THE Department of Disease Control said today (Dec. 15) that people may hold New Year parties and events because there is no coronavirus outbreak in Thailand but must still observe preventive measures, Sanook.com reported. Mr. Opas Karnkawinpong, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said key preventive measures including social distancing, wearing face masks
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Music festival organizers ignore shut down order despite Covid-19 fears
AN order issued by Nakhon Ratchasima province Governor closing the golf course where the Big Mountain music festival is being held this weekend seems to have fallen on deaf ears as the event organizers issued a message on their Facebook page late afternoon urging participants to not bring food and drinks to this evening’s event,
Read moreFive of 17 new Covid-19 cases had not been quarantined
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced today (Dec. 13) that of the 17 new cases that emerged over the past 24 hours, nine came from Myanmar with five found to have not entered quarantine upon arrival, Amarin TV reported. The addition of the new cases takes the total to 4,209, with 3,923 having
Read moreRush to disinfect downtown condo after co-owner contracts Covid-19
A POPULAR condominium in the Sathorn-Tha Phra area is moving quickly to thoroughly clean and disinfect the building after one of the co-owners tested positive for Covid-19, Amarin TV reported this evening (Dec.12, 2020). The building’s management asked all co-owners and residents to check their temperature and observe their symptoms for 14 days. A Department
Read moreIllegal border crossings still taking place despite tight control
EVEN though no new domestic Covid-19 cases emerged over the past 24 hours people from neighbouring countries continue to sneak across the border with 11 Myanmar nationals arrested at Mae Sot district of Tak province while six Vietnamese were caught just as they crossed over from Cambodia to Sa Kaeo province, Thai Rath newspaper and
Read moreAstraZeneca hitches ride with Russia’s Sputnik in vaccine race
By Reuters Staff, published by Yahoo Finance ASTRAZENECA will start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V shot aimed at boosting the efficacy of the British drugmaker’s vaccine, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said today (Dec. 11). Trials will start by the end of the year and Russia
Read moreDoctor points to illegal border crossings at Thai-Cambodian border
WITH THE whole country worried about Covid-19 cases rising after some Thais sneaked back from Myanmar’s Tachileik border town to Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, the owner of the popular Doctor Panda Lab webpage today (Dec. 11) drew attention to illegal border crossings at eastern Chanthaburi province, Sanook.com reported. Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a
Read more11 more Covid-19 cases, all from overseas with 3 coming from Myanmar
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 11) that there are 11 new cases over the past 24 hours with all of them having arrived from overseas and all placed in state quarantine, Sanook.com reported. Three of the 11 arrivals were from Myanmar’s Tachileik town bordering Mae Sai district
Read moreSouth Korea scrambles to build container hospital beds
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel News Asia Seoul: South Korean authorities scrambled today (Dec. 10) to build shipping container hospital beds to alleviate medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases. The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital
Read moreSingapore ‘cruise to nowhere’ turns back after passenger tests positive for Covid-19
By CNN A ROYAL Caribbean cruise ship has returned to port in Singapore after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19. The Quantum of the Seas ship was hosting a three-night, four-day “cruise to nowhere” itinerary around Singapore and departed from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre on December 7. The cruise was part of a much-vaunted
Read moreIn Covid-19 milestone for West, Britain starts mass vaccination
By Reuters Staff, published by US News London: A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully-tested Covid-19 shot today (Dec. 8), as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history. Health workers started inoculating the most vulnerable with the
Read more4 Bangkok medical personnel infected with coronavirus
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 8) that four domestic Covid-19 cases appeared in Bangkok over the past 24 hours with all of them being medical personnel who work at alternate state quarantine (ASQ) facilities and private hospitals, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Altogether 19 new coronavirus cases emerged
Read moreGerman Santas hope to bring cheer despite masks
By Reuters Staff, published by US News Berlin: A group of Germans dressed as Santa and angels who rent themselves out over the Christmas period gathered in Berlin on Saturday, keen to spread joy and practice their “Ho-ho-hos” even though they have to wear masks. Most years, several hundred “Rent-a-Santa” meet at the beginning of
Read moreMae Sot doctor denies elderly Covid-19 patient has died
A PHYSICIAN at Mae Sot Hospital confirmed that none of their patients had died of coronavirus and urged people to stop calling up and cursing the staff for covering up the news, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Dec. 6, 2020) Reports had circulated that an elderly Thai man who was admitted to this hospital
Read moreTwo more Tachileik-linked coronavirus cases appear in Bangkok
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 6) that there are 14 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with two of them emerging in Bangkok, Sanook.com reported. The 14 new cases took the total to 4,086 with 3,853 patients having recovered and 173 still undergoing treatment. Death
Read more4 Thai men, 2 Myanmar women caught sneaking into Mae Sot
SOLDIERS from the 4th Infantry Regiment who are keeping a tight control of the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Dec. 5) caught four Thai men and two Myanmar women just as they had slipped through the border, Amarin TV reported this evening. While patrolling Tha Sai Luat sub-district of this
Read moreNo new lockdown over coronavirus spreading from Tachileik
PUBLIC Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this morning (Dec. 5) ruled out another lockdown after several Covid-19 infected Thais sneaked back home from Tachileik border town in Myanmar pointing out that the infection arose from the same place and has not spread in all directions with the returnees to be encouraged to come in for tests
Read moreTachileik hotel DJ found infected with coronavirus in Chiang Mai
A THAI MAN who worked as a DJ at the hotel in Tachileik Myanmar border town which is the centre of a new wave of Covid-19 infections was confirmed to be infected with this deadly disease in Chiang Mai city today (Dec. 4), Sanook.com reported this evening. The 32-year-old man is a native of Chiang
Read moreCo-passenger of ‘Chiang Rai women’ infected with coronavirus
A 51-year-old woman who flew from Chiang Rai to Bangkok on the same flight as two young women who had sneaked across the border from Tachileik in Myanmar and later tested positive for Covid-19 has now also been found to be infected with this deadly virus, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com reported today (Dec. 4).
Read moreOne more Covid-19 case in Chiang Rai today, 4 yesterday
ONE more person was found infected with Covid-19 in Chiang Rai province today (Dec. 4) after four cases cropped up in this northern province yesterday with one of them being a young Thai man, Amarin TV reported. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today that there were a total of
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