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Thai PM advised to stop the export of AstraZeneca vaccine for use domestically

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha should exercise his powers under the National Security Act to force Siam BioScience, the local producer of the AstraZeneca vaccine, to suspend the export of the vaccine for three months and use those doses domestically instead, to contain the accelerating spread of COVID-19 infections in the country, said Dr. Manoon Leeechawengwong, a specialist in respiratory diseases at Vichaiyut Hospital, in his Facebook post today.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227303-thai-pm-advised-to-stop-the-export-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-for-use-domestically/

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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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Prominent Thai doctor says lockdown measures aren’t working, tighter ones won’t work either, ease them to save the economy and consider an export ban on Covid19 vaccines and greatly boost vaccination program

 

PHOTO: Dr. Manoon Leechawengwongs

 

More Covid-19 infections and fatalities from the Delta mutant will be increased in Thailand if there is no proper vaccine allocation in the next 100 days, a Pulmonary disease specialist of Vichaiyut Hospital stated online today, August 12th.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227313-prominent-thai-doctor-says-lockdown-measures-aren’t-working-tighter-ones-won’t-work-either-ease-them-to-save-the-economy-and-consider-an-export-ban-on-covid19-vaccines-and-greatly-boost-vaccination-program/

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2,000 pharmacies in Bangkok sign up to help those in home isolation scheme

 

 

About 2,000 pharmacies have joined Bangkok’s home isolation program, under which they will provide antigen test kits (ATKs), medication and counselling to asymptomatic, mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients and those in high-risk groups.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227327-2000-pharmacies-in-bangkok-sign-up-to-help-those-in-home-isolation-scheme/

 

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Thai PM asked to stop ATK procurement from China’s Lepu Medical Technology

 

 

Thailand’s Rural Doctor Society (RDS) is urging Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to stop the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) signing a contract with China’s Lepu Medical Technology, for the supply of 8.5 million antigen test kits (ATKs), which the government plans to distribute free to the public via hospitals.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227328-thai-pm-asked-to-stop-atk-procurement-from-china’s-lepu-medical-technology/

 

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Man in Patong shot in leg, head beaten with baseball bat

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The plastic handgun found at the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are investigating an attack in Patong that saw a 23-year-old man being shot in the leg and hit on the head with a baseball bat.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227329-man-in-patong-shot-in-leg-head-beaten-with-baseball-bat/

 

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US GOVT donates 5 million USD in COVID-19 assistance to Thailand

By Suchanee Rungmueanporn

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The US Government’s representative has announced it will donate 5 million USD to Thailand and 1 million doses of vaccine, in addition to the previously donated 1.5 million doses.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227330-us-govt-donates-5-million-usd-in-covid-19-assistance-to-thailand/ 

 

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Airports of Thailand revenue hit as pandemic takes its toll

By Chris Madden in Financial News

 

 

Revenue across the business fell 79% year-on-year in the 9 months to June

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227331-airports-of-thailand-revenue-hit-as-pandemic-takes-its-toll/

 

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Thailand moving to enact Space Activities Act 

by Park Si-soo

 

Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation Minister Anek Laothamatas speaks in an undated photo. Credit: The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation

 

SEOUL, South Korea — Thailand is moving to enact the Space Activities Act, legislation that would establish a new state body committed to drawing space policies and lay the groundwork for  promoting the country’s space-related economy and technologies.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227332-thailand-moving-to-enact-space-activities-act/

 

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Thailand reports 23,418 new COVID-19 cases, 184 more deaths

 

File photo: Reuters

Thailand on Friday (August 13) reported 23,418 new COVID-19 cases and 184 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227337-thailand-reports-23418-new-covid-19-cases-184-more-deaths/ 

 

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Thailand’s Covid-19 infection numbers are likely “much higher”

By Cod Satrusayang

 

 

Thailand’s Covid-19 infection numbers are likely much higher than those being reported by the government, a senior advisor to the Ministry of Public Health told Thai Enquirer on Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227341-thailand’s-covid-19-infection-numbers-are-likely-“much-higher”/

 

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Thailand to get 30 million Pfizer doses: Anutin

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's Minister of Public Health  and Deputy Prime Minister said at the MoPH that Thailand has ordered an extra ten million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227342-thailand-to-get-30-million-pfizer-doses-anutin/

 

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Thai hotel industry: Situation worsens slightly in July, remains a serious concern

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The head of the Thai Hoteliers' Association said that the situation in the country remains a concern with many hotels still closed though hoping to open in the fourth quarter (Oct-Dec high). 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227347-thai-hotel-industry-situation-worsens-slightly-in-july-remains-a-serious-concern/

 

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CCSA: 22 million have now received at least one jab - Bangkok has most infections, Isaan three in top 10

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported the latest figures from the Centre for Covid Situation Administration.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227350-ccsa-22-million-have-now-received-at-least-one-jab-bangkok-has-most-infections-isaan-three-in-top-10/

 

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Samui Plus: Only about 10 foreigners per day are visiting island

 

File photo for reference only

 

Officials in Surat Thani in southern Thailand always cautioned that the Samui Plus Model reopening of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao would be a pilot with low numbers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227353-samui-plus-only-about-10-foreigners-per-day-are-visiting-island/

 

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Thirty police and rescue workers need to quarantine after one of injured in Lampang smash has Covid

