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56 dead, 729 injured in first two days of Songkran travel - 17,000 nabbed for no licenses

 

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56 people have died and 729 people have been injured from 705 accidents during the first two days of Thailand’s so-called ‘7 Dangerous Days’.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213680-56-dead-729-injured-in-first-two-days-of-songkran-travel-17000-nabbed-for-no-licenses/

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Govt deposits final payment for Rao Rak Kan payout recipients

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has paid the last 1,000 baht allowance to recipients in the Rao Rak Kan campaign for persons insured in the Social Security scheme. However, recipients joining the campaign late because of application issues will receive the full 4,000 baht in a single deposit, the use of which will expire at the end of May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213714-govt-deposits-final-payment-for-rao-rak-kan-payout-recipients/

 

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Field hospitals receiving COVID-19 patients as hospital beds become scarce

By Tanakorn Sangiam

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The surge in COVID-19 cases in recent days has proven to be a challenge of hospital capacity. Field and temporary hospitals, like the one at Thammasat University, are now receiving COVID-19 patients to ensure hospital beds will be available for those who need them more.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213716-field-hospitals-receiving-covid-19-patients-as-hospital-beds-become-scarce/

 

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Myanmar students to hold a charity art and culture event in Bangkok

 

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An anti-coup protester raises a decorated Easter egg along with the three-fingered symbol of resistance during a protest against the military coup on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)

 

An art and culture concert, called “Myanmar Spring”, is to be held on April 24th at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC Hall). The charity event is being organized by Myanmar students in Thailand, in the hope of raising awareness and raising funds in support of the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), internally displaced individuals and families of those who have lost their lives in Myanmar conflicts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213718-myanmar-students-to-hold-a-charity-art-and-culture-event-in-bangkok/

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Mitsubishi Motors to cut output in Japan and Thailand due to chip shortage

 

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp will cut production by a combined 7,500 vehicles at three plants.

 

FUll story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213723-mitsubishi-motors-to-cut-output-in-japan-and-thailand-due-to-chip-shortage/

 

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Thailand’s ‘father’ of cannabis wants small-time growers to be part of medical marijuana industry

 

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A worker inspects marijuana leaves at a farm in Thailand. Photo: Reuters

 

• Marijuana advocate Aram Limsakul is on a mission to urge the government to recognise the expertise of local growers

 

• The legalisation of cannabis for medical and commercial purposes is edging out small-scale growers as they struggle to compete with corporations seeking to dominate the industry

 

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When Aram Limsakul’s son and daughter came down with dengue fever two years ago, he gave the children, then aged five and four.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213728-thailand’s-‘father’-of-cannabis-wants-small-time-growers-to-be-part-of-medical-marijuana-industry/

 

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Three foreigners and tourist policeman test positive for Covid on Koh Samui

 

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Local officials on the holiday island of Koh Samui in the south of Thailand announced that four people had tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213737-three-foreigners-and-tourist-policeman-test-positive-for-covid-on-koh-samui/

 

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Urgent: Visitors to SEVEN Hua Hin entertainment venues should go for Covid tests immediately

 

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The Prachuap Khiri Khan department of public health has appealed to any visitors to seven city and Muang District entertainment venues to go to a hospital near them for a Covid test immediately, reported The Bangkok Insight.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213738-urgent-visitors-to-seven-hua-hin-entertainment-venues-should-go-for-covid-tests-immediately/

 

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Thai domestic tourism takes massive hit in first half of 2021 - 130 billion baht down 

 

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The Bangkok Insight reported that the Kasikorn research center were predicting a massive hit to domestic tourism in the first half of 2021 because of the second then third waves of Covid. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213755-thai-domestic-tourism-takes-massive-hit-in-first-half-of-2021-130-billion-baht-down/

 

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Landmark case: Chiang Mai resident wins case against state accusing them of negligence over fires and pollution

 

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Siam Rath reported that a judgment from the Administrative Court in Chiang Mai resulted in a landmark decision against the state regarding the pollution and fires in the north.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213757-landmark-case-chiang-mai-resident-wins-case-against-state-accusing-them-of-negligence-over-fires-and-pollution/

 

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The huge challenges facing Thailand’s ageing society

By Thai PBS Word’s Business Desk

 

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National Elderly Day on April 13 serves as a reminder that Thai society is ageing fast. The country is facing a multitude of challenges as its elderly population expands rapidly amid slower economic growth and a shrinking working-age population. Worse, the country has been hit by a third wave of COVID-19 infections with new cases surging over the past few days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213761-the-huge-challenges-facing-thailand’s-ageing-society/

 

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COVID-19 cases surge in Hua Hin as province sees record daily jump in infections

 

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Health officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Tuesday reported 141 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest daily jump in new cases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213762-covid-19-cases-surge-in-hua-hin-as-province-sees-record-daily-jump-in-infections/

 

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The rise and fall of Saksayam Chidchob, Thailand’s first COVID-positive Cabinet minister

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

 

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Saksayam Chidchob was previously best known as the “nominee” of his older brother, veteran politician Newin. However, last week he landed himself in trouble by becoming the first Cabinet member and highest-ranking government official to test positive for COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213769-the-rise-and-fall-of-saksayam-chidchob-thailand’s-first-covid-positive-cabinet-minister/

 

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Five people die in tour bus blaze in Khon Kaen province

 

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Five passengers, including two children, were killed and several others were injured when a double-decker tour bus, in which they were travelling, caught fire on the Friendship Highway in Ban Haed district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213759-children-among-five-killed-after-fire-engulfs-bus-in-khon-kaen/?do=findComment&comment=16384842

 

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Thailand reports 965 new COVID-19 cases as biggest holiday begins

By Orathai Sriring

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Tuesday reported 965 new COVID-19 cases after registering record rises in the past two days as the country started its Songkran new year holiday amid a third wave of infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213768-thailand-reports-965-new-covid-19-cases/?do=findComment&comment=16384936

 

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Govt. Stockpiles More Medicine for Treating

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) is stockpiling medicine for treating Covid-19 with more being bought amid the third outbreak which has infected more than 4,000 people.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213787-govt-stockpiles-more-medicine-for-treating/

 

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THAI will vaccinate 4,500 employees starting April 19

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai Airways International (THAI) will vaccinate 4,500 employees at and around Suvarnabhumi Airport against Covid-19 from April 19 as the airline will resume international flights to Phuket in July.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213790-thai-will-vaccinate-4500-employees-starting-april-19/

 

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Thailand is still attractive to foreign filmmakers

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand is still attractive to foreign filmmakers as many as 26 foreign films have been made in Thailand in the first three months of 2021 and have generated Bt1.18 billion in revenue.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1213791-thailand-is-still-attractive-to-foreign-filmmakers/

 

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