THE director of a hospital in Bangkok suggested in a Facebook post that an abandoned airport be rented out and turned into a high-end disease control and tourism zone for one to three years until a vaccine against the novel coronavirus is produced, PostToday reported this morning (23.4.2020) Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, director of
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Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns
By Rob Picheta, CNN Updated 0956 GMT (1756 HKT) April 22, 2020 London (CNN)The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. Famines could take hold in “about three dozen
Read moreSouthern border checkpoint shut again as Thai Lion Air gears up to resume flights
SUPREME Commander Gen. Pornphiphat Benyasri ordered the closure of Sadao checkpoint on the Thai-Malaysian border from midnight tonight till April 29 after an immigration police officer and a police detective got infected with the coronavirus, INN News reported this afternoon (22.4.2020). Thais returning to their country from Malaysia were told to cross over via Padang
Read moreChuan’s wife blasts four tax thieves
DEMOCRAT Party members are busy searching for four swindlers identified with their initials by former prime minister and House Speaker Chuan Leekpai’s wife in a harsh expletive-ridden Instagram post which has now been removed, PostToday reported this afternoon (22.4.2020). Mrs Phakdiporn Sutcharitkul hurled curses at the four individuals in a message she shared via Instagram,
Read moreInfection highest in service sector as focus falls on foreign workers
AN analysis of Thailand’s coronavirus patients shows that the majority are from the service sector while the government is also moving to scan foreign workers after seeing a big jump of infections among Singapore’s migrant workers, PostToday reported this afternoon (21.4.2020). Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said this analysis
Read moreYoung woman in hot water over disorderly giveaway
PUBLIC-SPRITED philanthropists be warned that just helping the less fortunate among us without proper supervision during the current coronavirus pandemic can land one in deep trouble to go by the case of a young woman who is facing charges for doing just that recently, Sanook.com reported today (21.4.2020). Plubplachai 2 police said they had taken
Read moreGovt’s new giveaway: 100 minutes of free mobile phone calls for 45 days
IN a new move to reduce the expense for the public during the current coronavirus pandemic the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) joined hands with all mobile phone networks to introduce 100 minutes of free calls for 45 days with registration taking place during May 1-15, PostToday reported this afternoon (20.4.2020). Mr Takorn Tanthasit.
Read moreTransgender pretty’s house burgled for the third time
LAMENTING his bad luck was well-known “pretty” product presenter Mr Phatrakorn Kamlangsup, or Pippo TV Pool, 35, whose house in Ratttanathibet area of neighbouring Nonthaburi province was burgled for the third time on Sunday, Sanook.com reported today (20.4.2020). When police are arrived they saw clear signs of a rear window of the two-storey wooden house
Read moreCentral gearing up to reopen stores on May 1
GETTING ready to reopen its branches on May 1 after being ordered temporarily closed as the country’s fought the coronavirus pandemic is Central Department Store which has sent a letter to its business partners to also start preparing, PostToday reported today (19.4.2020). In this letter Central said all its branches will be opening and closing
Read moreSpokesman blasted for ‘not realizing people are starving’
ATTACKED for allegedly not realizing that people are hungry and starving was Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, who had earlier criticised a large crowd milling around close to each other to get donations at Wat Don Muang without leaving appropriate social distance, Sanook.com reported today (19.4.2020). Dr Taweesilp had
Read moreForeign media still playing up false ‘infection by dead body’ report
FOREIGN media have not let up on a false hair-raising account that a Thai had been infected by the dead body of a coronavirus patient even through the Public Health Ministry has confirmed that this is not true, Voice TV reported today (18.4.2020). ABC News website became the latest major media outlet to write about
Read moreKhon Kaen Hospital builds cheaper isolation stretchers
WITH the price of imported isolation stretchers badly needed to move coronavirus patients being very high Khon Kaen Hospital has created a Thai-made one which is four to five times cheaper, PostToday reported this morning (18.4.2020) Dr Chartchai Chantraworachakul, the director of this northeastern city hospital, said such stretchers are needed to move both Covid-19
Read morePara-rubber pillow manufacturers badly hit by pandemic
Trang – A para-rubber pillow manufacturer in this southern province has been so badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic he is dumping a large stock piled up since January at cost price to get some liquidity, PostToday reported today (17.4.2020). The Rubber Cooperative Bann Nong Krok, which is a member of the Rubber Authority of
Read moreTrucks barred from entering Bangkok while border crossings reopen tomorrow
NATIONAL police chief, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda signed a regulation published by the Royal Thai Government Gazette website this morning (17.4.2020) forbidding all types of trucks from coming into Bangkok during April 18 to 30 to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic, according to Sanook.com. All types of trucks, four, six and 10 or
Read moreMinistry to start hunting for patients in Klong Toey and Bang Khen
UPON seeing the success in Phuket the Public Health Ministry is now going to launch carpet, or saturation, coronavirus tests to find patients in two Bangkok districts – Klong Toey and Bang Khen, Thai News Agency reported this afternoon (16.4.2020). Dr Anupong Suchariyakul, a senior expert at the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Disease Control,
Read moreBig hike! Gold prices rise by 200 baht this morning
THE first round of gold prices announced at 9.35 a.m. this morning (16.4.2020) saw a big jump of 200 baht in the local market, Sanook.com reported while also asking its readers whether they had got their profit yet. Buying price of one baht weight ornament gold was fixed at 25,529.00 baht while selling price 26,700.00.
Read moreRush to sell gold leads to dire liquidity crunch at shops
As gold prices held steady this morning (15.4.2020) after hitting an over seven-year high the previous session, Thai gold shops are in a bad shape as the flood of sellers have led to liquidity problems with some pondering temporary shut down or asking their clients to accept payment at a later date, Jitti Tangsitpakdi, Chairman
Read moreBangkok Land boss Anant Kanjanapas dies of old age
BANGKOK Land Plc plunged into mourning after the company’s big boss Anant Kanjanapas died of old age at 80 in Bangkok Nursing Home Hospital (BNH) yesterday, Sanook.com reported today (14.4.2020) His family said they would be performing funeral rites for Anant after the lockdown is over with an announcement to be made later.
Read morePM urges Asean leaders to launch special ‘coronavirus’ fund
THE Asean video conference summit got under way this morning (14.4.2020) with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggesting that five measures be adopted to battle against the coronavirus pandemic with one being the establishment of “Asean Response Fund,” PostToday reported. Speaking to the Asean leaders from Government House, Gen Prayut mentioned that leading private sector
Read moreHundreds flock to ministry after cash handout rejection
HUNDREDS of people who were refused the 5,000 baht a month coronavirus cash subsidy swarmed the Finance Ministry today (13.4.2020) to find out why they had been rejected, PostToday reported. Out of the latest total of 27 million people who had registered at the website http://www.เราไม่ทิ้งกัน.com for the cash handout to self-employed and laid-off people
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