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Six municipal schools and two nurseries in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong are to be closed from tomorrow (Tuesday) until further notice, as a precautionary measure, after members of an Egyptian military delegation visited a mall and other venues in the province last week. The students, except children at nurseries, will learn through online platforms.
Thai public health officials went to a condominium in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit area today, to test staff who had close contact with the family of an African diplomat, a member of which was found to be infected with for COVID-19. The family arrived at Suvarnabhumi international airport on July 10th, and the nine-year old daughter tested
The hotel in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong, where the Egyptian military mission stayed last week, has closed for at least 14 days from today (Tuesday) for a full cleansing and disinfection. Staff of the “D Varee Diva Central Hotel” stopped work to undergo COVID-19 testing and isolation for 14 days. Meanwhile, the management of
WASHINGTON, The United States on Monday rejected China’s disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, a move that Beijing criticised as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship. China has offered no coherent legal basis for its ambitions in the South China Sea and for
The opposition Pheu Thai Party’s chief strategist, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, has accused the Government of lowering its guard when it allowed an Egyptian military mission to enter and stay in Thailand without being monitored or quarantined. A member of the mission was later found to be infected with COVID-19, after the group had already left
The provincial administration of Rayong province has ordered the quarantining of some staff at, and partial closure of the hotel where a member of an Egyptian military delegation, who was later found to be infected with COVID-19, stayed. Health officials in the province have been working frantically to trace anyone who may have been in
Thailand’s CCSA has offered a public apology, especially to the people of Bangkok and Rayong, over the mishandling of foreign VIP arrivals, and has promised to review all privileges extended to foreign diplomatic and military missions and their families, particularly the exemption from 14-day quarantine for short-term visits. “I am sorry that our officials lowered
A New York judge has rejected the Trump family’s attempt to stop the release of Mary Trump’s book, “Too Much and Never Enough,” scheduled to come out Tuesday. A Dutchess County judge denied an application for a preliminary injunction Monday, saying the nondisclosure agreement signed by Mary Trump, President Donald Trump’s niece, when the estate of her
SEOUL (Reuters) – Friends, family and colleagues attended the small funeral Monday for the longtime mayor of Seoul, one of the country’s most prominent elected officials, who leaves a complex legacy amid a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. Mayor Park Won-soon was found dead on Friday; he left a note thanking and apologising
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina exceeded 100,000 cases of novel coronavirus infections on Sunday as it struggles to contain spiraling case rates despite a strict quarantine imposed on the capital Buenos Aires and its surroundings. The health ministry said 2,657 new cases confirmed overnight took the total to 100,166. The South American country imposed a
