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What a wonderful Sunday today.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1911600/bma-discusses-new-normal
BMA discusses new normal
Restaurant meals, haircuts and jogging in the park are back on ... but with many limits
published : 2 May 2020 at 20:46
Partitions are installed at the Penguin Eat Shabu restaurant in the Saphan Kwai area in Bangkok on Saturday. The restaurant accepts customers only by reservation. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Masks, distancing and fever checks are the new way of life in Bangkok for at least another month, even as City Hall eased the lockdown in the capital in line with the government’s announcement on Friday.
The measures the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to impose are similar to those already in place and in line with the government’s directives, said Pol Capt Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, a BMA spokesman, after a meeting of the capital’s communicable disease committee on Saturday.
The guidelines cover 10 types of businesses, most of which will be ready to offer services starting on Sunday. The exception is markets, where vendors are not yet ready to meet all the requirements. That includes the BMA-run Chatuchak weekend market, which will need “one or two weeks of preparation to reopen”, said Pol Capt Pongsakorn.
What follows is a summary of what will and won’t be allowed:
Eateries
Restaurants covering more than 200 square metres must check employees and patrons for fever while smaller ones must do the best they can. Seating must be 1m to 1.5m apart and partitions must be installed, except when tables are at least 2m apart
Customers coming in groups are advised to be seated separately.
Buffets are not allowed, only a-la-carte orders. Alcohol must not be served but can be brought home.
Live music is banned and distancing must be observed when queuing at cashiers.
Likewise, other types of eateries, stalls and hawkers must arrange for distancing for customers queuing to buy from them.
Markets
Wet, flea, floating and walking-street markets must set limits on the number of customers they can serve at a given time and restrict their entry and exit. Both vendors and customers must be screened for fever. Sanitisers must be provided and hand-sanitising must be promoted. Everyone must wear masks.
Barbershops, hair salons
Only trimming, washing and styling are allowed. Customer limits must be set, as well as 20-minute breaks at intervals for cleaning. Records of cleaning schedules must be kept, as well as details of customers. (story continues below)
Public health workers show employees of the Chalachol hair salon how to clean their equipment in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Clinics
Beauty and weight-loss clinics remain closed. The operators of other types of clinics can reopen but hey must follow the guidelines to be issued soon by the Public Health Ministry.
Golf courses, driving ranges
Food may be served in the clubhouse and the same measures used by restaurants apply. No group activities are allowed during or after playing. No competitions can be held and distancing rules apply on the course.
Outdoor sports
The types of sports allowed to resume are tennis, shooting and archery. Food may be served at venues, with the same rules as restaurants. No group activities are allowed during or after playing. No competitions, team play or spectators are allowed. Distancing is to be observed at all times.
Looking to get some indoor exercise instead? That’s not possible yet as gyms and many other similar facilities remain closed (see list at end of story).
Public parks
Walking, jogging and cycling are allowed, as well as solo exercises. Non-group tai chi can be practised. Operators must restrict entry and exit and set up fever-screening checkpoints. Everyone must wear masks. No food can be sold or eaten but drinks can be sold.
Pet grooming shops, spas
Bookings must be made in advance and records of customers must be kept. Operators must ask customers questions to determine whether they are at risk.
Other retailers
Places that are already allowed to open such as supermarkets, convenience stores with dining corners, small retail shops or community grocery shops must limit customer numbers, check people for fever and ensure distancing while customers shop.
Telecom shops at malls can reopen and mobile vending machines can operate provided they are placed with social distancing in mind.
Drink responsibly
Alcohol sales are allowed starting from Sunday for home consumption only, as stipulated by the central government.
However, if too many drinkers behave irresponsibly or stage gatherings at which disease transmission risk is high, the booze ban that was in place for most of April could be slapped on again, authorities warned.
“But if we discuss with our neighbouring provinces and the consensus is to suspend the sale, we will abide by the joint resolution,” Pol Capt Pongsakorn said.
On Friday the government announced the extension of the 10pm to 4am curfew by another month. It also banned gatherings including handouts to people, and meetings, except religious ceremonies, which are at the discretion of elders.
What’s not open yet
Under the announcement, the following places remain closed:
Cinemas, pubs, bars, entertainment venues, water parks, playgrounds, fun parks, zoos, skating or rollerblade rinks or similar types of sports, snooker parlours, billiard halls, bowling alleys, game shops, internet shops, public swimming pools and cockfighting rings.
