rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Already-qualified athletes will keep spots at 2021 Games in Tokyo FILE PHOTO: The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID 19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato ATHENS (Reuters) - All athletes who had qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will keep their spots for the Games next year following their postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156374-already-qualified-athletes-will-keep-spots-at-2021-games-in-tokyo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thai AirAsia to stop domestic flights in April By THE NATION Thai AirAsia will suspend its domestic route service from April 1 to 30, while passengers can change their flights with no limit, the airline announced. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156377-thai-airasia-to-stop-domestic-flights-in-april/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 People in Phuket told to remain indoors between 8pm and 3am The Governor of Phuket has requested people stay indoors between 8pm and 3am. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156402-people-in-phuket-told-to-remain-indoors-between-8pm-and-3am/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Airlines still offering flights from Thailand to the UK as of 28 March The British Embassy in Bangkok has released details on airlines still offering flights from Thailand to the UK as of 14:00 28 March 2020. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156404-airlines-still-offering-flights-from-thailand-to-the-uk-as-of-28 march/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thailand's Covid-19 cases might almost double in a few days: dean Covid-19 cases in Thailand might jump to 2,000 people within two weeks, Prof Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the faculty of medicine, Siriraj Hospital said during a press conference about the Covid-19 test kit on Friday (March 27). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156406-thailands-covid-19-cases-might-almost-double-in-a-few-days-dean/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Wife and two children of man who died of Covid-19 test positive The wife and two children of a man who died after being infected by the new coronavirus, have tested positive for Covid-19. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156407-wife-and-two-children-of-man-who-died-of-covid-19-test-positive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Website for cash handouts 'can process 3.48m transactions a minute' Charnkrit Dejwituk The new website catering to those eligible for government cash handouts can serve 3.48 million transactions in one minute and would not overload, the vice minister to the prime minister, Charnkrit Dejwituk, said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156409-website-for-cash-handouts-can-process-348m-transactions-a-minute/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Passengers at MRT Purple Line stations given mandatory health questionnaires The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM) have prepared health questionnaires at MRT Purple Line stations located outside Bangkok, since Saturday (March 28), as a measure to control Covid-19 infection in Thailand. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156410-passengers-at-mrt-purple-line-stations-given-mandatory-health-questionnaires/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Tom Hanks returns to LA after bout of coronavirus - media reports FILE PHOTO: 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 19, 2020 – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. REUTERS/Monica Almeida/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson returned to Los Angeles on Friday after spending more than two weeks in quarantine in Australia after testing positive for the coronavirus. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156427-tom-hanks-returns-to-la-after-bout-of-coronavirus-media-reports/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Bob Dylan drops 17-minute song inspired by Kennedy assassination FILE PHOTO: Bob Dylan performs during the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 17, 2017. Picture taken June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan on Friday released a 17-minute song inspired by the assassination more than five decades ago of U.S. President John F. Kennedy - the influential singer's first original music since 2012. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156428-bob-dylan-drops-17-minute-song-inspired-by-kennedy-assassination/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 China's Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown By Brenda Goh People wearing face masks wait for a subway train on the first day the city's subway services resumed following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan of Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, March 28, 2020. The Chinese characters REUTERS/Aly Song WUHAN, China (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156430-chinas-wuhan-where-the-coronavirus-emerged-begins-to-lift-its-lockdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 America's civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies, aged 98 FILE PHOTO: U.S. presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) walks with Reverend Joseph Lowery (C) and others during a march commemorating the 1965 Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama, March 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Celano/ (Reuters) - The Reverend Joseph Lowery, a key ally of Martin Luther King in the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s, died late on Friday at the age of 98, his family said in a statement. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156433-americas-civil-rights-leader-joseph-lowery-dies-aged-98/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 To continue: Thailand Live Sunday 29 Mar 2020 https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1156466-thailand-live-sunday-29-mar-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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