THE Thai General Insurance Association (TGIA) is warning people against deliberately getting themselves infected with Covid-19, so they can claim insurance, after a Facebook user said people could earn 100,000 baht each if they were infected, NNT said today (June 28). TGIA president Anon Vangvasu has asked people to avoid doing so, because it’s
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Myanmar sinking into chaos as militias proliferate, warns International Crisis Group
By Nirmal Ghosh, The Straits Times Washington – A new report from the International Crisis Group (ICG) describes increasing lawlessness and chaos in Myanmar as conflict in the country spreads since the Feb 1 coup, with armed militias proliferating in both rural and urban settings. Some of these militias, armed with hunting rifles and other
Read moreLocked down construction camp gets 50 food boxes for 400 people
WITH the month-long lockdown of construction workers camps in Bangkok and four neighbouring provinces kicking off today (June 28) the daughter of a worker at one of these camps heavily controlled by soldiers revealed that the authorities had only sent 50 food boxes for 400 of them trapped within and unable to come out,
Read moreDoctor warns cloth masks not as safe as surgical ones
A DOCTOR at Phramongkutklao Hospital today (June 28) warned in a post published on his personal Facebook page that cloth face masks are not as effective in preventing coronavirus infection as the surgical variety and urged the government to urgently distribute the latter to the public, Sanook.com said. In his post Dr. Thanaphan Phibunbunnakit, a
Read moreNew Covid clusters found in 5 provinces, 1,678 cases in Bangkok
SEVEN more coronavirus clusters were found in five provinces today (June 28) with Bangkok again having the highest number of daily cases totaling 1,678 out of 5,406 infections nationwide, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) also said that there were 22 more fatalities taking the overall death toll since the
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