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Strict measures continue at Khao San Road - police conducting checks three times per night

 

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Daily News caption: "Strict measures at Khao San Road"

 

Daily News reported that strict Covid-19 measures and protocols continued to be in place for foreign tourists and Thai party-goers in the Khao San area of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246987-strict-measures-continue-at-khao-san-road-police-conducting-checks-three-times-per-night/

 

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Bangkok: Man shot six times - assailant flees with woman on motorcycle taxi - love triangle suspected

 

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Bang Na police in the Bangkok suburbs and forensic teams rushed to Soi Jasote 9 after a shooting. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246998-bangkok-man-shot-six-times-assailant-flees-with-woman-on-motorcycle-taxi-love-triangle-suspected/

 

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Thailand's Roads: "Drunk" truck driver kicked down by angry relative after he kills 2, injures 2

 

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There was yet more devastating carnage on the Thai roads last night - this time in the Ratchaburi area just after midnight.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247001-thailands-roads-drunk-truck-driver-kicked-down-by-angry-relative-after-he-kills-2-injures-2/

 

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Ratchaburi residents "going bananas" over the lottery! 

 

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77khaoded reporters went to Ratchaburi to investigate after a coconut plantation owner called Sanong Nimnuan, 58, reckoned he had found a mysterious "ton kluay" or banana tree on his property.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247002-ratchaburi-residents-going-bananas-over-the-lottery/

 

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Senior Thai doctor says COVID-19 could lead to long-term side effects

 

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A senior doctor at the Faculty of Medicine of Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University has advised that it is better to protect oneself from COVID-19 infection due to the possible long-term side effects of the disease, even if they are not hospitalised.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247013-senior-thai-doctor-says-covid-19-could-lead-to-long-term-side-effects/

 

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Thai genomics centre predicts COVID-19 will become endemic in the near future

 

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Photo: The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

 

The Centre for Medical Genomics, at the Faculty of Medicine of Ramathibodi Hospital, reported today (Monday) that Thailand is approaching the “end game” of the COVID-19 pandemic, with “a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel”, as COVID-19 becomes an endemic disease and Omicron the dominant strain.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247019-thai-genomics-centre-predicts-covid-19-will-become-endemic-in-the-near-future/

 

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PM Assigns ‘Anucha’ to Address Expensive Lottery Tickets

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed officials to erect a committee to address the long-standing problem of expensive lottery tickets.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247036-pm-assigns-‘anucha’-to-address-expensive-lottery-tickets/

 

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First lot of inexpensive Antigen Test Kits for online sales in Thailand immediately sold out

 

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Covid19 Antigen Test Kits (ATK) sales from the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) were sold out as soon as an online sale started at 9:00 AM. on its website today, January 17th, according to local media reports.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247040-first-lot-of-inexpensive-antigen-test-kits-for-online-sales-in-thailand-immediately-sold-out/

 

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Increasing demand for crocodile meat helping croc raising farmers

 

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Due to the skyrocketing price of pork in Thailand, the demand for crocodile meat has been increasing, which has helped crocodile farmers affected by the pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247042-increasing-demand-for-crocodile-meat-helping-croc-raising-farmers/

 

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Education inequality – The state school teachers’ dilemma

 

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At 332.4 billion baht, for yet another year Thailand’s Ministry of Education has received the largest budget of any ministry. In 2021, this major agency received budget just under 358.4 billion baht. The enormous amount of money pouring into the country’s education system has produced disappointing results.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247043-education-inequality-–-the-state-school-teachers’-dilemma/

 

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Boosters recommended for higher immunity against Omicron – Siriraj, Medical Sciences Dept

 

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Vaccine booster shots are recommended for higher immune response against the Omicron COVID-19 variant for people having already received two jabs of any vaccine makes, according to Thailand’s Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES) and the Department of Medical Sciences (DMSC).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247044-boosters-recommended-for-higher-immunity-against-omicron-–-siriraj-medical-sciences-dept/

 

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Bangkok Opens New Covid-19 Center Dedicated to Young Patients

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Bangkok’s Dusit district in a collaboration with the Phraya Bhirom Bhakdi Foundation, and Boon Rawd Brewery opened a community isolation facility on Nakhon Chaisi Road in Kiak Kai sub-district exclusively for young Covid-19 patients.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247045-bangkok-opens-new-covid-19-center-dedicated-to-young-patients/

 

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High level of air pollution found in 11 areas in and around Bangkok on Monday

 

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Poor air quality has been reported today (Monday) by the Department of Pollution Control in 11 areas of Bangkok and its surrounding provinces, with the worst in Khlong Sam Wa district of Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247046-high-level-of-air-pollution-found-in-11-areas-in-and-around-bangkok-on-monday/

 

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Intoxicated female driver injured after crashing her motorbike into a tree in Banglamung

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An intoxicated female motorbike driver has sustained injuries after she crashed her motorbike into a tree in Banglamung early this morning (January 17th).

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247047-intoxicated-female-driver-injured-after-crashing-her-motorbike-into-a-tree-in-banglamung/v

 

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Two Palang Pracharat MPs quit, new party to be launched by two ex-ministers

 

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Two Palang Pracharat party-list MPs, Supon Fongngam and Santi Kiranand, have quit parliament, reportedly to join a new party, founded by two former ministers in the Prayut administration, which is scheduled to be formally launched this Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247073-two-palang-pracharat-mps-quit-new-party-to-be-launched-by-two-ex-ministers/

 

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Becoming a teacher is a tough process, but it’s twice as hard when you’re visually impaired

 

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Thai PBS World spoke to Boonprasert Sattanusorn, a blind educator, about the hardships and difficulties faced by blind teachers in the education system.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1247074-becoming-a-teacher-is-a-tough-process-but-it’s-twice-as-hard-when-you’re-visually-impaired/

 

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