By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Bengaluru – India’s Covid-19 infections crossed the 18 million mark today (April 29) with almost 380,000 new cases, breaking another world record for new daily infections. The explosion in infections, blamed in part on a new virus variant as well as mass political and religious events, has overwhelmed
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Indians rush for Covid vaccines as death toll passes 200,000
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch New Delhi -Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the country’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 today (April 28), worsened by shortages of hospital beds and medical oxygen. The second wave of infections has seen at least
Read moreAnother 15 Covid deaths, majority in Bangkok
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) this afternoon (April 28) revealed details of the 15 coronavirus fatalities that occurred over the past 24 hours with nine patients having died in Bangkok, Sanook.com said. Earlier the Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department said there were 2,012 new Covid cases over the past day, a little
Read moreMedical supplies flow into India as Covid deaths near 200,000
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch New Delhi – Vital medical supplies poured into India today as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000. A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, said Reuters
Read morePrime Minister fined 6,000 baht for not wearing face mask
AFTER Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha posted a photo of himself attending a meeting with his advisers this morning (April 26) on sharply stepping the vaccination drive in the country without wearing a face mask, he was later fined 6,000 baht by the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) for not doing so, TV Channel 7 said.
Read morePM sets new vaccination goal: 300,000 jabs a day
WITH the upswing in the number of coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in a Facebook post today (April 26) that the most urgent and important task right now is to sharply increasing the vaccination of the people in this country with the goal being to inject 300,000 or more
Read moreCovid in Bangkok today: A district-level breakdown
BANGKOK Metropolitan Authority (BMA) issued a district-level breakdown of the city’s 912 confirmed coronavirus cases emerging today (April 25) with there also being another 278 people still being tested for infection, Sanook.com said. The cases that emerged in each of Bangkok’s districts are as follows: 1.Phasi Charoen: 36; 2. Chatuchak 33; 3. Huai Khwang
Read moreBig fire at oil warehouse next to petrol pump
A FIERCE fire is raging at an oil warehouse which is next to a PTT pump in Nakhon Pathom province and initially 10 fire engines have reached the scene and are battling the blaze, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (April 21). The fire at Prapakorn Oil Company in Om Yai subdistrict, Samphran district, broke
Read moreKind rescue team spraying disinfectant for free in Chiang Mai
A RESCUE team in Chiang Mai city has jumped in to meet the huge demand to disinfect both and public places and people’s homes for free after municipality officials were unable to cope with the big spike that arose as Covid cases continued to rise, TV Channel 7 said today (April 20). Mr Tulip Mahawong,
Read more600 Covid patients waiting for hospital beds in Bangkok
THE Public Health Ministry revealed today (April 17) that there are approximately 600 coronavirus patients waiting for hospital beds at home in Bangkok with today’s 99 new cases adding to 505 pending from before, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. They are expected to be moved to field hospitals within a day or two as
Read morePrayut may skip Asean meeting as Myanmar junta leader will be there
ALL eyes are on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as to whether he will attend the upcoming Asean summit in Jakarta next Saturday April 24 after it was confirmed that Myanmar junta leader Gen Min Aung Hlaing will be participating, Siam Rath newspaper said today (April 18). This would be the Myanmar junta leader’s first known
Read morePM: No curfew or lockdown this time round
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said at 3.45 p.m. today (April 16) after a video meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) executive committee that there will neither be a lockdown nor a curfew to control the new spike in coronavirus cases, Thai Rath newspaper said. However he added that the opening hours
Read moreMyanmar activists stage ‘bloody’ protests against military
By Reuters, published by US News & World Report OPPONENTS of Myanmar’s coup splashed red paint and dye on roads and signs outside government offices today (April 14) to represent the blood of people killed protesting against the junta, on the second day of the traditional new year holiday. The display aimed at shaming the
Read moreBanker kills girlfriend, injures restaurateur in jealous rage
A YOUNG banker in Loei province shot dead his girlfriend outside a restaurant in jealous rage at 2 a.m. this morning (April 10) after seriously wounding the restaurateur then also killed himself by firing a shot in the temple, Sanook.com said. The violence erupted at a rice porridge restaurant in Wang Saphung district where the
Read moreBang Khen police chief catches Covid, daily count soars to 559
THE head of Bang Khen police station has tested positive for coronavirus and is now being treated at Police Hospital while there were 559 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, Sanook.com said today (April 9). Bang Khen Public Health officials thoroughly sprayed the whole station with disinfectant while the timeline of the station’s police
Read moreMan shot dead in road rage incident
A 40-year-old man who got into fight a with his neighbour after accusing the latter of driving fast past the alley from which he was reversing his vehicle was shot and seriously wounded and later died in the hospital, Amarin TV said this morning (April 8). The incident occurred in Soi Sriracha Park, Sriracha district,
Read moreThonglor Covid cluster spreads to Chonburi via Japanese group
THE new coronavirus cluster centred around pubs in Thonglor area has spread to Chonburi province after a group of five Japanese people and one Thai person were found to be infected after coming to Bangkok for a party, the Chonburi Province Provincial Health Office said on its Facebook page this morning (April 5). Of these
Read moreMyanmar protesters urge ‘guerrilla strikes’ as internet blackout widens
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report PEOPLE IN Myanmar opposed to the military junta marched, observed strikes and scrambled to overcome a shutdown of the internet today (April 2), undaunted by the generals’ bloody suppression of protests during the past two months. Hundreds of people have been killed protesting since the
Read moreKIA: More clashes likely despite Myanmar junta’s ceasefire announcement
By Myanmar Now CLASHES are likely to continue in Kachin state even after the junta unilaterally announced a ceasefire yesterday, Myanmar Now quoted a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as saying today (April 1) The coup regime claimed it would cease all military operations from today in order to hold negotiations with ethnic
Read moreMyanmar remains mired in violence 2 months after coup
By AP, published by US News & World Report Yangon — Protesters in Myanmar today (April 1) marked two months since the military seized power by once more defying the threat of lethal violence and publicly demonstrating against the toppling of the democratically elected government. The Feb. 1 coup has been met with massive public
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