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Thailand’s Disease Control Department (DCD) has issued a stern warning, to all Thais returning from high-risk areas, that failure to observe the 14-day self-quarantine requirement will result in legal action being taken, in accordance with the Communicable Disease Act. DCD director general Dr. Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai’s warning follows concerns, raised on social media, that some
BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus epidemic, will likely see new infections drop to zero by the end of this month, an expert with the country’s top panel on battling the illness said on Thursday, even as the city reported a quicker rise in new confirmed cases. Mainland China had 139 new
The Internal Trade Department’s mobile retail outlets, offering face masks at bargain prices, were overwhelmed with customers who formed long lines at each of the 21 locations in Bangkok where the mobile outlets were set up. Many of them queued patiently for their turn to snap a single pack of four masks at 10 baht
A Thai woman, working illegally in South Korea, has been infected with COVID-19 and admitted to hospital for treatment after she had an examination on February 29th. Pinyuda Chamchan, labour attaché at the Thai embassy in Seoul, reported that the 27-year old, who was working illegally at a laundry in the Kimson area near Daegu
Thailand, like many places in the world, is facing a medical and economic crisis brought about by the fearsome COVID-19 virus. Throw in the political uncertainties on both side of the great national divide and the country is in an uncharted and potentially treacherous territory. Politically, many things are revolving around the global outbreak
Thailand’s government has launched a new program, called “Have Problems, Consult the PM”, to enable members of the public to voice their grievances and problems directly to their Prime Minister. At the Government House launch of the program today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha welcomed groups representing farmers, civil society and independent entrepreneurs. The Prime
In the second of its series on the outbreak of campus activism sparked by the dissolution of Future Forward Party, ThaiPBS World’s Political Desk takes a look at what shapes the political thinking of the young generation of Thais. The past few weeks have seen students reacting to the recent dissolution of the Future Forward
Europe’s coronavirus hotspot Italy shut all schools and universities on Wednesday in a bid to stop the deadly disease from spreading, as governments bolstered supplies and intensified protective measures. With cases and deaths rising around the world even as the rate of new infections slows in the virus epicentre China, Germany on Wednesday warned
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington state. Officials in California’s Placer County, near Sacramento, said Wednesday an elderly person who tested positive after returning from
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health reported four new COVID-19 cases today, two Thais, one Italian and a Chinese, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 47. The patients include a 42-year Thai old office worker, who returned from Italy on March 2nd. Another is a 20-year old Thai student who returned
The Thai PBS Foundation has joined the private and government sectors to support the forest fire fighting efforts, of officials of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and public volunteers, by providing them with 300,000 baht’s worth of essential equipment, including 40 fire-fighting blowers, 200 first aid kits, head lamps and 200
Thailand’s ranking, by number of confirmed COVID-19 infections, has improved from 15th to 16th place, a position it shares with Australia, based on WHO figures, according to Dr. Thaweesilp Wissanuyothin, a senior doctor attached to the 10th Health region. WHO Ranking of 20 countries with most confirmed COVID–19 cases China – 80,422 Republic of Korea
Shelves are being stripped bare of toilet rolls, hand sanitiser and surgical masks everywhere from Japan to France to the United States as panic buying criss-crosses the globe with the coronavirus, defying repeated calls for calm and disrupting supply chains. Obsessively documented on social media, scrambles to the shops and empty shelves are adding
Thailand is seeing a sudden rash of campus rallies at universities across the country. Are they really spontaneous or politically engineered?