Also closed are department stores, shopping centres, fitness centres, beauty clinics, trade exhibition halls, conference halls, exhibitions, museums, public libraries, nurseries, elderly nursing homes, boxing rings, gyms, tattoo shops, dancing halls or schools, horse racing tracks, bathing services, saunas, health shops, Thai massage, foot massage and massage parlours.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1911600/bma-discusses-new-normal
BMA discusses new normal
Restaurant meals, haircuts and jogging in the park are back on ... but with many limits
published : 2 May 2020 at 20:46
Partitions are installed at the Penguin Eat Shabu restaurant in the Saphan Kwai area in Bangkok on Saturday. The restaurant accepts customers only by reservation. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Masks, distancing and fever checks are the new way of life in Bangkok for at least another month, even as City Hall eased the lockdown in the capital in line with the government’s announcement on Friday.
The measures the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to impose are similar to those already in place and in line with the government’s directives, said Pol Capt Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, a BMA spokesman, after a meeting of the capital’s communicable disease committee on Saturday.
The guidelines cover 10 types of businesses, most of which will be ready to offer services starting on Sunday. The exception is markets, where vendors are not yet ready to meet all the requirements. That includes the BMA-run Chatuchak weekend market, which will need “one or two weeks of preparation to reopen”, said Pol Capt Pongsakorn.
What follows is a summary of what will and won’t be allowed:
Eateries
Restaurants covering more than 200 square metres must check employees and patrons for fever while smaller ones must do the best they can. Seating must be 1m to 1.5m apart and partitions must be installed, except when tables are at least 2m apart
Customers coming in groups are advised to be seated separately.
Buffets are not allowed, only a-la-carte orders. Alcohol must not be served but can be brought home.
Live music is banned and distancing must be observed when queuing at cashiers.
Likewise, other types of eateries, stalls and hawkers must arrange for distancing for customers queuing to buy from them.
Markets
Wet, flea, floating and walking-street markets must set limits on the number of customers they can serve at a given time and restrict their entry and exit. Both vendors and customers must be screened for fever. Sanitisers must be provided and hand-sanitising must be promoted. Everyone must wear masks.
Barbershops, hair salons
Only trimming, washing and styling are allowed. Customer limits must be set, as well as 20-minute breaks at intervals for cleaning. Records of cleaning schedules must be kept, as well as details of customers. (story continues below)
Public health workers show employees of the Chalachol hair salon how to clean their equipment in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Clinics
Beauty and weight-loss clinics remain closed. The operators of other types of clinics can reopen but hey must follow the guidelines to be issued soon by the Public Health Ministry.
Golf courses, driving ranges
Food may be served in the clubhouse and the same measures used by restaurants apply. No group activities are allowed during or after playing. No competitions can be held and distancing rules apply on the course.
Outdoor sports
The types of sports allowed to resume are tennis, shooting and archery. Food may be served at venues, with the same rules as restaurants. No group activities are allowed during or after playing. No competitions, team play or spectators are allowed. Distancing is to be observed at all times.
Looking to get some indoor exercise instead? That’s not possible yet as gyms and many other similar facilities remain closed (see list at end of story).
Public parks
Walking, jogging and cycling are allowed, as well as solo exercises. Non-group tai chi can be practised. Operators must restrict entry and exit and set up fever-screening checkpoints. Everyone must wear masks. No food can be sold or eaten but drinks can be sold.
Pet grooming shops, spas
Bookings must be made in advance and records of customers must be kept. Operators must ask customers questions to determine whether they are at risk.
Other retailers
Places that are already allowed to open such as supermarkets, convenience stores with dining corners, small retail shops or community grocery shops must limit customer numbers, check people for fever and ensure distancing while customers shop.
Telecom shops at malls can reopen and mobile vending machines can operate provided they are placed with social distancing in mind.
Drink responsibly
Alcohol sales are allowed starting from Sunday for home consumption only, as stipulated by the central government.
However, if too many drinkers behave irresponsibly or stage gatherings at which disease transmission risk is high, the booze ban that was in place for most of April could be slapped on again, authorities warned.
“But if we discuss with our neighbouring provinces and the consensus is to suspend the sale, we will abide by the joint resolution,” Pol Capt Pongsakorn said.
On Friday the government announced the extension of the 10pm to 4am curfew by another month. It also banned gatherings including handouts to people, and meetings, except religious ceremonies, which are at the discretion of elders.
What’s not open yet
Under the announcement, the following places remain closed:
Cinemas, pubs, bars, entertainment venues, water parks, playgrounds, fun parks, zoos, skating or rollerblade rinks or similar types of sports, snooker parlours, billiard halls, bowling alleys, game shops, internet shops, public swimming pools and cockfighting rings.
Also closed are department stores, shopping centres, fitness centres, beauty clinics, trade exhibition halls, conference halls, exhibitions, museums, public libraries, nurseries, elderly nursing homes, boxing rings, gyms, tattoo shops, dancing halls or schools, horse racing tracks, bathing services, saunas, health shops, Thai massage, foot massage and massage parlours.
