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Thailand recorded three new COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day today (Monday), bringing the cumulative total 3,031, with no new fatalities. The new cases include a 29-year old a female worker in Bangkok and her 55-year old male colleague. Both went to a hospital in Nonthaburi for tests and were eventually admitted for treatment.
China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization (WHO) after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday. Xi’s comments, made during a video speech to the World Health Assembly, come as a resolution pushed
Like a rerun of “The Terminal”, a 2004 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks based on the true story of an Iranian refugee stuck at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport in 1988 without a passport or papers, three Nigerians have been stranded at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi international airport for almost two months. Two arrived at Suvarnabhumi
(AFP) – The annual policy making meeting of the World Health Organization which begins in Geneva today with the fight against the coronavirus the main item on its agenda is once again shining a spotlight on Taiwan’s exclusion from the world’s health body. Led by the United States, a number of countries are calling for
More than 2.6 million shoppers have registered for and downloaded the Thai Chana mobile application, following its launch yesterday to coincide with the second phase of resuming businesses and leisure activities. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said today that, although all those shoppers checked in at malls and department stores across the country using the
Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn, and five other individuals, were indicted today in connection with the abduction and murder of the brother of a senior judge handling a case against Banyin. Nine charges, including premediated murder, abduction, illegal detention, coercion and concealment of evidence were filed against Banyin, former long-time MP for Nakhon Sawan,
In New Zealand, no one is exempt from the strict coronavirus prevention measures – not even Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was denied entry to a cafe because of her own social distancing rules. Ardern, her fiance Clarke Gayford and a group of friends were turned away from a cafe in Wellington on Saturday (May
Thailand officially enters the rainy season tomorrow (Monday), said Meteorological Department director-general Squadron Leader Somsak Khaosuwan today. Citing a meteorological model, he said that the rainy season this year will last until mid-October. The rain will, initially, be scattered and will steadily increase from the end of May through mid-June, when rainfall will then taper
Packed with winds measuring 195kph, Cyclone Amphan is moving through the upper part of the Bay of Bengal towards Bangladesh at a speed of 10kph. This will bring heavy rain to Thailand’s southwestern coast from today until Friday. In its first announcement about Cyclone Amphan, issued today, the Meteorological Department warned people in northern, southern
Thais woke up on Sunday to find malls open for the first time since March 22, as the government’s second phase of easing lockdown measures unveiled the “new normal” of everyday life. Long queues were seen at the entrances of most malls on Sunday morning, with every shopper having to register before being permitted to
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years, GDP data showed on Monday, putting the nation on course for its deepest postwar slump as the coronavirus crisis takes a heavy toll on businesses and consumers. The world’s third-largest economy shrank for the second consecutive quarter in the three
Thailand’s Democrat party has accused the Progressive Movement of distorting facts about the crackdown on red-shirt protesters in Bangkok by the government of then Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva a decade ago, in order to discredit him and to turn the public against him. Party spokesman, Mr. Ramet Rattanachaweng, said that Mr. Abhisit, and Mr. Suthep
Thailand recorded three new COVID-19 infections today (Sunday), as the country enters the second phase of lockdown relaxation. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said that the new cases include a Thai student returning from Pakistan and two others from Egypt. They were all asymptomatic upon their arrival, but they developed symptoms while in quarantine. Thailand’s
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has extended the ban on all flights into Thailand, except diplomatic, technical, medical and emergency landings, until June 30th, or until there is a significant change in the global COVID-19 pandemic situation. The ban was originally to end of May 31st. CAAT director, Mr. Chula Sookmanop, said that
Thailand’s six southern provinces, on the western coast, are forecast to experience heavy rain, from tomorrow until May 20th, due to the influence of Cyclone Amphan. The Thai Meteorological Department said in its bulletin today that the depression, which is located in the middle of the Bay of Bengal, is developing into a cyclone as
Although it is likely that struggling Thai Airways International will have to apply for a court-sanctioned rehabilitation programme, under the country’s bankruptcy law, there are a number of prerequisites to address, including: Total revamp of aircraft maintenance data systems, to include the sale of decommissioned aircraft and engines. Review of fleet management, including the sale
