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No Germany-bound shipment of masks was diverted to the US: embassy

By The Nation

 

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The US embassy in Bangkok is denying reports suggesting that a shipment of face masks designated for Germany was seized at the airport and diverted to the United States, while Thailand’s Customs Department has also said that there has been no such action from the United States. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158119-no-germany-bound-shipment-of-masks-was-diverted-to-the-us-embassy/

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Aviation authority extends ban on flights by another 12 days

By THE NATION

 

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Monday (April 6) decided to further extend the ban on passenger flights to the Kingdom from 00.01am of April 7 to 11.59pm of April 18.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158108-aviation-authority-extends-ban-on-flights-by-another-12-days/

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After roughing it at Phuket crematorium building, stranded Russian tourists moved to resort

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The three Russian tourists had been sleeping in the open-air building since Mar 25. Photo: Winai Sae-iew

 

PHUKET:-- Three Russian tourists who had been sleeping in an open-air building next to the crematorium at Wat Mai Khao for more than a week as they had been unable to board any flights home have been moved to a resort at Nai Yang Beach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158099-after-roughing-it-at-phuket-crematorium-building-stranded-russian-tourists-moved-to-resort/

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Expats in Thailand feeling the pinch (and pleasure) of lockdown

 

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An unusual sight of Bangkok.

 

As the deadly Covid-19 virus creeps through Bangkok’s streets, the city’s expatriate population has reason to be feeling extra nervous.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158085-expats-in-thailand-feeling-the-pinch-and-pleasure-of-lockdown/

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PM Johnson moved to intensive care as COVID-19 symptoms worsen

By Paul Sandle, Costas Pitas and Kylie MacLellan

 

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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, but his Downing Street office said he was still conscious.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158141-pm-johnson-moved-to-intensive-care-as-covid-19-symptoms-worsen/

 

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Thailand aims to become regional LNG hub despite Covid-19 crisis

By THE NATION

 

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Energy Minister Sontirat Songtijirawong

 

The escalating Covid-19 outbreak will not disrupt Thailand's aim to become a regional hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Energy Minister Sontirat Songtijirawong said recently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158144-thailand-aims-to-become-regional-lng-hub-despite-covid-19-crisis/

 

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Thailand extends ban on incoming passenger flights

 

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People are seen at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport as Thailand temporarily banned all passenger flights from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Thailand, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has extended a ban on all passenger flights from landing in the country to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the country's aviation agency said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158108-aviation-authority-extends-ban-on-flights-by-another-12-days/

 

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Accused of 'piracy', U.S. denies diverting masks bound for Germany

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

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FILE PHOTO: Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United States had no knowledge of a shipment of face masks bound for Germany that officials in Berlin have accused it of diverting from an airport in Bangkok, a spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy in Thailand said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158119-no-germany-bound-shipment-of-masks-was-diverted-to-the-us-embassy/?do=findComment&comment=15264015

 

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Covid-19 gives peace a chance in South Thailand

Thai Muslim insurgents commit for first time in 17-year conflict to de facto ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian response to Covid-19

By ANTHONY DAVIS

 

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A Muslim man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus takes part in prayers at a mosque in Pattani, March 27, 2020. Photo: AFP/Tuwaedaniya Meringing

 

BANGKOK – What an unrelenting military crackdown has failed to deliver in 17 years of fighting, the insidious advance of the Covid-19 virus across Thailand’s restive southern border provinces may have achieved in just two weeks: a rare opportunity for peace in what had seemed like an endless conflict.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158146-covid-19-gives-peace-a-chance-in-south-thailand/

 

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Tiger with COVID-19 gets meds, TLC from New York's Bronx Zoo keepers

By Angela Moore

 

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FILE PHOTO: An ambulance goes inside of the Bronx Zoo as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough at the Bronx Zoo appeared to be on the mend on Monday after doses of medication and tenderness.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158148-tiger-with-covid-19-gets-meds-tlc-from-new-yorks-bronx-zoo-keepers/

 

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Lufthansa to discuss permanently grounding Germanwings: sources

 

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FILE PHOTO: Aircrafts of Germanwings are parked on the tarmac of the Cologne-Bonn airport during a 24-hour strike over pay and working conditions for the employees of Lufthansa's low budget airlines Eurowings and Germanwings in Cologne, Germany October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa will discuss permanently grounding its Germanwings low-cost airline unit at a management board meeting on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158149-lufthansa-to-discuss-permanently-grounding-germanwings-sources/

 

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Denmark to ease restrictions next week after coronavirus lockdown

 

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her office in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 6, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark plans to reopen day care centres and schools on April 15 as a first step to gradually relax a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the country's prime minister said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158150-denmark-to-ease-restrictions-next-week-after-coronavirus-lockdown/

 

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Coronavirus spread may be leveling off in New York, New Jersey; vigilance urged

By Nathan Layne and Peter Szekely

 

