webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Covid-19 curfew, if imposed, should be 24-hour lockdown , says Wissanu By THE NATION Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam If the government imposed a curfew, it should be round-the-clock , said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam March 25. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155865-covid-19-curfew-if-imposed-should-be-24-hour-lockdown-says-wissanu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Foreigners in transit given grace period on documents By THE NATION Covid-19 preventive measures have been relaxed for the next few days for foreign travellers transiting via Thailand to a third country within 24 hours. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155820-foreigners-in-transit-given-grace-period-on-documents/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Transport Co suspends services to Laos, Cambodia By The Nation Bus service into Laos and Cambodia has been temporarily suspended as both countries close border checkpoints because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155821-transport-co-suspends-services-to-laos-cambodia/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Airport trains make masks available By THE NATION Protective facemasks are on sale at all three Airport Rail Link stations to reduce Covid-19 risk on the trains. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155842-airport-trains-make-masks-available/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 UPDATE: Thailand bans entry to foreigners, prepares emergency measures against coronavirus People wear protective suits, due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as they queue at the immigration center in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government banned entry for all non-resident foreigners on Wednesday but held off on restricting people's movement inside the country as the government prepared to roll out emergency measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Full Story: Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155783-thailand-closes-borders-to-foreigners/?do=findComment&comment=15209067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 CPF enforces virus-prevention measures, reassures safety of meat products By The Nation Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has implemented measures to prevent pork and chicken meat from being infected with the Covid-19 virus, said Dr Damnoen Chaturavittawong (DVM), Senior Vice President of Swine Veterinary Service Department today (March 25). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155867-cpf-enforces-virus-prevention-measures-reassures-safety-of-meat-products/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Prayut wants Thais to prepare for the worst, asks for trust in his leadership Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the Thai people on Wednesday to expect the worst in the next several weeks or months as the coronavirus continues to ravage the country and as more stringent measures being imposed are going to affect their daily lives. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155868-prayut-wants-thais-to-prepare-for-the-worst-asks-for-trust-in-his-leadership/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Phuket Governor ’asks’ tourists to self curfew from 5pm to midnight By The Phuket News Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana is asking all tourists to stay in their hotel rooms from 5pm to midnight. Photo: PPHO PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana today issued a notice calling for all tourists on the island to self-quarantine themselves in their hotel rooms from 5pm to midnight. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155870-phuket-governor-’asks’-tourists-to-self-curfew-from-5pm-to-midnight/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Commerce Ministry launches fleet of Blue Flag grocery vehicles BANGKOK (NNT) - While the government continues to ask members of the public to stay home to help contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Ministry of Commerce has launched a caravan of Blue Flag vehicles to sell and deliver numerous consumer products at affordable prices right to people’s homes. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155871-commerce-ministry-launches-fleet-of-blue-flag-grocery-vehicles/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Trump risks blowback from war of words with China over coronavirus By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus response daily briefing with members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and some top aides have repeatedly excoriated China over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a stance that even some in his administration worry could bring a dangerous backlash from Beijing. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155872-trump-risks-blowback-from-war-of-words-with-china-over-coronavirus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Exclusive: Pentagon orders halt overseas movement for U.S. military over coronavirus By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through the ranks, the Pentagon chief told Reuters on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155874-exclusive-pentagon-orders-halt-overseas-movement-for-us-military-over-coronavirus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 UK orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson for coronavirus patients By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton FILE PHOTO: A Dyson logo is seen on one of company's products presented during an event in Beijing, China September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has ordered 10,000 medical ventilators designed at breakneck speed by vacuum cleaner-maker Dyson, billionaire founder James Dyson said, as the country tries to boost the number of devices available to treat coronavirus patients. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155877-uk-orders-10000-ventilators-from-dyson-for-coronavirus-patients/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Cairo, the city that never sleeps, shuts for coronavirus night-time curfew A police officer stands at the Qasr El Nil street during the first day of a two-weeks night-time curfew which ordered by the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and its capital Cairo, a mega-city home to some 20 million people, shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a night-time curfew to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155878-cairo-the-city-that-never-sleeps-shuts-for-coronavirus-night-time-curfew/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Countries must not squander chance to control coronavirus: WHO By John Revill and Stephanie Nebehay FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries that have locked down their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus need to put a premium on finding new cases and doing everything they can "to suppress and control" the virus, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155883-countries-must-not-squander-chance-to-control-coronavirus-who/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Gunmen in Afghanistan kill 25 at Sikh complex, Islamic State claims responsibility By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi An Afghan Sikh woman reacts near the site of a Sikh religious complex attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 25, 2020.