By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAPAYA TREES are not so resistant to drought or diseases as sugarcanes in the tropical climate of a remote district of Petchaburi but papaya is a cash crop worth several times as much at a domestic market. Farmer Chamnong Meeritthichai of Nong Yaplong district used to operate a sugarcane plantation in
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American Covid patient escapes from Thai hospital
A COVID-INFECTED American man escaped from Chanuman Hospital in Amnat Charoen province yesterday (May 9) but was later tracked down to his house in the same province and brought back for treatment, Amarin TV said this afternoon. The unidentified American man fled after hospital staff refused to let him share a hospital room with his
Read moreIndian variant of Covid-19 reaches Thailand
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said today (May 10) that the Indian variant of coronavirus has reached Thailand with a pregnant Thai woman and one of her three sons who returned home from Pakistan being confirmed to have been exposed to it, Amarin TV said. CCSA’S assistant spokeswoman Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan said
Read moreDaily Covid count slides to 1,630 but more cases emerge in Klong Toey
THE Public Health Ministry said this morning (May 10) that there were 1,630 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, down from 2,101 yesterday, but there were 22 fatalities, up from 17 yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. Meanwhile Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesperson, Pol. Capt. Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, said in a Facebook post that another 177
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