Over 4,000 Thai medics infected with COVID-19 during pandemic

 

 

As many as 4,270 Thai medics across the country have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began in mid-February 2020, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC) today (Wednesday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240717-over-4000-thai-medics-infected-with-covid-19-during-pandemic/

More COVID infections found in Bangkok after woman drops dead in alley

 

 

Health officials and a mobile COVID-19 testing unit were dispatched to Phahonyothin Soi 54/1, in Bangkok’s Sai Mai, district to test people in the community, after a 30-year-old woman collapsed and died in the middle of a lane on Tuesday. The woman tested positive for the virus at the post-mortem examination.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240672-more-covid-infections-found-in-bangkok-after-woman-drops-dead-in-alley/

70 foreign tourists have visited Hua Hin since reopening, two test positive for COVID-19

 

 

A total of 70 foreign tourists have visited Hua Hin since its reopening on Nov 1, Dr. Wara Salwattanakul, Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Public Health Doctor revealed on Wednesday (Nov 24).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240703-70-foreign-tourists-have-visited-hua-hin-since-reopening-two-test-positive-for-covid-19/

PM instructs officials to move electrical lines underground

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has instructed officials to step up their efforts to move electrical and communications lines underground.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240709-pm-instructs-officials-to-move-electrical-lines-underground/

Bangkok’s New Canal Park to Open Next Month

 

 

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (TNA) – Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang followed up the construction of the Klong Chong Nonsi canal park and assured that it would open on Dec 25.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240721-bangkok’s-new-canal-park-to-open-next-month/

 

Thailand reports 6,335 new COVID-19 cases, 37 deaths, 7,218 recoveries

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand on Thursday (November 25) reported 6,335 new COVID-19 cases, 7,218 recoveries and 37 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240730-thailand-reports-6335-new-covid-19-cases-37-deaths-7218-recoveries/

 

Police will face trouble if caught taking bribes - tourists stopped by traffic cops in Phuket creates stir

 

Picture: Manager

 

Thai social media was abuzz with comment after tourists were stopped for traffic misdemeanors on motorcycles in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240737-police-will-face-trouble-if-caught-taking-bribes-tourists-stopped-by-traffic-cops-in-phuket-creates-stir/

 

Video: Don't leave me my Thai love! Foreigner clings to hood of car in reconcilliation attempt!

 

 

A 35 - 40 year old foreigner made the national Thai news after an unusual attempt to stop his Thai girlfriend from leaving him.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240740-video-dont-leave-me-my-thai-love-foreigner-clings-to-hood-of-car-in-reconcilliation attempt/

 

Thailand not invited to US democracy summit

 

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

 

Thailand is not among the over 100 countries the Biden administration has invited to its “Summit for Democracy” next month, according to a list of participants published on Tuesday which also sees Taiwan as one of the invitees,  a move that infuriated China, which views the democratically governed island as its territory.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240743-thailand-not-invited-to-us-democracy-summit/

 

Thailand’s first homemade rifle spotlights strange gun culture

By Caleb Quinley

 

 

In one video on the Facebook page for KHT Firearms, a young woman is seen holding a fully automatic assault rifle that looks half her size.  Wearing glasses and ear protection, she fires off an explosive burst as her instructor laughs and gives the thumbs-up beside her.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240748-thailand’s-first-homemade-rifle-spotlights-strange-gun-culture/

 

Thirty Bangkok police raid restaurant/bar area for allowing drinking after 9 pm - two shops nailed

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A 30 strong contingent of Pathumwan police headed by station chief Pol Col Phansa Amaraphitak went to the Groove area of Central World where they found two shops allowing after hours drinking. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240749-thirty-bangkok-police-raid-restaurantbar-area-for-allowing-drinking-after-9-pm-two-shops-nailed/

 

Education Ministry cancels Children's Day events in January again

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Education Ministry decided at a Zoom meeting yesterday to once again cancel their in person Children's Day events on January 8th 2022.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240751-education-ministry-cancels-childrens-day-events-in-january-again/

 

Phuket marks 110 new COVID cases, no new deaths

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 110 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Nov 24) bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 17,073.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240752-phuket-marks-110-new-covid-cases-no-new-deaths/

 

Opposition Pheu Thai party to ask Charter Court ruling on Prayut Chan-o-cha’s premiership

 

 

The opposition Pheu Thai party will seek a ruling from the Constitutional Court about the premiership of General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the incumbent prime minister of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240755-opposition-pheu-thai-party-to-ask-charter-court-ruling-on-prayut-chan-o-cha’s-premiership/

 

Will consumers pay the price for True-Dtac mega-merger?