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155885-gunmen-in-afghanistan-kill-25-at-sikh-complex-islamic-state-claims-responsibility/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Mainland China reports rise in new coronavirus cases, all from overseas People wearing protective masks walk in a shopping district, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported an increase in new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of which involved travellers arriving from abroad, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155887-mainland-china-reports-rise-in-new-coronavirus-cases-all-from-overseas/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Accused New Zealand mosque shooter pleads guilty to 51 murders, terrorism By Praveen Menon FILE PHOTO: Brenton Tarrant, charged for murder in relation to the mosque attacks, is seen in the dock during his appearance in the Christchurch District Court, New Zealand March 16, 2019. Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Pool via REUTERS WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected white supremacist accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's worst mass shooting changed his plea to guilty in a surprise move on Thursday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155889-accused-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-51-murders-terrorism/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Immigration opens new location in Bangkok for tourist visa extensions/90 day reports Picture: Naew Na The Region 1 immigration has decided to open an additional tourist visa extension office at Muang Thong Thani from today. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155892-visa-extensions-in-bangkok-new-location-added-for-tourist-visa-extensions90-day-address-reports-to-ease-pressure-at-chaeng-wattana/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Chaos at Chaeng Wattana: Tourists queue for extensions as State of Emergency looms Thai media reported that the situation was chaotic at the Government Complex in Chaeng Wattana, Bangkok yesterday as tourists stranded in Thailand due to the coronavirus outbreak swamped immigration to get visa extensions. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155896-chaos-at-chaeng-wattana-tourists-queue-for-extensions-as-state-of-emergency-looms/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hua Hin and area: Department stores ordered shut, restaurants only takeaway, golf cancelled, no congregating Picture: 77kaoded The governor of Prachuap Khirikhan province has upped the ante on closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155898-hua-hin-and-area-department-stores-ordered-shut-restaurants-only-takeaway-golf-cancelled-no-congregating/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Trump says reopen by Easter, Corporate America says not so fast By Diane Bartz FILE PHOTO: A sign on the floor asks customers to maintain social distancing while on line at a bank to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump wants America to get back to business by Easter, suggesting some efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus outbreak will no longer be needed by then, but Corporate America is taking its lead from health professionals. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155901-trump-says-reopen-by-easter-corporate-america-says-not-so-fast/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Thai man who displayed COVID symptoms after visiting Koh Phi Phi flees quarantine Picture: Daily News Fleeing the scene of accidents in Thailand is something one reads about with great regularity Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155913-thai-man-who-displayed-covid-symptoms-after-visiting-koh-phi-phi-flees-quarantine/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Bus ticket sales suspended until April 30 By THE NATION Ticket sales for all public transport buses will be suspended from March 26 to April 30 in compliance with the government’s declaration of a state of emergency which takes effect on Thursday (March 26), the president of Transport Co Ltd, Jirasak Yaovatsakul, said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155917-bus-ticket-sales-suspended-until-april-30/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Inter-provincial border checkpoints to be deployed from midnight of March 25 By THE NATION Governors of all provinces have been ordered to strictly comply with the government’s declaration of a state of emergency throughout the Kingdom with effect from Thursday due to the escalating new coronavirus (Covid-19) situation. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155918-inter-provincial-border-checkpoints-to-be-deployed-from-midnight-of-march-25/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Pattaya mayor tells encroachment violators: Comply or I'll tear you down myself Picture: Daily News Pattaya's strongman mayor Sontaya Khunpluem ordered his staff to post notices at "Ban Sukhawadee" in Moo 2, Na Klua, Bang Lamung yesterday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155921-pattaya-mayor-tells-encroachment-violators-comply-or-ill-tear-you-down-myself/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Bangkok airport: Only 40 flights left down from 800 daily before crisis Pictures: Naew Na Naew Na reported that though Suvarnabhumi airport remains open for business it is a shadow of its former self. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155926-bangkok-airport-only-40-flights-left-down-from-800-daily-before-crisis/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Chonburi breaking news: Public parks, Koh Larn, Koh Sichang, department stores, golf all shut down Thai media reported that a coronavirus crisis meeting yesterday decided that great swathes of life in the public and tourist sectors in Chonburi are set to be closed down. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155929-chonburi-breaking-news-public-parks-koh-larn-koh-sichang-department-stores-golf-all-shut-down/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Surin: Latest Covid 19 case was Pattaya spa girl who caught virus from infected Swedish man - bus travellers report immediately Picture: Sanook The governor of Surin went on his personal Facebook page to update about the latest case of coronavirus in the north eastern Thai province. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155934-surin-latest-covid-19-case-was-pattaya-spa-girl-who-caught-virus-from-infected-swedish-man-bus-travellers-report-immediately/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Covid-19 and Pattaya: Bang Lamung now has 11 cases Thai media reported that there has been an increase of eight more cases of coronavirus in Chonburi bringing the total in the province to 38. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155937-covid-19-and-pattaya-bang-lamung-now-has-11-cases/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Foreigners and locals in Thailand told to STAY INDOORS General view of Central World mall after the government shut down all the shopping centers in the country due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Provincial governors throughout Thailand on Wednesday announced further measures in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1155942-foreigners-and-locals-in-thailand-told-to-stay-indoors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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