WHILE former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in a Clubhouse chat that a small amount of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has arrived in Thailand and Pfizer (Thailand) Company today (May 5) denied it has started importing its vaccine, he had also criticised the government’s vaccine policy, Sanook.com said. Thaksin said that although vaccines are not very risky,
Month: May 2021
Daily Covid count rises to 2,112, two blocks of flats in Din Daeng closed
AMID a continuing high daily coronavirus count with it reaching 2,112 this morning (May 5), and there being 15 more fatalities, the infection is now spreading heavily in Din Daeng area with two blocks of flats shut, Amarin TV said The new cases raise the cumulative confirmed total to 74,900 while the total death toll
Read more‘Blood on your hands’: Slater slams Australian PM over India travel ban
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsai Melbourne – Former test opener and cricket commentator Michael Slater has pilloried the Australian government over its decision to ban citizens in Covid-ravaged India from returning home, saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison has “blood” on his hands. Australian residents and citizens are banned from entering the country within
Read moreToddler who went to hospital alone has been cured of Covid
A Covid-infected two-year-old girl who had to go to the hospital alone because she could not stay in the field hospital with her father has now been cured of the disease and sent home, Sanook.com said this evening (May 4). Nong Pee Mai clutched her white teddy bear as she walked to the ambulance to
Read moreMan loses a million baht when car catches fire
A YOUNG Thai man who was driving to a bank in Pattaya to deposit one million baht this afternoon (May 4) lost it all when the seden suddenly caught fire, Thai Rath newspaper said. AT 12.30 p.m. this seaside city’s Sawang Boriboon Radio Rescue Centre was notified of a car ablaze on the inbound side
Read moreThais confirm Kachins shot down Myanmar army chopper as airstrikes continue
THAI sources in Mae Hong Son province confirmed that the Kachin rebel army did shoot down a Myanmar military helicopter with this being a Russian model similar to the type used to strafe Karen insurgents who have also been fighting the Myanmar forces recently, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (May 4). Meanwhile Myanmar Nows
Read more27 Covid deaths while daily total of cases slides
THE Public Health Ministry said early this morning (May 4) that there were 27 coronavirus fatalities over the last 24 hours, lower than 31 yesterday, while 1,763 new cases emerged, less than 1,940 yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. The ministry’s Disease Control Department said this took the cumulative confirmed total to 72,788 cases with
Read moreBangkok ranks most popular city in Asia for digital nomads
A STUDY by Resume.io, a Netherlands-based online resume maker, has found that Bangkok is the most popular city in Asia for digital nomads and ranks fourth globally, supported by affordable internet and living costs, NNT said today (May 3). Resume.io indicated that Bangkok’s ranking shows it is a firm favourite for a post-pandemic influx of
Read moreTaiwan bars arrivals from India amid Covid crisis
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei – Taiwan became the latest place to ban arrivals from coronavirus-stricken India today (May 3), as it moves to prevent new infections, with more nations reporting cases of a variant first identified in the subcontinent. The variant, B1617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran
Read moreMyanmar rebels claim military helicopter downing
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – A leading Myanmar ethnic rebel army said that it had shot down a military helicopter today (May 3), a day after a renewed junta crackdown on anti-coup protests left at least five civilians dead. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said it downed the helicopter gunship during fierce
Read moreUpdated list of Covid hotspots in and around Bangkok
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration updated its list of dangerous places in the metropolis and adjacent provinces where it is easy to catch Covid with the data collected during April 19-29 and released today (May 3). The following are the 32 hotspots to avoid: Fitness First Siam Paragon, Pathumwan district; Bang Phlat market, Bang Phlat district;
Read moreUgandan man, Thai wife face legal action for concealing Covid information
A NAKHON RATCHASIMA province district chief has filed a report for prosecution with the police against a Ugandan man and his Thai wife for concealing their exposure to coronavirus when they went to Soeng Sang Hospital for a test, Sanook.com said. Mr. Sanit Sritawee, the Soeng Sang district chief, said today (May 3) that the
Read more31 Covid deaths amid move to set up Klong Toey field hospital
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced late this morning (May 3) that there were a record 31 coronavirus fatalities over the past 24 hours while 2,041 new cases emerged, up from 1,940 yesterday, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is concerned about the rising number of Covid cases
Read moreProtesters fling paint, eggs at court to demand activist’s release
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia HUNDREDS of protesters hurled red paint, tomatoes and eggs at a Bangkok court today (May 2), demanding the release of all political detainees, including an activist who was hospitalised after a hunger strike. The student activist Parit Chiwarak – widely known by his nickname “Penguin” – has been held
Read moreDoctors giving key drug to Covid patients sooner than before
AS coronavirus patients in the current third wave of the outbreak are sinking faster and dying sooner than before Thai doctors have started giving them the drug Favipiravir at the first sign of abnormalities without waiting for symptoms to appear, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 2). Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, dean of Faculty
Read moreKarens: Fighting still raging despite Myanmar junta extending ceasefire
WHILE Myanmar’s military government has extended its unilateral monthlong ceasefire by another another month till May 31, 2011, the Karen insurgents said today (May 2) that fighting between the two sides is still continuing, TV Channel 7 said On Friday Myanmar’s Supreme Command announced the extension of the ceasefire so that the State Administration Council
Read more21 more Covid deaths as cluster emerges at ice factory
THE Public Health Ministry said this morning (May 2) there were 1,940 coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, up from 1,583 yesterday, while 21 patients had died, same number as yesterday, taking the death toll to 245, Sanook.com said. Meanwhile a Covid cluster appeared at an ice factory in Prachin Buri province with 22
Read moreIndia records more than 400,000 new daily Covid cases, first country to do so
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia New Delhi – India recorded more than 400,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours for the first time today (May 1), the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed. According to the health ministry, 401,993 new infections were registered taking the total caseload to
Read moreBomb blasts and flash protests as Myanmar enters fourth month under junta
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Explosions blasted off throughout Myanmar’s largest city Yangon today (May 1) as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three blood-drenched months. The country has been in an uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu
Read moreGamblers flouting Covid control steps arrested
NINE gamblers who ignored a coronavirus curb on large gatherings and the mandatory wearing of face masks outside one’s home were caught red-handed while playing cards at a house in Roi Et province today (May 1), Thai Rath newspaper said. Pho Chai district chief Mr. Chinnakorn Kaenkong personally led a team of officials and police
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