NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday July 25 2022

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Health experts will form a committee today to consider whether Monkeypox should be placed on the highest alert after the World Health Organisation  declared ‘Monkey pox a global health emergency.

 

So far there is one known case of monkeypox in Thailand,  - a 27-year-old Nigerian man who had symptoms in Phuket and was arrested but managed to flee to Cambodia where he is now being detained. It’s believed the man will not be required to return to Thailand, 

 

Health authorities say Bangkok is likely to see a 6th wave of Covid infections as the BA.5 sub-variant spreads across the country, a leading health expert added  tens of thousands of new infections are likely per day by the end of August.

 

The body of a Thai-Belgian tourist, who drowned while whitewater rafting in Chiang Mai on Friday was found yesterday, locals say they had found his body about 10 kilometers from the accident site.

 

The annual farmers water buffaloes race kicked off yesterday in Chonburi to mark the rice growing season and monsoon weather, this traditional race has been taking place annually for more than 100 years

 

Region:

 

Philippines: Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in Manila yesterday,

 

A police chief said the shooting appeared to have been a targeted assassination of a former mayor to a southern city. The suspected shooter was arrested after a car chase.

 

Japan: A  volcano on Japan's major western island of Ky-ushu, erupted last night sending boulders flying more than 2 and a half kilometers, several villages may need to be evacuated, there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.

 

Bright sunny, partly cloudy isolated showers 

 

Chiang Mai: Bright partly Cloudy isolated thundershowers 33C                                                                        Bangkok: Bright partly Cloudy thunder showers  33C

Pattaya and SE: Bright partly Cloudy with showers  31C

Phuket and the South: Bright partly Cloudy isolated showers 29C

Hua Hin: Fine and sunny partly cloudy 31C

 

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com.

 

 

 

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