Thailand Pass suspension among measures to curb new COVID wave, no lockdown imposed

 

 

Tourists entering Thailand on a “Thailand Pass”, granted under the minimal quarantine “Test and Go” program, may do so until January 15th, instead of January 10th, but new applications for the “Thailand Pass” will remain suspended until further notice, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Friday).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245908-thailand-pass-suspension-among-measures-to-curb-new-covid-wave-no-lockdown-imposed/

MOPH Tightens Measures to Cope With Omicron

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health asked the Centre for Covid-19 Situation to introduce tougher measures to curb the latest Covid-19 outbreak. The CCSA will consider various measures that may come into effect including banning alcohol consumption in restaurants.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245911-moph-tightens-measures-to-cope-with-omicron/

Test & Go Registration Stops, Sandbox in 3 More Provinces

 

 

BANGKOK, Jan 7 (TNA) – The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration continued suspending the Test & Go entry scheme, lifted its ban on arrivals from eight African countries and expanded the Sandbox entry scheme to three provinces.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245916-test-go-registration-stops-sandbox-in-3-more-provinces/

Baht Weaker as Omicron Surges, Dollar Spikes

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool predicted that the Thai currency would move between 33.45 and 33.65 per US dollar, noting that it could be even weaker because of the pressure from the strengthening dollar and the Omicron outbreaks.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245944-baht-weaker-as-omicron-surges-dollar-spikes/

Senior naval officer dismissed from service for his alleged drunken misconduct

 

 

An apparently drunken high-ranking naval officer, whose images went viral on social media last month as he was berating, insulting and intimidating police and employees of a restaurant in the Sattahip district of Chon Buri province, was dismissed from military service without pension today (Friday), in an order signed by Defence Permanent Secretary General Worakiat Rattananont.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245966-senior-naval-officer-dismissed-from-service-for-his-alleged-drunken-misconduct/

 

Seriously injured teenage motorbike rider found on railway after crashing into a SUV in Chonburi

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

PHOTO: Wisarn Sangjaroen / komkhaotuathai

 

Chonburi – A teenage motorbike rider who sustained serious injuries was found on a railway after crashing into an SUV in the Bor Thong district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245967-seriously-injured-teenage-motorbike-rider-found-on-railway-after-crashing-into-a-suv-in-chonburi/

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health encourages public to refrain from drinking alcohol and risky activities to help prevent Omicron spread

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

National – The Thai Ministry of Public Health urged the public to refrain from drinking alcohol, visiting poorly ventilated areas, and doing other risky activities to help reduce the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245968-thailand’s-ministry-of-public-health-encourages-public-to-refrain-from-drinking-alcohol-and-risky-activities-to-help-prevent-omicron-spread/

 

Has Thailand’s reopening plan failed?

by Gregers Møller 

 

Jongkolnee Rittiyong

 

Before the pandemic, Thailand was one of the Danes’ favorite holiday destinations outside Europe. Almost 170,000 Danes visited the country in 2019 alone but since the pandemic closed the country’s borders in March 2020 not many tourists have arrived and the country’s empty beaches are a testimonial to that. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245970-has-thailand’s-reopening-plan-failed/

 

Thailand's COVID-19 cases continue to surge with 8,263 new cases
 

File photo

 

Thailand on Saturday (January 8th) reported 8,263 new COVID-19 cases, 2,865 recoveries and 14 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245980-thailands-covid-19-cases-continue-to-surge-with-8263-new-cases/

 

Chon Buri reports 1,342 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, most cases in Banglamung

 

 

COVID-19 infections in the eastern coastal province of Chon Buri continue to surge, with 1,342 new cases being recorded in the past 24 hours, including clusters among students at two universities, and with more than half of the cases reported from Banglamung district which covers the beach town of Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245984-chon-buri-reports-1342-new-covid-19-infections-on-friday-most-cases-in-banglamung/

 

Thai authorities searching for six European men who left Koh Chang after testing positive for Covid-19

 

Koh Chang. File photo

 

The acting district chief in Koh Chang in the central east of Thailand said that they are seeking six European men who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245989-thai-authorities-searching-for-six-european-men-who-left-koh-chang-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/

 

Anutin exhorts Thais to raise their Covid guard - just days after Instagram pictures angered netizens

 

Picture INN

 

Just days after Instagram was full of pictures of a maskless Anutin Charnvirakul at a party the controversial Minister for Health and DPM has urged his compatriots to raise their guard as Covid-19 cases rocket in the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245990-anutin-exhorts-thais-to-raise-their-covid-guard-just-days-after-instagram-pictures-angered-netizens/

 

Security chief at Bangkok condo hired after raping a minor in 2013

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

It appears that the head of security at a condominium in Thonburi's Petchkasem jurisdiction who raped a resident had already raped a youth nine years ago.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245997-security-chief-at-bangkok-condo-hired-after-raping-a-minor-in-2013/

 

Three women fraudsters in curry shop take-away - yes, they TOOK it away without paying!

