Popular Post webfact Posted May 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2021 DES Watching ‘Let’s Move Abroad’ Group BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has a team monitor a social media group encouraging people to move to other countries after receiving complaints about offences against the royal institution and messages causing disunity. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216078-des-watching-‘let’s-move-abroad’-group/ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thailand records first case of Brazilian coronavirus variant in quarantine FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man from Klong Toey community, for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday recorded its first case of a coronavirus variant first detected in Brazil from an overseas arrival in state quarantine, an official said. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216080-thailand records-first-case-of-brazilian-coronavirus-variant-in-quarantine/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Uncertainties with opportunism, despair and risk-taking in full swing The prime minister is taking a big gamble with his future, something intertwined with the national course. The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19. The real stakeholders, meanwhile, are probably not too sure what scares them more, real threats of an outbreak or the game Thai politicians are playing at this moment of truth. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216096-uncertainties-with-opportunism-despair-and-risk-taking-in-full-swing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Well known song writer Chalee Intharavichit has died at 98 Photo from mixmagazine.in.th One of Thailand’s most celebrated and prolific song writers and national artist Chalee Intarawichit died in the early hours of Tuesday, at the age of 98. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216097-well-known-song-writer-chalee-intharavichit-has-died-at-98/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 FDA: Pfizer Vaccine Has Not Entered Thailand BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The COVID-19 vaccine of Pfizer has not arrived in Thailand pending negotiations and its registration, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216098-fda-pfizer-vaccine-has-not-entered-thailand/ 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 COVID Vaccine Tours May Be A Waste BANGKOK, May 5 (TNA) – The Foreign Ministry warned against some travel agents’ invitations for people to buy their COVID-19 vaccination tour packages, saying customers may waste their money. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216099-covid-vaccine-tours-may-be-a-waste/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thai cabinet approves $2.9 billion in new relief measures -spokeswoman FILE PHOTO: Closed bars are seen at the Ratchada Railway Night Market after a jump in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Wednesday approved additional economic relief measures worth 93 billion baht ($2.9 billion) to help people affected by COVID-19, a spokeswoman said. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216100-thai-cabinet-approves-29-billion-in-new-relief-measures-spokeswoman/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Phuket health officials concerned over ICU bed shortage Image: PPHO PHUKET:-- A leading disease expert at Vachira Phuket Hospital, the main government hospital in Phuket, has expressed concern that the rate of COVID infections across Phuket may result in a shortage of beds in intensive-care units on the island. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216103-phuket-health-officials-concerned-over-icu-bed-shortage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Phuket rapid test on arrival not free for Thais after May 15 Phuket Governor Narong announced the news during a live broadcast this morning (May 5). Screenshot: PR Phuket PHUKET:-- The rapid antigen test will not be free for Thai nationals at the airport or at the Phuket Check Point onto the island by road from May 15, Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216104-phuket-rapid-test-on-arrival-not-free-for-thais-after-may-15/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thai ex-convict Deputy Minister spared the axe by Charter Court Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled today (Wednesday) that Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompow, who was found guilty of drug trafficking by an Australian court in 1993, can retain his ministerial post and MP status, despite the conviction. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216106-thai-ex-convict-deputy-minister-spared-the-axe-by-charter-court/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Viral Interest in moving out of Thailand sparks debate and some backlash Photo from Daio Sirimongkhon Pratumthong on Let’s Move Abroad Facebook group The current interest among Thais in moving abroad, with nearly 763,000 members joining a newly created Facebook group and the Thai hashtag “Let’s Move Abroad” among top Twitter trends, has sparked much discussion, debate and backlash about the state of Thailand and love for one’s home country. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216108-viral-interest-in-moving-out-of-thailand-sparks-debate-and-some-backlash/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Marine life near Thailand’s Koh Chang thrives amid decline in tourism Photo from Facebook “Hatchakorn Suntornprasert” A recent Facebook post, by the administrator of a Koh Chang tourism page, included a spectacular video of marine life, filmed when diving near Koh Chang, signaling that the island’s ecology has revived and is thriving. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216109-marine-life-near-thailand’s-koh-chang-thrives-amid-decline-in-tourism/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thai travel agencies offer COVID-19 'vaccine tours' to U.S FILE PHOTO: People wait to receive the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Bang Khun Thian Geriatric Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) - Travel agencies in Thailand are selling coronavirus "vaccine tours" to the United States, as some wealthy Thais grow impatient awaiting mass inoculations that are still a month away amid the country's biggest outbreak so far. Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1215957-thai-travel-agent-offers-“vaccine-tour-to-us-for-76000-baht/?do=findComment&comment=16446690 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 to continue: Thailand Live Thursday 6 May 2021https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1216125-thailand-live-thursday-6-may-2021/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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