By Thai PBS World’s Business Desk  

 

 

The proposed merger of telecom giants True Corporation Plc and Total Access Telecommunication Plc (Dtac) has drawn great public interest and sparked a debate on its impact on consumer welfare.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240757-will-consumers-pay-the-price-for-true-dtac-mega-merger/

 

Most new infections from entertainment venues: Phuket health official

By The Phuket News

 

Dr Witita Jang-iam, Deputy Director of Vachira Phuket Hospital. Photo: Radio Thailand Phuket

 

PHUKET: Most new infections in Phuket in recent days are from proactive screening of people, including staff, at entertainment venues, a leading Phuket health official has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240760-most-new-infections-from-entertainment-venues-phuket-health-official/

 

Armed forces told to continue aiding flood victims and prepare to tackle wildfires and haze

By Namo Vananupong

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The prime minister has told the armed forces to continue to assist people who are hit by floods and to contribute to mitigating the problems of forest fires, smoke haze, and airborne particles during the cold season.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240763-armed-forces-told-to-continue-aiding-flood-victims-and-prepare-to-tackle-wildfires-and-haze/

 

Thai "Spiderman" thief evades police capture in southern Thailand

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Hat Yai police in southern Thailand were called after reports that an agile thief was climbing down a block in Phitak Uthit 2 Road. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240764-thai-spiderman-thief-evades-police-capture-in-southern-thailand/

 

Police in Chonburi search for person deliberately putting screws on roads

 

Picture Daily News

 

Daily News were alerted after someone spread lots of screws and bolts over the road in the Huay Saphan area of Sriracha in central/eastern Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240766-police-in-chonburi-search-for-person-deliberately-putting-screws-on-roads/

 

Wanted: Dishwasher at Samut Sakhon restaurant - 90,000 baht/month

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A well know buffet owner got a flood of responses after advertising on Facebook for a dishwasher for 90,000 baht a month.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240768-wanted-dishwasher-at-samut-sakhon-restaurant-90000-bahtmonth/

 

Locals in central Thailand in knots over hanging wires

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Furious locals called in the Thai media after constant trouble caused by a mish-mash of unsightly wires. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240770-locals-in-central-thailand-in-knots-over-hanging-wires/

 

1.3 Million More Doses of Moderna Vaccine this Saturday

 

 

BANGKOK, Nov 25 (TNA) – The Government Pharmaceutical Organization quoted Zuellig Pharma Company as reporting that 1.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna would arrive in Thailand on Nov 27.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240772-13-million-more-doses-of-moderna-vaccine-this-saturday/

 

Be good hosts for Apec meetings in Phuket, urges Governor

By The Phuket News

 

The call to be good hosts came at a meeting held yesterday (Nov 24). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has called on all people in Phuket to help welcome visiting delegates for the APEC Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) to be held on the island early next month.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240780-be-good-hosts-for-apec-meetings-in-phuket-urges-governor/

 

 

 

Stimulus package from the government ‘not equal or enough’

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

 

An opposition parliamentarian told Thai Enquirer on Thursday that the government’s stimulus schemes are insufficient, despite the Prime Minister’s claim that they are successful in reducing living costs amid the economic downturn.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240781-stimulus-package-from-the-government-‘not-equal-or-enough’/

 

Covid Tales 2: 78 year old retiree recounts getting Covid in Thailand after being vaccinated

 

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Last week the editorial team at ASEAN NOW asked our membership for their Covid-19 tales. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240785-covid-tales-2-78-year-old-retiree-recounts-getting-covid-in-thailand-after-being-vaccinated/

 

Starting again: Thailand’s reopening gives hope despite challenges and risks

 

 

Many operators in the hospitality sector have gone through the worst of their business lives due to the pandemic but now, with Thailand once again open to visitors, they are hoping for a better future. Most businesses have resumed, albeit in a new normal way, but despite the relatively positive outlook, hotel operators believe it will more than a year before Thailand’s tourism is back on track.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240787-starting-again-thailand’s-reopening-gives-hope-despite-challenges-and-risks/

 

Blackpink’s Lisa asymptomatic for COVID-19, three other members test negative

 

Photo from Facebook BLACKPINK Thailand

 

Thai-born K-pop rapper and dancer Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban has asymptomatic COVID-19, while her three fellow members of the internationally renowned girl group “BLACKPINK” have tested negative for the virus, said the band’s managing agency YG Entertainment, following an announcement yesterday that Lisa had contracted the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240789-blackpink’s-lisa-asymptomatic-for-covid-19-three-other-members-test-negative/

 

Pattaya Police to crackdown on suspected prostitutes on Pattaya beach

 

Photo credit: Pattaya Message

 

Pattaya Police began what they called a crackdown on suspected prostitutes on Pattaya beach early this morning just after Midnight (November 25th).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240816-pattaya-police-to-crackdown-on-suspected-prostitutes-on-pattaya-beach/

 

Pattaya warns people who visited Pattaya Music Festival weekend 2 in relation to Chonburi confirmed Covid -19 cases

 

 

The Chonburi Public Health Office today (November 25th) has released a warning to inform people who went to Pattaya Music Festival 2021, weekend 2 of the event, to take a Covid-19 Rapid Antigen test. (ATK).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240817-pattaya-warns-people-who-visited-pattaya-music-festival-weekend-2-in-relation-to-chonburi-confirmed-covid-19-cases/

 

Survey shows 75% of Thai women experience domestic violence more than once

 

 

75% of women in Thailand are experiencing more than one domestic violence incident and 52.2% of the victims respond in kind against the perpetrators, according to an opinion survey, conducted between October 17th and 23rd among 1,692 women aged 20 and over in Bangkok and its peripherals, commissioned by the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1240818-survey-shows-75-of-thai-women-experience-domestic-violence-more-than-once/