shock-while-installing-electric-cables-in-pattaya/

 

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Pattaya City using Sawang Boriboon rescue foundation as Covid -19 one-stop service center

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

 

Pattaya – Pattaya City is currently using a rescue foundation as a one-stop service center with Antigen Test Kits (ATK) for Covid -19 testing.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227231-pattaya-city-using-sawang-boriboon-rescue-foundation-as-covid-19-one-stop-service-center/

 

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Thailand reports highs for new COVID-19 cases and recoveries

 

File photo: Reuters

Thailand on Thursday (August 12) reported 22,782 new COVID-19 cases and 147 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227245-thailand-reports-highs-for-new-covid-19-cases-and-recoveries/

 

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Five Years after Deadly Blasts in Southern Thailand, Few Suspects Appear in Court

Mariyam Ahmad
Pattani, Thailand

 

Rescue workers assist a person who was injured when a bomb exploded at a market in Trang province, Thailand, Aug. 11, 2016. BenarNews

 

Five years after bombings killed four people and injured more than 30 in Phuket and other tourist hotspots in southern Thailand, authorities have arrested only three of 11 suspects from the insurgency-stricken Deep South in connection with the attacks, sources told BenarNews.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227246-five-years-after-deadly-blasts-in-southern-thailand-few-suspects-appear-in-court/

 

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Bangkok protests continue: "Just doing our job" say police who warn people about getting involved

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Protests against the government of Prayuth Chan-ocha and its handling of the pandemic continued in the Thai capital Bangkok on Wednesday with both police and protesters hurt in clashes in the downtown area.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227261-bangkok-protests-continue-just-doing-our-job-say-police-who-warn-people-about-getting-involved/

 

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Police nab mother and son fraudsters in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A mother and her son who were arrested on Wednesday by a police commando unit in Rangsit sub-district of Pathum Thani north of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227264-police-nab-mother-and-son-fraudsters-in-bangkok/

 

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Relatives call for police to investigate young woman's death amid lurid sex claims

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Relatives have called for police to investigate after lurid claims emerged into the death of a 21 year old woman called Wanida or Jip in Hat Yai, Songkhla in the south of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227269-relatives-call-for-police-to-investigate-young-womans-death-amid-lurid-sex-claims/

 

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Koh Samui: Risky areas identified as tourists set to arrive on "7+7" plan

 

 

Channel 7 reported that tourists on the Phuket Sandbox scheme were preparing to take part in the "7 + 7" plan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227272-koh-samui-risky-areas-identified-as-tourists-set-to-arrive-on-77-plan/

 

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Hua Hin recharge is still alive! Tourism rep thinks 100,000 tourists will spend 1.2 billion in Q4

 

Picture: Banmuang

 

Less than two weeks after reports that the Hua Hin Recharge project was dead and buried at least for this year comes renewed hope. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227273-hua-hin-recharge-is-still-alive-tourism-rep-thinks-100000-tourists-will-spend-12-billion-in-q4/

 

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Nattawut Saikuar: the red-shirt leader back on warpath against embattled govt

 

(Photo by facebook.com:Nattawut.UDD)

 

A red-shirt politician loyal to self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has suddenly emerged as co-leader of a campaign to oust embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in an apparent collaboration between anti-establishment protesters and Thaksin supporters.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227274-nattawut-saikuar-the-red-shirt-leader-back-on-warpath-against-embattled-govt/

 

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Thai arms manufacturer denies involvement in plot against Myanmar’s UN envoy

 

(Photo by chaiseri-defense.com)

 

A leading Thai arms manufacturer Chaiseri Metal and Rubber Co has denied any connection with an arms dealer alleged to be involved in an assassination attempt against Myanmar Ambassador to Kyaw Moe Tun.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227275-thai-arms-manufacturer-denies-involvement-in-plot-against-myanmar’s-un-envoy/

 

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Weaker baht may not help economy if COVID not contained

 

 

The baht has seen a steady slide for weeks amid a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths recently. The baht fell to 33.39 to the US dollar at one point last week, its weakest in almost three years, according to Kasikorn Research.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1227276-weaker-baht-may-not-help-economy-if-covid-not-contained/

 

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Malls call for banks, IT businesses, general stores and electrical shops to be allowed to open

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Noppaporn Withoonchart of the Thai Shopping Centres Association is calling on the Thai government to allow banks, IT businesses, general stores that sell important items and electrical goods stores in malls to reopen. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227277-malls-call-for-banks-it-businesses-general-stores-and-electrical-shops-to-be-allowed-to-open/

 

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Forget oysters! Thai man reckons he found a pearl in a rooster!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Investigative reporters from Sanook hot-footed it to Phanat Nikhom in Chonburi after a post on Facebook suggested a trader had found a pearl in a male chicken.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227278-forget-oysters-thai-man-reckons-he-found-a-pearl-in-a-rooster/

 

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Thailand’s national police chief is worth 104 million baht

 

Picture: PPTV

 

Thailand’s national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk and his family have a combined wealth of 104 million baht, it has been revealed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227279-thailand’s-national-police-chief-is-worth-104-million-baht/

 

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Outbreak greatest threat to Sandbox, says TAT Phuket chief

By The Phuket News

 

The TAT will launch a campaign highlighting that Phuket is separated from the ’dark red’ high-risk COVID zones zones elsewhere in the country, TAT Phuket Director Nanthasiri Ronnasiri said. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The rate of COVID-19 infections across the island is the greatest threat to the Phuket Sandbox scheme, with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) ready to launch a campaign specifically targeting US arrivals to stabilise the number of arrivals under the project, TAT Phuket Director Nanthasiri Ronnasiri has announced.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227280-outbreak-greatest-threat-to-sandbox-says-tat-phuket-chief/

 

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Four year old sets fire to great granddad's home in Buriram

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A great granddad in Muang district of Buriram told his two great grandsons aged 7 and 4 that he didn't have 20 baht for them to buy sweets.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227282-four-year-old-sets-fire-to-great-granddads-home-in-buriram/

 

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Electric Tuk-Tuks costing as little as 60,000 baht ready by October

 

Picture: Brand Inside

 

Brand Inside (business innovation) reported that a company called Bangkok Sheet Metal Co Ltd has produced electric Tuk-Tuks.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227283-electric-tuk-tuks-costing-as-little-as-60000-baht-ready-by-october/

 

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Debt collectors arrested in Chumphon - one borrower paid 5,000 baht interest a day, threat to abduct sister

 

Picture: INN

 

Region 8 police in conjunction with Tha Sae police in Chumphon province arrested two debt collectors in an investigation into loan sharking. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227284-debt-collectors-arrested-in-chumphon-one-borrower-paid-5000-baht-interest-a-day-threat-to-abduct-sister/

 

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TAT stepping up promotion of Phuket

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has stepped up promotion of Thai tourism abroad, bringing in over 140,000 bookings in only 10 days.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227292-tat-stepping-up-promotion-of-phuket/

 

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Law bans toxic sunscreen destroying corals

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) -Thailand has announced laws on coral- damaging suncreen in national parks. Violators could face a fine of up to 100,000 baht.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227295-law-bans-toxic-sunscreen-destroying-corals/