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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Southern 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 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 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 more2 more coronavirus deaths and 2 additional cases in Phuket
TWO more persons infected with the novel coronavirus died in Thailand over the past 24 hours talking the toll to 40 with there being additional 28 cases raising the total of 2,579, spread across 68 provinces, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (13.4.2020). As announced by the Anti-Covid-19 Pandemic Committee at 12.30 p.m., 1,251 infected people are
Read morePandemic kills 3 more Thais while 4 more rounded up in Phuket
THE coronavirus pandemic claimed three more lives in Thailand over the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 38, while the number of cases increased by 33 to 2,551, spread across 68 provinces, Sanook.com reported at 11.30 a.m. today (12.4.2020). Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the spokesperson of the Anti-Covid-19 Pandemic Committee, also told the Press that
Read moreOver 2,000 die in US in a single day while 2 more die in Thailand
IT was sad day for US yesterday (10.4.2020) when it became the first country in the world to record over 2,000 deaths from the deadly novel coronavirus infection in a single day while in Thailand two more persons died taking the toll to 35 and the addition of 45 cases raised the total to 2,518.
Read more150 Saudi royals infected as one more person dies in Thailand
AS the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus rose to almost 1.6 million cases today (10.4.2020) with over 95.000 deaths, and Thailand recording an additional 50 cases and one more death, fear gripped Saudi Arabia after around 150 members of the Saudi royal family got infected with the deadly virus. Crown Prince Mohammad
Read moreAmerican health-care workers told to keep mum as another doctor dies
EVEN as the number of coronavirus patients jumped to 872,912 globally today (1.4.2020) with 43,271 having succumbed to this disease and 184,588 recovered, many doctors have died battling this pandemic while American are health-care workers are being pressured to keep silent about their working conditions. The grim tally in US today, 188,592 cases with an
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