THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 15 August 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Lockdown in Thailand will cost businesses upwards of 1 trillion baht if it continues in September

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai Chamber of Commerce says that lockdown measures in Thailand this year will have cost businesses 1 trillion baht by the end of this month.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227479-lockdown-in-thailand-will-cost-businesses-upwards-of-1-trillion-baht-if-it-continues-in-september/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Tenant from hell leaves behind mountain of trash at central Thailand apartment

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook investigated after the latest story of a filthy renter hit the internet. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227481-tenant-from-hell-leaves-behind-mountain-of-trash-at-central-thailand-apartment/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand’s slow procurement of jabs and revival of ‘vaccine diplomacy’

 

 

The government’s slow vaccine procurement has left Thailand lagging behind many countries – including its own neighbors – in the global race for COVID-19 jabs, say critics.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227518-thailand’s-slow-procurement-of-jabs-and-revival-of-‘vaccine-diplomacy’/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Recovered COVID-19 patients must be vaccinated to reduce risk of getting infected again

 

 

COVID-19 patients, who have recovered from the disease after completing 14-days of treatment or isolation, may get infected again and, therefore, must be vaccinated, said the director-general of Thailand’s Disease Control Department, Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, today (Saturday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227519-recovered-covid-19-patients-must-be-vaccinated-to-reduce-risk-of-getting-infected-again/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

TAT proposes more relaxed Phuket Sandbox rules, allowing visits to provinces after 7 days

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - New, more relaxed rules for the Phuket Sandbox campaign are to be proposed to the government’s COVID-19 task force. It is recommended that new rules allow Sandbox tourists to travel out of Phuket to selected areas in Thailand after seven days since arrival, giving tourists more flexibility than the current 14-day stay requirement.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227520-tat-proposes-more-relaxed-phuket-sandbox-rules-allowing-visits-to-provinces-after-7-days/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

TCG offers payment deferrals until end of 2021

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) has again activated assistance for entrepreneurs by offering payment deferrals until the end of the year, after helping guarantee loans for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to allow them to access funding during the past seven months, resulting in the value of approved credit guarantees hitting a record high of more than 140 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227521-tcg-offers-payment-deferrals-until-end-of-2021/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Online job market opened to fill EEC vacancies

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Labor has launched an online job fair to fill 9,000 positions in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227522-online-job-market-opened-to-fill-eec-vacancies/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 21,882 new COVID-19 cases, 209 fatalities

 

Reuters file photo

 

Thailand on Sunday (Aug 15) reported 21,882 new COVID-19 cases and 209 more fatalities, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227523-thailand-reports-21882-new-covid-19-cases-209-fatalities/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Water administration prepares for coming rainy season

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister has directed relevant agencies to carry out the ten measures conceptualized to prevent flooding and other disasters during this year’s rainy season, as well as to store water for the dry season.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227524-water-administration-prepares-for-coming-rainy-season/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Muslim SMEs brought together for THA Shop

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - To assist Muslim retailers impacted by the persistent COVID-19 situation, the Halal Science Center of Chulalongkorn University has opened Thailand’s first THA Shop as a sales point for Halal SMEs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227525-muslim-smes-brought-together-for-tha-shop/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Department of Agriculture in discussions with Thai longan exporters on Chinese ban

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Department of Agriculture (DOA) Director-General Pichet Wiriyapaha, said today that the DOA had held discussions with 37 Thai longan exporters yesterday, following China’s indefinite ban on Thai longan imports over contamination with mealybugs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227526-department-of-agriculture-in-discussions-with-thai-longan-exporters-on-chinese-ban/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Labour Ministry prepares over 800,000 jobs to lessen unemployment

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - “As the Labour Minister, I have assigned the director-general of the Department of Employment (DOE) to conduct a survey of labor demand in enterprises nationwide, and have proactively prepared 814,198 vacancies. 389,495 of the job vacancies are for skilled Thai workers and 424,703 vacancies are in migrant worker-dependent businesses.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227527-labour-ministry-prepares-over-800000-jobs-to-lessen-unemployment/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Hospitals not required to retest COVID-19 patients before discharge

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai government has decided that a further test for COVID-19 prior to a patient’s discharge is no longer required for patients in much improved condition, however such patients should continue to self-isolate at home until the 14th day.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227528-hospitals-not-required-to-retest-covid-19-patients-before-discharge/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Military increasing support for COVID-19 testing

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Defence is increasing the COVID-19 testing and treatment capacity of military medical facilities, to support the government’s COVID-19 mission. More military healthcare professionals are being deployed to support testing and treatment, while the army’s field hospital in Bangkok has so far tested and treated around 10,000 people.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227529-military-increasing-support-for-covid-19-testing/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand’s plant-based COVID-19 vaccine starts human trials

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Another potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in Thailand is entering clinical trials, this time a protein subunit vaccine produced from plants by a Thai pharmaceutical startup. If successful, the vaccine is expected to become available in Q3 next year.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227530-thailand’s-plant-based-covid-19-vaccine-starts-human-trials/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bangkok races to mass test residents

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Several free COVID-19 testing sites are in operation in Bangkok, as daily new case numbers remain the highest in Thailand. The city today operated six free testing sites across the capital, with walk-ins accepted at a testing site in Ratchathewi.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227531-bangkok-races-to-mass-test-residents/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

COVID-19 three times as threatening to pregnant women

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - After recording close to 2,000 women with children contracting COVID-19, doctors have warned that pregnant women are around three times at risk of contracting the virus but noted vaccination reduces the chance of severe symptoms and death.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227532-covid-19-three-times-as-threatening-to-pregnant-women/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thais vaccinated outside Phuket can now get second shot

 

 

PHUKET: It was confirmed today (Aug 14) that Thai citizens who have already received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine elsewhere in the country are now eligible to receive their second dose in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227533-thais-vaccinated-outside-phuket-can-now-get-second-shot/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket fresh market ordered closed

 

 

PHUKET: The Phuket City Municipality issued an order today (Aug 14) to close the Phuket City Fresh Market 2 for seven days.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227534-phuket-fresh-market-ordered-closed/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket marks 109 new local infections

 

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 109 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 14), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,940.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227535-phuket-marks-109-new-local-infections/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand to consider extending lockdown amid warning over rising cases

 

A man rides his bike on an almost empty road which is usually crowded with people, as lockdown and travel restrictions are imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will decide on Monday (Aug 16) whether the current restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 need to be extended.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227542-thailand-to-consider-extending-lockdown-amid-warning-over-rising-cases/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand - On the initiative of Khod Hin Temple, waste sorting project starts to preserve the environment

 

 

Khod Hein area and the whole Rayong City faced serious pollution problems due to large tons of garbage scattered everywhere in the city by factories in industrial areas and people’s activities.

 

Full story:  https://aseannow.com/topic/1227543-thailand-on-the-initiative-of-khod-hin-temple-waste-sorting-project-starts-to-preserve-the-environment/

 

[rooster59]

Sex and Drugs and Lock and Lol - another crazy week in Thailand lockdown

 

 

It was good to see this week that 8,000 prisoners would be released and have their convictions quashed for having an innocuous cup of tea, something us Brits prize above almost all else.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1227547-sex-and-drugs-and-lock-and-lol-another-crazy-week-in-thailand-lockdown/

 

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