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on an accident on the Lampang to Chiang Mai road in the Khao Khuntan area in which a Toyota Fortuner with Bangkok plates smashed into the back of a ten wheel truck in the early hours of yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227356-thirty-police-and-rescue-workers-need-to-quarantine-after-one-of-injured-in-lampang-smash-has-covid/

 

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Hua Hin area: Condo purchase slowdown continues - just 280 units sold in six months

 

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

Knight Frank reported that only 280 condos had been sold in the entire area of Hua Hin - Cha-Am - Khao Tao in the first six months of this year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227357-hua-hin-area-condo-purchase-slowdown-continues-just-280-units-sold-in-six-months/

 

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Raids by tech cops seize 2,000 guns and one million rounds - online sales in Thailand and region

 

Picture: Manager

 

Manager reported on raids by Thailand technology police at storage depots in Khon Kaen and Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227360-raids-by-tech-cops-seize-2000-guns-and-one-million-rounds-online-sales-in-thailand-and-region/

 

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Huge crowds gather for vaccines in Phetchabun where gathers are limited to FIVE

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Huge crowds of people that Daily News said were in the thousands went to a school in Phetchabun in Thailand's north east after the authorities announced vaccinations for the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227361-huge-crowds-gather-for-vaccines-in-phetchabun-where-gathers-are-limited-to-five/

 

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Thai volunteers provide lifeline to elderly, sick cut off by pandemic

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

A 93-year-old coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Nuan, who lives without family, is treated by volunteers in Bangkok, Thailand August 5, 2021. Picture taken on August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tu

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Decked out in personal protective equipment, former pilot Chayaphon Satondee dashes to the Bangkok home of an elderly coronavirus patient in urgent need of hospital care.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227363-thai-volunteers-provide-lifeline-to-elderly-sick-cut-off-by-pandemic/

 

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Thai man who threw explosives at kamnan's house can't be prosecuted due to mental illness

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on what they said was the "scary" case of a man called Diaw in a village in Chum Het sub-district of Buriram in Thailand's north east who threw an explosive device (ping pong bomb) at a kamnan's house on Wednesday night.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227364-thai-man-who-threw-explosives-at-kamnans-house-cant-be-prosecuted-due-to-mental-illness/

 

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Second lot of Pfizer booster jabs to reach their destinations on Saturday

 

Picture: INN

 

INN quoted Dr Opas Kankawinpong, chief of the Department of Disease Control as saying that the second lot of a 700,000 batch of Pfizer vaccine would reach its destination in 77 provinces by Saturday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227365-second-lot-of-pfizer-booster-jabs-to-reach-their-destinations-on-saturday/

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Thailand consumes nearly a million Favipiravir tablets per day

 

 

Nearly one million tablets of the Favipiravir antiviral drug are being consumed per day by COVID-19 patients in Thailand, according to the Public Health Ministry, as new records of infections are being set daily, with new high of 23,418 cases reported today (Friday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227366-thailand-consumes-nearly-a-million-favipiravir-tablets-per-day/

 

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Domestic tourism urged to be promoted as backup plan to overseas arrivals

 

Calm before a storm?

 

The Thai Hotels Association is urging the government to come up with measures to promote domestic tourism, because it is unsure that the plan, earlier announced by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to reopen Thailand to foreign visitors by mid-October, will be achieved, as the country is battling its worst COVID-19 outbreak yet with new highs set each day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227368-domestic-tourism-urged-to-be-promoted-as-backup-plan-to-overseas-arrivals/

 

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Phuket mass screening tests 1,300 over two days

By The Phuket News

 

More than 1,300 people in Phuket Town and those working at the main markets were tested for COVID-19 over just two days. The amss-testing campaign continues today (Aug 13). Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: Health officers today are continuing their mass screening of people for COVID-19 in the Phuket Town Fresh market 1 area after the huge push to identify those infected still living among the community saw 1,300 people tested over the past two days, with 55 local residents and Myanmar migrant workers confirmed infected.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227370-phuket-mass-screening-tests-1300-over-two-days/

 

 

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Thai Sang Thai Party’s lawsuit against Prayut collects 700,000 names

By Erich Parpart

 

 

It only took one month for the Thai Sang Thai Party to gather 700,000 online names to sue Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for alleged mismanagement of the Covid-19 outbreak situation, its deputy spokeswoman told Thai Enquirer.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227371-thai-sang-thai-party’s-lawsuit-against-prayut-collects-700000-names/

 

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Bangkok Hospital Pattaya now offering Covid-19 vaccination services for eligible foreigners

 

 

The following is a release from Bangkok Hospital Pattaya from their social media channels.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227382-bangkok-hospital-pattaya-now-offering-covid-19-vaccination-services-for-eligible-foreigners/

 

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UPDATE on several planned Pattaya projects: Extreme sports area near Bali Hai, Pattaya Beach renovation, and sports center

 

 

 

The following is an update on several projects that have been or are currently in development around the Pattaya area.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227384-update-on-several-planned-pattaya-projects-extreme-sports-area-near-bali-hai-pattaya-beach-renovation-and-sports-center/

 

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Thailand Will Receive 32.5 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine This Year

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry has announced that Thailand will receive 32.5 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine within the fourth quarter of this year.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227342-thailand-to-get-30-million-pfizer-doses-anutin/?do=findComment&comment=16737982

 

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New Batch of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Is Expected to Arrive on 14 August

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has expected a second batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare professionals in 77 provinces to arrive on Saturday 14 August.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227386-new-batch-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccines-is-expected-to-arrive-on-14-august/