THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 21 August 2021

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How to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in Hua Hin

 

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Details have finally been released on how foreigners can register for a COVID-19 vaccine in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228196-how-to-register-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-hua-hin/

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Thai Doctor given 4th dose with Pfizer vaccine to enter Canada without being quarantined

 

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Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) explained today (Friday) why a Thai doctor was given a fourth inoculation, using the Pfizer vaccine, after having received three other vaccine jabs.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228199-thai-doctor-given-4th-dose-with-pfizer-vaccine-to-enter-canada-without-being-quarantined/

 

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More than 12,000 tested by ATKs in Phuket, more than 500 COVID cases identified

 

In total 361 officers from the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) were tested by ATKs today (Aug 20). All 361 tested negative. Photo: PPAO

 

PHUKET: More than 12,000 people across Phuket have been tested by antigen test kits (ATKs) since Aug 1, leading to more than 500 COVID infections being confirmed, Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228204-more-than-12000-tested-by-atks-in-phuket-more-than-500-covid-cases-identified/

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Thai central bank offers more debt measures to ease COVID-19 impact

 

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 has approved additional measures to assist debtors affected by the country's coronavirus epidemic with income and jobs declining, as an economic recovery will be slow and uneven, it said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228212-thai-central-bank-offers-more-debt-measures-to-ease-covid-19-impact/

 

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Bangkok launches home vaccination service for the bed-ridden and vulnerable

 

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is now offering an in-home vaccination service for bed-ridden patients and other vulnerable people in frail health, who are unable to leave their homes and are not yet vaccinated.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228213-bangkok-launches-home-vaccination-service-for-the-bed-ridden-and-vulnerable/

 

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Celebrity participation in government campaign prompts outrage

By Panithan Onthaworn

 

 

The involvement of Thai celebrities in a state-backed anti-corruption campaign prompted online outrage on Friday, with netizens blasting the campaign as superficial and insincere.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228214-celebrity-participation-in-government-campaign-prompts-outrage/

 

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Phuket tourism leaders praise approval of Sputnik for Sandbox

By The Phuket News

 

Image: C9 Hotelworks

 

PHUKET: Tourism stakeholders in Phuket are heralding the landmark approval of the Sputnik vaccine by the Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) that is set to unleash the Russian market on the southern Thai island, reports Bangkok-based company Delivering Communications Asia.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228215-phuket-tourism-leaders-praise-approval-of-sputnik-for-sandbox/

 

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Twenty-one people arrested in Soi Buakhao area for allegedly gathering, drinking alcohol, and breaking Covid-19 rules

By Adam Judd

 

 

Pattaya, Thailand-  A total of twenty-one people were arrested tonight in Central Pattaya for allegedly breaking current laws and orders designed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to officials with the Pattaya Police.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228216-twenty-one-people-arrested-in-soi-buakhao-area-for-allegedly-gathering-drinking-alcohol-and-breaking-covid-19-rules/

 

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Thailand wants answers over berry pickers’ Covid-19 outbreaks in Finland 

by Mette Larsen

 

File photo of Thai berry pickers at work in Kärsämäki in September 2020. Image: Paulus Markkula / Yle

 

Since the beginning of the month, over 200 berry pickers from Thailand have been diagnosed with Covid-19 while working in Finland and now Thailand has asked Finnish authorities for an explanation regarding the series of Covid outbreaks among the Thai nationals.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228221-thailand-wants-answers-over-berry-pickers’-covid-19-outbreaks-in-finland/

 

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Aug 20: Huge surge in recoveries but pregnant woman one of four COVID-19 deaths in Prachuap

By Paul Andrews

 

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Health officials on Friday (Aug 20) reported 71 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths, but on a more positive note, a large number of recoveries were also reported.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228222-aug-20-huge-surge-in-recoveries-but-pregnant-woman-one-of-four-covid-19-deaths-in-prachuap/

 

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Expats in Thailand to get vaccines soon: Anutin

 

File photo: National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT)

 

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has reaffirmed that all expats in Thailand will soon be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228223-expats-in-thailand-to-get-vaccines-soon-anutin/

 

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Help has arrived! 150K doses of AstraZeneca reaches Bangkok from Bhutan 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that 150,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrived from Bhutan at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday lunchtime.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228224-help-has-arrived-150k-doses-of-astrazeneca-reaches-bangkok-from-bhutan/

 

