THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) smaller panel has come up with the idea to implement company isolation to reduce coronavirus infection at the workplace with this to apply to those firms that are ready for it, TV Channel 7 said today (August 18). CCSA’s assistant spokeswoman Dr Apisamai Srirangsan said with it
Month: August 2021
Daily Covid deaths rise to 312 while 28 youths nabbed at a party
THAILAND saw its daily Covid death count climb to record 312 but the number of cases held steady at 20,515 today (Aug. 18) while 28 youths were rounded up for holding a party in Ratchadapisek area, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said of today’s new batch of cases 20,267 were among the general
Read moreNew online home care marketplace launches digital start-up in Thailand
A NEW digital on-demand online marketplace named SAIJAI has launched in Thailand and is setting its sights on democratising home care in the country. Borne from a dynamic consumer behaviour shift over the past sixteen months to home-based lifestyle needs, the start-up brand is eyeing the Care From Home (CFH) marketplace, a key
Read moreAnti-Prayut protesters in brief standoff with police outside National Police HQ
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF STREET PROTESTERS today (Aug. 17) engaged in a standoff with police outside the National Police headquarters as a massive move to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down continued. The street protesters, led by human rights activist group Thalufah (Through the Sky), briefly gathered outside the National
Read morePolice: Shots were fired but not by us
METROPOLITAN POLICE said three people were shot outside Din Daeng police station last evening (August 16) but not by policemen with two of them having been issued weapons and rubber bullets and the one photographed was Pol. Lt. Piyapong who had been issued six rubber bullets, Amarin TV and Police News said. Forensic police
Read moreDaily Covid deaths hit record high of 239
THAILAND logged a record 239 Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 to this morning (August 17) while a senior doctor pointed out that too few elderly and those with seven underlying diseases have been vaccinated so far, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Public Health Ministry said there were 20,128 new coronavirus cases in the
Read moreMan shot at protest hot spot in coma
A YOUNG MAN who was shot last evening (Aug. 16) near Din Daeng junction where clashes between protesters and police have been taking place for several days now is in coma at Rajavithi Hospital, Amarin TV and Sanook.com said this morning. Doctors said a bullet was found in the brainstem of the unidentified young
Read moreIn pictures: Protesters clash with police near Govt House
PROTESTERS were hit with volleys of water cannon and tear gas near the Government House after marching there from Victory Monument and trying to dismantle rolls of barbed wire to get closer to the complex with this triggering a clash with the police, Siam Rath and Sanook.com said. The Thalufah (Through the Sky) activist protest
Read moreProtesters head for Govt House, avoid Din Daeng battlefield
PROTESTERS were again out on the street to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down today (Aug. 16) but changed their destination after starting their march and headed for the Government House instead of the premier’s house within the First Infantry Regiment compound on Vibhavadi Rangsit road, Siam Rath newspaper said. The leaders
Read moreCensure motion filed against PM, five other cabinet members
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OPPOSITION today (Aug. 16) lodged a censure motion against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other cabinet members on alleged misconduct, duty- negligence and inefficiency grounds. The Pheu Thai Party-led opposition filed the censure motion to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai who is yet to open censure debate at parliament within
Read moreCovid crisis leads to NESDC slashing 2021 GDP growth forecast
THE National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) cut its projection of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2021 to 0.7-1.2%, from 1.5-2.5% previously estimated, as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 wave that began in April and led to a lockdown in 29 dark red provinces, Amarin TV said today (August 16). However,
Read moreProcessions of automobiles resume in prolonged street protests against Prayut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THOUSANDS OF AUTOMOBILE-RIDING PROTESTERS took to the streets of Bangkok again today (Aug 15) in prolonged, concerted moves against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha whom they have continually pressed to step down. Three processions of sedans, pickup trucks and motorcycles separately passed major areas of the capital city, including one taking on
Read moreClashes at Din Daeng junction as ‘car park’ protest gets underway
ANOTHER round of clashes broke out between protesters and riot police at Din Daeng junction at 5 p.m. today (August 15) as some protest groups launched their processions from differing points of Bangkok and neighbouring provinces to piled more pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down, Sanook.com and Thai Rath newspaper said.
Read morePublic urged not to dislike recovered Covid patients
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry today (August 15) urged the public to not hate nor display animosity against coronavirus patients who have undergone 14-day treatment as they have in fact recovered and are no longer contagious, TV Channel 7 said today (August 15). The request was put out after social media highlighted cases of people who
Read moreNigerian man, Thai woman nabbed while mailing drug parcel to Australia
A NIGERIAN man and a Thai woman were arrested while sending a parcel holding a spindle photo frame to Australia within which was hidden 490 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) yesterday (August 13), Siam Rath newspaper said today. The Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) arrested the two suspects, Ms. Marisa Noipitak and Mr. Obimma
Read moreIn hard times, queen of the fruits turns into mangosteen jam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANGOSTEEN JAM IS BEING industriously manufactured in an eastern district of Chanthaburi albeit not in high demand. The more the queen of the fruits is processed, the less it is thrown away as a rotten, unsold farm produce, simple as that. Farmer Boonsong Srisantanakit has recruited relatives and neighbours in Khao
Read moreSongkhla police hunt for Covid escapee
POLICE in southern Songkhla province are busy chasing a Covid-infected young man who escaped from a field hospital with the help of a friend and is still at large, Sanook.com said this afternoon (August 14). The 24-year-old youth was being treated for this infection at the provincial field hospital which is located within the compound
Read moreDaily Covid count edges down amid move to ease Phuket Sandbox rule
THAILAND’S daily Covid tally declined slightly to 22,086 today (August 14) from 23,418 yesterday but fatalities increased to 217 from 184, Sanook.com said. In announcing the today’s Covid totals the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) also revealed that the Tourism Authority of Thailand is moving to ask for relaxation of a key Phuket Sandbox
Read moreTaliban near gates of Kabul as embassies prepare for evacuations
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Kabul – The Taliban seized more major cities today (August 13) as they raced to take full control of Afghanistan and inched closer to Kabul, with the United States and Britain deploying thousands of troops to evacuate their citizens from the capital. The evacuation orders came as the
Read moreIn pictures: Police break up another march to PM’s house
PROTESTERS kept up the pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign unconditionally by again marching to his house within the First Infantry Regiment on Vibhavadi Rangsit road from Victory Monument late afternoon today (August 13) but were blocked at Din Daeng junction by riot police who fired several rounds of tear gas and rubber
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