Can tourist fly to Thailand now??
Last I heard Thailand is still until lockdown till June/1
Only international flights allowed are those approved by government for example repatriation of Thais back and foreigners leaving Thailand for their home country, and other medical and defense related flights
Some domestic flights have started however passengers could be subjected to quarantine upon arrive at local destinations
No fried shallot /pork lard or shallot oil ?
Only 3 new Covid-19 patients but report awaited
on 40 suspected cases in Yala
National
May 03. 2020
By The Nation
Thailand had its best day in months battling the Covid-19 with only three new cases over a 24-hour period, and no deaths, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (May 3).
It was the seventh consecutive day of single-digit new cases, since the peak of 188 on March 22.The total number of Covid-19 cases increased to 2,969.
Sunday's was the sixth consecutive day of single-digit new cases.
Of the new cases, two had a history of contact with patients and one got infected from the Narathiwas state quarantine area.
Meanwhile, seven people have fully recovered and returned home, taking the total number of patients under medical care below 200 for the first time in months. Patient recovery percentage is 92.25.
As of May 3, the total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 2,969 -- 176 are under treatment, 2,739 have recovered and been discharged, and there have been 54 deaths.
Globally, there have been more than 3.4 million confirmed cases and around 243,000 deaths
Regarding reports that 40 people were found to be infected in Yala, Taweesin said the cases were found during Yala’s proactive testing. He said 311 people were tested of whom 271 were negative and 40 were positive. However, the provincial health officers doubted the positive result because of the high rate of 30 per cent when the average rate is 4-5 per cent. “The cluster finding was good news. However, more data needs to be analysed and all will be retested,” said the spokesman. "After the process, this piece of information will be reported as soon as possible," he added.
on 40 suspected cases in Yala
National
May 03. 2020
By The Nation
Thailand had its best day in months battling the Covid-19 with only three new cases over a 24-hour period, and no deaths, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (May 3).
It was the seventh consecutive day of single-digit new cases, since the peak of 188 on March 22.The total number of Covid-19 cases increased to 2,969.
Sunday's was the sixth consecutive day of single-digit new cases.
Of the new cases, two had a history of contact with patients and one got infected from the Narathiwas state quarantine area.
Meanwhile, seven people have fully recovered and returned home, taking the total number of patients under medical care below 200 for the first time in months. Patient recovery percentage is 92.25.
As of May 3, the total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 2,969 -- 176 are under treatment, 2,739 have recovered and been discharged, and there have been 54 deaths.
Globally, there have been more than 3.4 million confirmed cases and around 243,000 deaths
Regarding reports that 40 people were found to be infected in Yala, Taweesin said the cases were found during Yala’s proactive testing. He said 311 people were tested of whom 271 were negative and 40 were positive. However, the provincial health officers doubted the positive result because of the high rate of 30 per cent when the average rate is 4-5 per cent. “The cluster finding was good news. However, more data needs to be analysed and all will be retested,” said the spokesman. "After the process, this piece of information will be reported as soon as possible," he added.
Coronavirus: Thailand begins easing lockdown measures
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BANGKOK - People are resuming their exercise routines in parks, getting haircuts at salons and dining out for the first time in more than a month, as Thailand begins gradually lifting restrictions on Sunday (May 3). The country has reported single-digit new Covid-19 infections each day this past week.
Restaurants, hair salons, parks, markets, open-air sports venues such as tennis courts, golf courses, shooting and archery ranges, and pet grooming salons and nurseries are reopening nationwide as Thailand is easing its lockdown. Details vary in each province.
With the ban on alcohol sales in place since early April now lifted, many people rushed to local supermarkets on Sunday morning to purchase their supplies before 11 am, when the regular, government-imposed sales window opens. However,they can only drink at home, as consumption in restaurants remains prohibited.
Life has somewhat resumed but it has not returned to what was considered normal before the virus outbreak. Social distancing rules are still in effect and are strictly adhered to. Restaurants need to seat their customers 1.5m apart from one another. Hot pots cannot be shared, while food from the buffet has to be served to patrons at their tables.
Sitting at separate tables in compliance with distancing rules, Mr Joe Wong and his wife enjoyed their first meal out at their usual Mexican eatery on Sunday. During the lockdown, the couple opted for delivery instead.
"Certain dishes, if you don't eat them straight out of the kitchen, they don't taste the same," he said
Sitting at separate tables in compliance with distancing rules, Mr Joe Wong and his wife enjoyed their first meal out at their usual Mexican eatery. ST PHOTO: HATHAI TECHAKITTERANUN
People exercise at Lumphini Park in Bangkok as restrictions ease
At a Chinese restaurant owned by a Singaporean family in Bangkok's city centre, sitting at separate tables is not practical. So stickers have been placed on alternate seats to indicate unavailability.