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that the owner of a curry/rice shop in Nonthaburi was as sick as a duck.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245998-three-women-fraudsters-in-curry-shop-take-away-yes-they-took-it-away-without-paying/

 

Hua Hin restaurants set to stop serving alcohol by 9pm

By Paul Andrews

 

Downtown Hua Hin, file photo.

 

From Sunday (Jan 9) restaurants in Hua Hin and Nong Khae are set to stop serving alcohol at 9pm, in accordance with the latest disease control measures.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246000-hua-hin-restaurants-set-to-stop-serving-alcohol-by-9pm/

 

Covid testing costs for travel are exorbitant!

By Hua Hin Today

 

Covid testing costs for travel are exorbitant!

 

The high cost of PCR tests is and will continue to negatively impact international travel recovery, when tourism is most needed, especially in Thailand. On top of uncertainty over waves linked to the delta variant and now the emergence of the omicron variant, there’s the matter of the coronavirus tests needed to travel.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246002-covid-testing-costs-for-travel-are-exorbitant/

 

Young man and ladyboy lover nabbed with 240 kilos of marijuana at temple near Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Metropolitan police Region 7 announced the arrest of three men involved in transporting 240 kilograms of compressed ganja to a temple in Samut Sakhon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246004-young-man-and-ladyboy-lover-nabbed-with-240-kilos-of-marijuana-at-temple near bangkok/

 

Thai media report sighting of ghost in Udon Thani - expert in the supernatural consulted

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a ghostly experience of two young people in a quiet soi in Udon Thani in Thailand's north east. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246010-thai-media-report-sighting-of-ghost-in-udon-thani-expert-in-the-supernatural-consulted/

 

Bang Sue Vaccination Center Accepting Booster Registrations via Mobile Providers

By: Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

 

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - People who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses from public vaccination centers can now make appointments for booster shots at the Central Vaccination Center in the capital through the websites of mobile network providers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246011-bang-sue-vaccination-center-accepting-booster-registrations-via-mobile-providers/

 

Warning about man posing as electrical authority official in Mahasarakham

 

Picture: Channel 7

 

Channel 7 reported on a story of a man posing as a meter reader from the electrical authority who stole more than 3,000 baht from an internet shop in the north east.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246012-warning-about-man-posing-as-electrical-authority-official-in-mahasarakham/

 

Pattaya set to be "hospitel town" - major hotels sign up to host people sick with Covid-19

 

Picture: INN

 

Several major hotels in Pattaya have signed up to return to "hospitel" status after a surge of cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi and the rest of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246014-pattaya-set-to-be-hospitel-town-major-hotels-sign-up-to-host-people-sick-with-covid-19/

 

Monster python proves a bit of a handful as ten locals remove it from a drain

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that a reporter on his way home in Khuan Khanun district of Phatthalung in the far south of Thailand came across a huge python slithering across the road yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246016-monster-python-proves-a-bit-of-a-handful-as-ten-locals-remove-it-from-a-drain/

 

Voluntary curfew in Ubon Ratchathani, 23 eateries closed in Chiang Mai as COVID infections surge

 

 

Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Governor Pongrat Phiromrat is seeking cooperation from people in the north-eastern Thai province by not leaving their home or lodgings between 11pm and 4am, as the province steps up measures to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246018-voluntary-curfew-in-ubon-ratchathani-23-eateries-closed-in-chiang-mai-as-covid-infections-surge/

 

Three More Provinces Added to Sandbox Program, Test & Go Pre-approved Applicants Allowed to Enter Thailand

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government will add three more provinces to the sandbox program that currently only applies to Phuket and still allows applicants who were already approved under the Test & Go quarantine-free scheme to enter the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246079-three-more-provinces-added-to-sandbox-program-test-go-pre-approved-applicants-allowed-to-enter-thailand/

 

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Thailand Live Sunday 9 Jan  2022

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