rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 The week that was in Thailand news: Missing April Fools - but then everyday seems like that in Thailand! Wednesday was a particularly depressing day. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157750-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-missing-april-fools-but-then-everyday-seems-like-that-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Phuket Governor orders ‘Patong Shutdown’ By Eakkapop Thongtub Police at the Kathu checkpoint just after midnight (Apr 5). Photo: Lt Parskon Sirichuchot PHUKET: Patong has been “shut down” by order of the Phuket Governor, with all non-essential travel in or out of the tourism town denied in the hope of preventing a major outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the island. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157807-phuket-governor-orders-‘patong-shutdown’/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Nine new COVID cases in Phuket, total hits 109 By The Phuket News Image: PR Dept PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Apr 4) announced nine more confirmed cases of people in Phuket infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total number of people in Phuket infected with the disease since the outbreak began to 109. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157808-nine-new-covid-cases-in-phuket-total-hits-109/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Tourist complains about crowded visa office, shoddy treatment by Thailand By The Nation A picture taken on Friday evening shows a crowd of foreign nationals applying for visa extension at Koh Samui Immigration Office, which serves both tourists in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. Tourists stranded in Koh Samui were treated badly by Immigration officials, a German tourist moaned. The tourist, whose name is being withheld by The Nation to spare him any potential trouble, complained that he and other tourists had to be in a crowded office at the Immigration centre in Koh Samui to apply for visa extension. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157809-tourist-complains-about-crowded-visa-office-shoddy-treatment-by-thailand/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Three of a family become first Covid-19 cases in Lampang By THE NATION Lampang province in the North of Thailand on Saturday (April 4) reported its first three confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157810-three-of-a-family-become-first-covid-19-cases-in-lampang/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Khon Kaen to shutter hotels from April 7 By THE NATION Khon Khaen will shut down all hotels on April 7 to stem the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the resolution of the province's Communicable Disease Committee on Friday (April 3) Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157811-khon-kaen-to-shutter-hotels-from-april-7/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Trat halts all movement of people across its borders By THE NATION Trat has prohibited its people from entering and leaving the province from Saturday (April 4). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157812-trat-halts-all-movement-of-people-across-its-borders/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 TDRI calls for suspension of overseas arrivals to contain Covid-19 threat By The Nation The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has advised the government to suspend the issuance of letters by Royal Thai Embassies and consulates and the use of fit-to-fly medical certificates for people to enter the country to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infections. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157813-tdri-calls-for-suspension-of-overseas-arrivals-to-contain-covid-19-threat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 152 Thai returnees who refused to be quarantined told to report to officials by 6pm By THE NATION Taweesin Visanuyothin Thai returnees from foreign countries who has arrived on Friday night and had refused to be quarantined must report themselves to officials by 6pm on Saturday (April 4), the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s spokesman, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, said on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157814-152-thai-returnees-who-refused-to-be-quarantined-told-to-report-to-officials-by-6pm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Checkpoints set up to monitor night curfew By The Nation Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Korbphuk Phromrekha Police have set up checkpoint to monitor implementation of night curfew in front of Wat Sikan (Buddha Siam) on the night of Friday (April 3). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157815-checkpoints-set-up-to-monitor-night-curfew/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Spain to extend state of emergency to April 26 as rise in infections slows By Jessica Jones Municipal police officers wearing face masks check a car on Gran Via street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he would ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 days until April 26, as the rate of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed again in one of the world's worst-hit countries. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157817-spain-to-extend-state-of-emergency-to-april-26-as-rise-in-infections-slows/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Britain's Labour turns page on socialism with Starmer as new leader By Kate Holton Britain's opposition Labour Party Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer leaves the BBC headquarters after appearing on The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) - Keir Starmer was elected as the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party on Saturday, pledging to bring an end to years of bitter infighting and to work with the government to contain the raging coronavirus pandemic. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157819-britains-labour-turns-page-on-socialism-with-starmer-as-new-leader/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Man armed with knife kills two in attacks in southeast France: mayor Emergency services arrive on a scene of a knife attack in Romans-sur-Isere near Lyon, France April 4, 2020 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Twitter/@imyurika_ /via REUTERS LYON, France (Reuters) - A man armed with a knife attacked people out shopping in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isère on Saturday, killing two and wounding five, French officials said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157823-man-armed-with-knife-kills-two-in-attacks-in-southeast-france-mayor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 'He's a total disgrace': Trump defends firing U.S. intel watchdog By Jeff Mason and James Oliphant FILE PHOTO: Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson arrives to testify at a House Intelligence Committee closed-door hearing on a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did "a terrible job" in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157825-hes-a-total-disgrace-trump-defends-firing-us-intel-watchdog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is dangerous fake nonsense, UK says By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton Pedestrians walk past an advertisement promoting the 5G data network at a mobile phone store in London, Britain, January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) - A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said on Saturday after masts in several parts of the country were torched. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157827-5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-is-dangerous-fake-nonsense-uk-says/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Basketball: Bryant, Duncan and Garnett headline Hall of Fame class FILE PHOTO: Feb 09, 2012; Boston, MA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24) on the court against the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) - The late Kobe Bryant was selected on Saturday as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157829-basketball-bryant-duncan-and-garnett-headline-hall-of-fame-class/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Thai army orders probe into General who allegedly let 152 Thais from US go home The Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry has recalled an army major-general from Suvarnabhumi international airport and ordered an investigation into his reported decision to let 152 Thais, arriving from abroad yesterday, to return home instead of being quarantined in state facilities. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157830-thai-army-orders-probe-into-general-who-allegedly-let-152-thais-from-us-go-home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Kind-hearted Phuket locals come to the aid of broke Russians left stranded due to COVID-19 Locals in Phuket have come to the aid of three Russian tourists who have been forced to take shelter in a temple after being left stranded due to the coronavirus outbreak. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157835-kind-hearted-phuket-locals-come-to-the-aid-of-broke-russians-left-stranded-due-to-covid-19/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Senior army officers to oversee passenger screening at Bangkok airports The Thai military has appointed two senior officers to be in charge of the screening of arriving passengers at the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang international airports, to avoid a repeat of the incident at Suvarnabhumi international airport yesterday evening, when a group of arriving Thai passengers refused to be quarantined and were allowed to go home. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157837-senior-army-officers-to-oversee-passenger-screening-at-bangkok-airports/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 U.S. coronavirus supply spree sparks outrage among allies By Richard Lough and Andreas Rinke A New England Patriots Boeing 767-300 jet with a shipment of over one million N95 masks from China, which will be used in Boston and New York to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrives at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 2, 2020. Jim Davis/Pool via REUTERS PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - From Europe to South America, U.S. allies are complaining about the superpower's "Wild West" tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157838-us-coronavirus-supply-spree-sparks-outrage-among-allies/ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Banks to resume full services from April 7 By THE NATION All banks will resume normal services on Tuesday (April 7), including opening new accounts and PromptPay registration services that had been temporarily suspended since last week to reduce crowding at the banks’ branches in an attempt to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157839-banks-to-resume-full-services-from-april-7/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Lazada, Shopee launch 4.4 discounted flash sale campaigns By THE NATION Saturday (April 4), also billed as 4.4, is a day of competition between e-commerce platforms Shopee and Lazada for their promotion campaigns. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157841-lazada-shopee-launch-44-discounted-flash-sale-campaigns/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Horse racing: Potters Corner wins 'Virtual Grand National' race (Reuters) - Potter's Corner won the computer-simulated 'virtual' version of the Grand National after the annual steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool was cancelled due to the coronavirus. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157845-horse-racing-potters-corner-wins-virtual-grand-national-race/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Premier League pay row adds to pressure on game amid pandemic By Simon Evans FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Burnley v AFC Bournemouth - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - February 22, 2020 General view of the Premier League logo on a match ball before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The players union representing Premier League footballers has questioned the league's call for a 30% player wage reduction amid the coronavirus crisis, saying it would reduce tax revenue for the National Health Service. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157846-premier-league-pay-row-adds-to-pressure-on-game-amid-pandemic/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 UK coronavirus death rate to stay high top medic says, as toll passes 4,300 By Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge A man wearing a protective face mask is seen passing Brixton Station, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Files LONDON (Reuters) - High fatalities from the coronavirus will continue in the United Kingdom for at least another week or two even if people comply with stringent isolation measures, health authorities said on Saturday as the country's death toll jumped to 4,313. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157850-uk-coronavirus-death-rate-to-stay-high-top-medic-says-as-toll-passes-4300/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 All 158 returnees who shunned quarantine report themselves to officials By The Nation All the 158 overseas Thais who landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday night and had refused to be quarantined have reported themselves to officials, deputy police spokesman Pol Col Kritsana Phatthanacharoen said at 9pm on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157814-152-thai-returnees-who-refused-to-be-quarantined-told-to-report-to-officials-by-6pm/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-15256580 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hot weather and thunderstorms forecast for upper Thailand By The Nation Hot conditions are expected to prevail in upper Thailand as a heat low covers the area while a high-pressure system from China covers Laos, Vietnam and the South China Sea. Southerly and southeasterly winds are blowing across the lower North, the Northeast, the Central and the East regions, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday (April 4). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157855-hot-weather-and-thunderstorms-forecast-for-upper-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Thailand reports 102 new coronavirus cases, three more deaths FILE PHOTO: Motorbike drivers wearing protective masks drive their bikes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 102 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, the country's public health ministry said on Sunday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157864-thailand-reports-102-new-coronavirus-cases-three-more-deaths/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Covid-19 death rate in Thailand averages 0.97 per cent The death rate of Covid-19 in Thailand is quite low at an average of 0.97 per cent of total patients, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (April 5). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157885-covid-19-death-rate-in-thailand-averages-097-per-cent/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Son of Thai parents succumbs to Covid-19 in US Anick Jesdanun Anick Jesdanun, 51, a journalist whose parents hail from Thailand, died in New York City on Thursday after being infected with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157887-son-of-thai-parents-succumbs-to-covid-19-in-us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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