NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday July 26 2022

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The government has decided not to declare monkeypox a ‘serious communicable disease’ while health authorities say they are confident they can contain the virus by increasing surveillance procedures.

 

Meanwhile Twenty-seven people who came into contact with an infected man from Nigeria tested negative for Monkeypox yesterday. 

 

Bangkok's governor will today discuss ways that tourist related business can look out for visitors that may be infected.

 

Medical specialists say antibodies are not effective at preventing infection of the new strain of Covid 19, BA.5.

 

They recommend people should consider getting a booster shot, they say    Three doses of any vaccines can prevent the disease effectively if taken recently. 

 

In the south islamic leaders in 5 provinces are campaigning for the government to reverse the decriminalization of cannabis and return the plant to the narcotics list. The group plan a series of protests at all 300 mosques across the southern region.

Residents living next to rivers have been told to prepare for flooding as water will be run off from the Chao Phraya river in Chai nat, this could affect people living in Ayutthaya down to Bangkok  

 

An armed  man with a revolver held up a branch of  Bangkok Bank at a Lotus department store in Rawai Phuket yesterday,  the man got away with 160,000 baht.

 

Region:

 

Indonesian President Joko Widodo begins a short tour of three East Asian countries today,  will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing before heading to Japan and South Korea.

 

Malaysia; former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid is facing 33 charges of receiving bribes totalling RM42 million Ringgit from a company as an inducement to extend a contract, however a witness said the firm gave RM 2.6 million Ringt  to Dr Mahathir for political funding purposes. The trial continues. 

Chiang Mai: Fine Bright partly Cloudy 35C

Bangkok: Sunny partly cloudy 34C

Pattaya and SE: Partly: Cloudy with showers 31C

Phuket and the South: Partly Cloudy isolated showers, but heavy thunderstorms in the far south 29C

Hua Hin: Fine and sunny partly cloudy 32C

 

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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