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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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Hypocrisy everywhere as Thailand - and her detractors - stumble into 2022!

 

 

Thailand stumbled into the New Year with the authorities annoying just about everyone both within her borders and further afield.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246080-hypocrisy-everywhere-as-thailand-and-her-detractors-stumble-into-2022/

 

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COVID-19: Thailand reports 8,511 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths, 2,605 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Sunday (January 9) reported 8,511 new COVID-19 cases, 2,605 recoveries and 12 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246087-covid-19-thailand-reports-8511-new-coronavirus-cases-12-deaths-2605-recoveries/

 

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6 infected tourists sought who left hotel on Koh Chang before COVID test results returned

 

 

A complaint was lodged yesterday (Friday) with police on Koh Chang, in Thailand’s eastern province of Trat, by the district communicable disease committee, seeking six Europeans tourists after they tested positive for COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246088-6-infected-tourists-sought-who-left-hotel-on-koh-chang-before-covid-test-results-returned/

 

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Thai virologist says Omicron may account for 30% of new COVID-19 cases

 

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Professor Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty Medicine of Chulalongkorn University, said today (Saturday) that he believes Omicron variant cases are being under-reported in every country, including Thailand, noting that the actual numbers may represent 30% of new COVID-19 infections in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246089-thai-virologist-says-omicron-may-account-for-30-of-new-covid-19-cases/

 

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Thai PM orders troops to prepare resources to set up field hospitals

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed Thailand’s three armed forces and the police to tighten up COVID-19 safety measures, to prevent clusters of infections among their men, and to prepare the resources needed to set up field hospitals and screening facilities to cope with the surge in COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246091-thai-pm-orders-troops-to-prepare-resources-to-set-up-field-hospitals/

 

 

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Bangkok to open 41 community COVID-19 isolation facilities on Sunday

 

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to open 41 triage or community isolation facilities in Bangkok on Sunday, with combined accommodation for 5,158 patients.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246092-bangkok-to-open-41-community-covid-19-isolation-facilities-on-sunday/

 

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Thaksin hit by storm that could sink Thailand’s main opposition party

 

 

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seen by most neutral observers as the de-facto leader and patriarch of opposition party Pheu Thai.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246093-thaksin-hit-by-storm-that-could-sink-thailand’s-main-opposition-party/

 

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What does new Level 4 alert mean for Thailand? 

 

Rapid antigen testing in January 2022, being conducted by “Zendai” volunteers in Bangkok’s Din Daeng community.

 

The fifth wave of COVID-19 pushed Thailand’s alert level to 4 in the first week of 2022 as the ultra-transmissible Omicron variant spread nationwide. People across the country are raising their guard to prevent overloading the healthcare system, which would come with lethal consequences.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246094-what-does-new-level-4-alert-mean-for-thailand /

 

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Ghost ship found floating in Gulf of Thailand

 

 

A mysterious ship, believed to be a freighter, was found floating in the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 miles from the coast of Songkhla, on Wednesday night by a Thai Navy patrol boat, according to Vice Admiral Sunthorn Kamklai, commander of the Royal Thai Navy’s second fleet.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246096-ghost-ship-found-floating-in-gulf-of-thailand/

 

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Free 3rd and 4th booster vaccine doses offered by Nonthaburi provincial health office

 

 

The Nonthaburi health office is offering free third and fourth COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all Thais on January 13th and 14th. Pre-registration is required.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246097-free-3rd-and-4th-booster-vaccine-doses-offered-by-nonthaburi-provincial-health-office/

 

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Chonburi Public Health Chief inspects business venues with previous clusters in Pattaya amid rising Covid-19 infections locally

By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Chonburi – Officials from the Chonburi Provincial Public Health were deployed to inspect venues in Pattaya that have been recorded as a previous ‘cluster’ with Covid-19 transmission yesterday night, January 8th, after the province reached the highest number of Covid-19 patients in the country.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246098-chonburi-public-health-chief-inspects-business-venues-with-previous-clusters-in-pattaya-amid-rising-covid-19-infections-locally/

 

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