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Omicron Will Arrive, Vaccination Urged – Official

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 3 (TNA) – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 will definitely enter Thailand and measures can only delay its arrival, warned a health advisor who called for quick inoculation for 10 million unvaccinated people in the country.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241796-omicron-will-arrive-vaccination-urged-–-official/

 

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Inflation Runs at 2.71%, Fastest in 7 Months

 

 

NONTHABURI, Dec 3 (TNA) – Inflation in November ran at 2.71%, the fastest pace in seven months, on many factors including eased disease controls and business resumption.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241797-inflation-runs-at-271-fastest-in-7-months/

 

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Phuket lucky licence plate fetches B1.42mn

 

One punter paid B1.42 million for Phuket licence plate ขค 9999 (KhorKohr 9999). Image: PLTO

 

PHUKET: One Phuket licence plate has been sold for B1.42 million at the recent Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) annual auction of “lucky numbers” for this year.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241798-phuket-lucky-licence-plate-fetches-b142mn/

 

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Miss Universe Thailand’s unorthodox but traditional costume

 

 

Miss Universe Thailand 2021, Thai-Australian Model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis, will wear an unorthodox Thai costume based on that of an ancient Thai female combatant, featuring rope-bound hands instead of boxing gloves, at the 70th Miss Universe pageant in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat in Israel on December 12th.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241816-miss-universe-thailand’s-unorthodox-but-traditional-costume/

 

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Constitutional Court’s full verdict enrages LGBT community, rights defenders

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled on November 10 that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code defining marriages as only between men and women is constitutional, following a petition filed by two LGBT persons seeking same-sex marriage. The ruling has been met with some frustration, with LGBTQI+, feminist and pro-democracy groups gathering in Bangkok on Sunday, in support of their joint campaign demanding equal rights for all genders.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241817-constitutional-court’s-full-verdict-enrages-lgbt-community-rights-defenders/

 

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Gov’t pledges to pursue digital transformation

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government of Thailand has reiterated its commitment towards the digital transformation of Thailand, hoping to position the country as Southeast Asia’s digital hub.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241818-gov’t-pledges-to-pursue-digital-transformation/

 

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Thailand intends to grow wild tiger population

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai authorities said the wild tiger population in the country has increased to 177. Currently, a new national-level tiger conservation plan is being prepared to replace its predecessor and contribute toward the steady recovery of the wild tiger population.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241819-thailand-intends-to-grow-wild-tiger-population/

 

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PM satisfied with vaccination uptake

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has expressed his satisfaction with Thailand’s current rate of vaccination, with just under 100 million doses now administered. Health authorities are working to locate visitors from countries with recorded Omicron cases for additional testing, as part of the country’s surveillance measures against this new Covid variant.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241820-pm-satisfied-with-vaccination-uptake/

 

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PM2.5 forecast system to be leveraged as Thailand and ASEAN tackle transboundary haze

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Cooperation in addressing the smoke haze problem is needed from all of Thailand’s neighbors. Most recently, more commitment to tackle the smoke haze and PM 2.5 problems has been made at the regional level, with Thailand being able to provide a valuable 7-day forecast of the PM 2.5 situation.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241821-pm25-forecast-system-to-be-leveraged-as-thailand-and-asean-tackle-transboundary-haze/

 

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African tourist arrivals in Phuket found, face tests

 

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Just one day after the announcement that officials were tracking down tourists who had arrived in Phuket from South Africa and Namibia in the hope of preventing the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the island, Phuket Immigration Chief Col Thanet Sukchai today confirmed that officers had located all but one of the tourists.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241822-african-tourist-arrivals-in-phuket-found-face-tests/

 

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Thailand sets up national agency to prevent cyber-attacks

 

 

Under the special law ‘Cyber Act 2019’, Thailand has set up the very first organization to cope with cyber-attack – called National Cyber Security Agency or NCSA. NCSA, which has been established in January this year, has faced unexpected low budgets as most of the country’s budgets were used to fight Covid.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1241824-thailand-sets-up-national-agency-to-prevent-cyber-attacks/

 

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