AS photos of a new field hospital that has been set up at a Pathum Thani market circulated today (May 18) Thai netizens immediately criticised choosing this location for a medical facility and questioned whether a better place could not be found, Sanook.com said. However the current coronavirus wave that started last month is worrisome
Month: May 2021
Israeli police: 2 Thais killed in strike launched from Gaza
By Associated Press, published by New Indian Express Gaza City – A strike launched from Gaza today (May 18) killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said, as Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers continued to trade attacks throughout the day. The Magen David Adom rescue service said it transported another
Read moreMan jumps to his death from Covid hospitel building
A THAI man who was either quarantined or being treated for coronavirus at a building in Soi 31 off Phetchaburi road jumped to his death this afternoon (May 18) with the cause for his suicide not clear, Sanook.com Ruamkatanyu foundation staff were informed that a man had jumped to his death from a tall building
Read moreDaily Covid fatalities climb to 35 while Bangkok now has 28 clusters
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said at 12.30 p.m. today (May 18) that there were 2,473 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with the daily fatalities rising to 35 while Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) is going all out to curb 28 clusters in the city, Amarin TV said. Of today’s new
Read moreOut of the pumpkin farm into the frying pan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMER KAMLAI SOMSEE who spared some parcels of her rice farm in Han Kha district of Chainat for a pumpkin plantation is looking for ways and means to help promote the consumption of crispy pumpkin chips made from her own cash crop. Many teenagers in town have tried the deep-fried pumpkin
Read moreAustralia seizes $100m ice in heaters, barbecues on Thai cargo ship
By 9news.com.au CLOSE to $100 million worth of the drug ice has been found concealed in electric barbecue grills and water heaters on a Thai cargo ship docked in Sydney, it was reported today (May 17). Police officers intercepted the Thai cargo vessel at Port Botany on May 4, where 62 large cardboard boxes were
Read moreBangkok hits new record for Covid cases, no infection in 17 provinces
THE Public Health Ministry said at 1 p.m. today (May 17) that of the daily Covid tally of 9,635 cases, with 6,853 being inmates and 2,782 the general public, 1,843 were in Bangkok which is the capital’s new high in the current wave, Siam Rath newspaper said. However while coronavirus cases could still be found
Read moreNearly 10,000 Covid cases today, over 6,000 in prisons
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said at 12.30 p.m. today (May 17) that there were 9,635 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with 2,782 being among the general public while 6,853 are inmates, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. There were 25 more fatalities, taking the overall death toll 614. Today’s
Read moreInsurer AXA hit by ransomware attack, lots of Thai data stolen
By BleepingComputer.com and Sanook.com BRANCHES of insurance giant AXA based in Thailand (Krungthai-AXA), Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have been struck by a ransomware cyber attack with 3 terabytes of data stolen including lots of personal information of Thai and other clients, BleepingComputer.com and Sanook.com said this morning (May 17) The compromised data
Read moreFirefighters battling huge blaze at plastics warehouse
FIREFIGHTERS are still trying to fully extinguish a massive fire that broke out a plastics warehouse in Sai Mai area of Bangkok at 3.47 p.m. today (May 16), TV Channel 7 said. Thick, dark plumes of toxic smoke rose into the sky as fierce flames shot out from N Trade Company’s warehouse at the entrance
Read moreMyanmar junta attacks western town that resisted coup
By Grant Peck, AP, published by US News & World Report THE US and British embassies in Myanmar expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule. The fighting began around 6 a.m. Saturday
Read moreOver 2,000 new Covid cases with 1,218 emerging in Bangkok
THE Public Health Ministry said this morning (May 16) the daily Covid tally dropped to 2,302, from 3,095 yesterday, but the fatalities increased to 24, from 17 the previous day, Amarin TV and Siam Rath newspaper said. The new batch of cases takes the cumulative confirmed total to 101,447 with total death toll reaching 589.
Read moreCoronavirus-hit Norwegian ship anchors off Songkhla
THE Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre is closely watching a Norwegian-registered ship anchored off Songkhla province which has been declared a hospital at sea after six of 29 crew members were found to have been infected with Covid-19, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (May 16). Rear Admiral Pokhrong Monthadpalin, the centre’s spokesman, said the
Read more27 Covid clusters found in 17 Bangkok districts
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) this afternoon (May 15) said 27 coronavirus clusters had been found in 17 Bangkok districts with 20 of them still being brought under control while seven had been curbed, Amarin TV said. People were urged to strictly follow coronavirus preventive measures and get vaccinated. The clusters CCSA mentioned
Read morePolice confident of catching killer in 3 days’ time
LOPBURI police said this afternoon (May 15) they found out that the man who stabbed his girlfriend to death 27 times is still hiding in their province and are confident of catching him within three days, TV Channel 7 said. This TV channel’s reporters went to talk to the paternal grandmother of Mr. Thanarat Narinsut,
Read moreBruce Willis and John Travolta to reteam in ‘Paradise City’; Praya Lundberg also stars
By People.com and Deadline.com JOHN Travolta and Bruce Willis are teaming up again 27 years after the release of Pulp Fiction. The two actors are set to star in the upcoming action film Paradise City, which is set to start production on Monday in Hawaii. Thai actress Praya Lundberg will act opposite Willis and Travolta
Read moreThailand’s Covid count nears 100,000 as minister says don’t wait for Moderna
THE Public Health Ministry said this morning (May 15) that the daily Covid tally of 3,095 cases took the cumulative confirmed total to 99,145 with 70,282 having emerged in the current wave of infection that started early April, Amarin TV stated. There were 17 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours taking the total to
Read moreIndia ‘on war footing’ as Covid-19 infections pass 24 million
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of Covid-19 through India’s vast countryside today (May 14), as the official tally of infections crossed 24 million, and 4,000 people died for the third straight day. The highly transmissible B1617 variant of the
Read moreMyanmar junta declares martial law in town after attacks
By Reuters, published by CNA MYANMAR’S junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming “armed terrorists” for attacks on a police station and a bank, state media reported today (May 14), amid an upsurge in fighting between the military and ethnic rebels in border areas. In the face of widespread
Read moreHunt on for man who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death
LOPBURI police are hunting for a jealous young man who brutally killed his former girlfriend by stabbing her 27 times at the beauty parlour where she worked early this morning (May 14), Thai Rath newspaper said. A team of Lopburi policemen rushed to Dream Hair Spa beauty salon where they found the victim, Ms Chatuporn
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