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DoE: Foreigners with work permits have a right to Covid-19 vax

 

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Thai Rath quoted the director of the Department of Employment Phairot Chotiksathien as saying that all foreign workers legally in Thailand with work permits are entitled to get a Covid-19 vaccination.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228227-doe-foreigners-with-work-permits-have-a-right-to-covid-19-vax/

 

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Thailand reports 20,571 new COVID-19 cases and 23,159 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Saturday (August 21) reported 20,571 new COVID-19 cases and 261 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228230-thailand-reports-20571 new-covid-19-cases-and-23159-recoveries/

 

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Six arrests and 11 million Ya Ba seized in bust north of Bangkok

 

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Police at the Metropolitan Police Bureau led by Pol Lt-Gen Phakpong Pongphettra announced the arrest of six men and the seizure of a large quantity of Ya Ba (methamphetamine mixed with caffeine) plus other evidence.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228231-six-arrests-and-11-million-ya-ba-seized-in-bust-north-of-bangkok/

 

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Big Joke vs Big Too: PM wins court battle against former top policeman over transfer from Immigration

 

Picture: Daily New

 

It has been a very public disagreement in Thailand - the spat between the former head of the Immigration Bureau Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan and the Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228232-big-joke-vs-big-too-pm-wins-court-battle-against-former-top-policeman-over-transfer-from-immigration/

 

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Phuket marks 101 new COVID cases, one more death

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 101 new local infections on the island yesterday (Aug 20), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 2,401.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228236-phuket-marks-101-new-covid-cases-one-more-death/

 

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Foreign ministry pullling out all the stops to get vaccine - Thailand belatedly set to join Covax scheme

 

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Sanook quoted the IT expert and spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the ministry were working hard all over the world to secure vaccine deals.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228237-foreign-ministry-pullling-out-all-the-stops-to-get-vaccine-thailand-belatedly-set-to-join-covax-scheme/

 

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MoFA: Hails "Sandbox" success - all systems go for 7+7 and all agencies onboard over CoE

 

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs's IT whiz Thanee Saengrat spoke to Daily News about developments connected to the reopening of Thailand via the much heralded "Phuket Sandbox".

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228238-mofa-hails-sandbox-success-all-systems-go-for-77-and-all-agencies-onboard-over-coe/

 

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Police caught dining-in Bangkok restaurant

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai social media went ballistic that it was "one rule for us and one rule for them" when two police officers attached to the Rom Klao force in Bangkok were caught having dinner at a "Laap Yaso" restaurant.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228243-police-caught-dining-in-bangkok-restaurant/

 

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Foreigners bought 660 condos in Bangkok area this year: Average price 5M baht , Thais 3.8 M baht

 

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Dr Sophon Pornchokchai of the Agency of Real Estate Affairs Co. Ltd (AREA) told the Thai media the data for condo purchases in Bangkok and surrounding provinces in the first half of 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228245-foreigners-bought-660-condos-in-bangkok-area-this-year-average-price-5m-baht-thais-38-m-baht/

 

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Prachuap: Contractor appeals to the media after local authority reneges on 22 million baht new road payment

 

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A road contractor has appealed to Thai media 77kaoded for help after the Prachuap Khiri Khan provincial authority have not paid a 22 million baht instalment on a new beachside road intended to promote tourism.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228247-prachuap-contractor-appeals-to-the-media-after-local-authority-reneges-on-22-million-baht-new-road-payment/

 

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Thailand tourism reopening should follow Sandbox model, vaccinations still key

 

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A key figure in tourism in Thailand has given a general thumbs up to the Phuket Sandbox and plans to reopen Thailand to foreign tourism.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228250-thailand-tourism-reposing-should-follow-sandbox-model-vaccinations-still-key/
 

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Lucky escape for driver asleep at the wheel

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 23-year-old man escaped serious injury this morning (Aug 21) after he fell asleep at the wheel of his delivery pickup truck, which veered into a guardrail that sheared into the driver’s door.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228251-lucky-escape-for-driver-asleep-at-the-wheel/

 

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24 foreigners, Thais arrested after raid at luxury villa in Koh Samui

 

Image: Bophut Police

 

Twenty four people were arrested during a raid on a luxury villa in Koh Samui during the early hours of Saturday morning (Aug 21).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228264-24-foreigners-thais-arrested-after-raid-at-luxury-villa-in-koh-samui/

 

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