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A healthcare worker wheels a patient on a stretcher into the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The governors of New York and New Jersey pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak was starting to plateau but warned against complacency as the nationwide death toll topped 10,000 and the number of known U.S. infections surpassed 350,000.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158151-coronavirus-spread-may-be-leveling-off-in-new-york-new-jersey-vigilance-urged/

 

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Coronavirus pandemic is historical test for EU, Merkel says

By Andreas Rinke and Markus Wacket

 

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks about measures taken by the government to stop further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a briefing at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany April 6, 2020. Markus Schreiber/Pool via REUTERS

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus is the European Union's biggest ever challenge and member states must show greater solidarity so that the bloc can emerge stronger from the economic crisis unleashed by the pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158153-coronavirus-pandemic-is-historical-test-for-eu-merkel-says/

 

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Canadian province of Ontario angry over 'unacceptable' U.S. move to block face masks

By David Ljunggren

 

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A man wears a mask while walking along Don Mills Road as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Ontario, the most-populous province in Canada, complained on Monday the United States had blocked the export of more than 3 million face masks it bought to fight the coronavirus outbreak, while Ottawa said it was pressuring Washington to release the gear.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158155-canadian-province-of-ontario-angry-over-unacceptable-us-move-to-block-face-masks/

 

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School closures will have little impact on COVID-19 control, review finds

By Kate Kelland

 

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FILE PHOTO: Geography teacher Dinar Pamukci stands in front of the multimedia board after the last student left her classroom at Hesse's largest high school, Karl-Rehbein-Schule, in Hanau, after authorities decided to close schools in most of Germany's federal states due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Germany, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - School closures do not tend to help contain the spread of infections during outbreaks of disease such as COVID-19, but will have a big impact on how societies restart after lockdown, scientists said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158156-school-closures-will-have-little-impact-on-covid-19-control-review-finds/

 

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Trump says he had 'very friendly' call with political rival Biden

By Trevor Hunnicutt

 

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FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said he had a "very friendly" conversation with Joe Biden on Monday after the Democratic presidential front-runner called to discuss the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158158-trump-says-he-had-very-friendly-call-with-political-rival-biden/

 

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Australian High Court quashes conviction of Cardinal Pell on sex offences

 

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FILE PHOTO: Cardinal George Pell attends a news conference at the Vatican, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's highest court on Tuesday overturned former Vatican treasurer George Pell's conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, Australian media reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158162-australian-high-court-quashes-conviction-of-cardinal-pell-on-sex-offences/

 

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Indonesia announces biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases, 24 doctors now dead

 

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Medical workers wearing disposable raincoats as their protective suits to serve patients are pictured amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at a local health center in Aceh, Indonesia, April 6, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken April 6, 2020. Antara Foto/Irwansyah Putra/ via REUTERS

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia announced its biggest daily increase in novel coronavirus cases on Monday and a medical association said 24 doctors had now died after contracting the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158164-indonesia-announces-biggest-daily-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-24-doctors-now-dead/

 

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Mainland China reports 32 new confirmed cases of coronavirus

 

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People wearing face masks are seen at a shopping area in Beijing, as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the country, China April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 32 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, down from 39 cases a day earlier, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158166-mainland-china-reports-32-new-confirmed-cases-of-coronavirus/

 

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UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intensive care

By Paul Sandle and Costas Pitas

 

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FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not seen) before a meeting on Brexit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being treated for worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, with his foreign minister deputizing for him as the nation tackles the COVID-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158141-pm-johnson-moved-to-intensive-care-as-covid-19-symptoms-worsen/?do=findComment&comment=15264549

 

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Aren't they afraid of Covid-19? Thai media went to investigate busy department store

 

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Picture: Sanook

 

Following online claims that a department store in Chachoengsao was busy Sanook reporters went there on Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158179-arent-they-afraid-of-covid-19-thai-media-went-to-investigate-busy-department-store/

 

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Pattaya: Neighbors save handicapped Swedish pensioner from burning condo - reasons for fire unclear

 

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Pattaya police, fire and rescue services were called to the Majestic Condo on Soi Wat Bun Kanchanaram yesterday morning after fire broke out in Room 239 on the second floor of the five story building. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158180-pattaya-neighbors-save-handicapped-swedish-pensioner-from-burning-condo-reasons-for-fire-unclear/

 

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Wear face masks in public or be fined: Phuket governor

By THE NATION

 

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Phakkhaphong Thawiphat (file photo)

 

Phuket Governor Phakkhaphong Thawiphat ordered all residents and travellers in the province to wear sanitary or cloth face masks when in public or face a fine of up to Bt20,000.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158185-wear-face-masks-in-public-or-be-fined-phuket-governor/

 

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We'll catch YOU! Chinese illegally harpooning tropical fish in Phuket

 

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A fan page in Phuket featured information and pictures of a guide and a small group of Chinese tourists illegally harpooning tropical fish at Nui Beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1158188-well-catch-you-chinese-illegally-harpooning-tropical-fish-in-phuket/

 

 

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