"I'm glad (about the reopening) but we need to wait and see. We're not celebrating yet," said Ms Jacqueline Sim, referring to the government's unclear guidelines about the reopening and the possibility of another shutdown.
Ms Jacqueline Sim's mother, Mrs Roslyn Sim, with a friend at their restaurant in Bangkok on May 3, 2020. ST PHOTO: HATHAI TECHAKITTERANUN
Bangkok barber shop practises social distancing as restrictions ease
At salons and barbershops, waiting inside is not allowed. Each customer must make an appointment, while shops are required to be cleaned for 20 minutes after each one of the two-hour slots.
Waiting outside a barbershop, Mr Teerapol Suntalunai, 35, said: "I feel happy. I haven't had a haircut for two months. I didn't trust my family to cut it for me." Inside, barbers wore face shields and only three of the shop's six seats were occupied by customers.
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Reopening will occur in four phases, spaced out at 14-day intervals, depending on the necessity of the businesses or venues involved. The government warned that it will cease easing restrictions if there is a second wave of infections.
Thailand has reported a total of 2,969 confirmed Covid-19 and 54 deaths as of Sunday, with only three new cases reported on this day.
3 of 3
BANGKOK - People are resuming their exercise routines in parks, getting haircuts at salons and dining out for the first time in more than a month, as Thailand begins gradually lifting restrictions on Sunday (May 3). The country has reported single-digit new Covid-19 infections each day this past week.
Restaurants, hair salons, parks, markets, open-air sports venues such as tennis courts, golf courses, shooting and archery ranges, and pet grooming salons and nurseries are reopening nationwide as Thailand is easing its lockdown. Details vary in each province.
With the ban on alcohol sales in place since early April now lifted, many people rushed to local supermarkets on Sunday morning to purchase their supplies before 11 am, when the regular, government-imposed sales window opens. However,they can only drink at home, as consumption in restaurants remains prohibited.
Life has somewhat resumed but it has not returned to what was considered normal before the virus outbreak. Social distancing rules are still in effect and are strictly adhered to. Restaurants need to seat their customers 1.5m apart from one another. Hot pots cannot be shared, while food from the buffet has to be served to patrons at their tables.
Sitting at separate tables in compliance with distancing rules, Mr Joe Wong and his wife enjoyed their first meal out at their usual Mexican eatery on Sunday. During the lockdown, the couple opted for delivery instead.
"Certain dishes, if you don't eat them straight out of the kitchen, they don't taste the same," he said
Sitting at separate tables in compliance with distancing rules, Mr Joe Wong and his wife enjoyed their first meal out at their usual Mexican eatery. ST PHOTO: HATHAI TECHAKITTERANUN
People exercise at Lumphini Park in Bangkok as restrictions ease
At a Chinese restaurant owned by a Singaporean family in Bangkok's city centre, sitting at separate tables is not practical. So stickers have been placed on alternate seats to indicate unavailability.
"I'm glad (about the reopening) but we need to wait and see. We're not celebrating yet," said Ms Jacqueline Sim, referring to the government's unclear guidelines about the reopening and the possibility of another shutdown.
Ms Jacqueline Sim's mother, Mrs Roslyn Sim, with a friend at their restaurant in Bangkok on May 3, 2020. ST PHOTO: HATHAI TECHAKITTERANUN
Bangkok barber shop practises social distancing as restrictions ease
At salons and barbershops, waiting inside is not allowed. Each customer must make an appointment, while shops are required to be cleaned for 20 minutes after each one of the two-hour slots.
Waiting outside a barbershop, Mr Teerapol Suntalunai, 35, said: "I feel happy. I haven't had a haircut for two months. I didn't trust my family to cut it for me." Inside, barbers wore face shields and only three of the shop's six seats were occupied by customers.
Related Story
Itchy throats and empty seats: Thai carriers restart domestic flights as coronavirus cases ease
Related Story
Coronavirus microsite: Get latest updates, videos and graphics
Related Story
Coronavirus explainers: What you should know to protect yourself
Reopening will occur in four phases, spaced out at 14-day intervals, depending on the necessity of the businesses or venues involved. The government warned that it will cease easing restrictions if there is a second wave of infections.
Thailand has reported a total of 2,969 confirmed Covid-19 and 54 deaths as of Sunday, with only three new cases reported on this day.
Spied Froggy in the booze melee here?
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1911992/booze-rush-at-shops-as-ban-ends
Booze rush at shops as ban ends
Some provinces keep ban this month
PUBLISHED : 3 MAY 2020 AT 16:08
The liquor section of the Makro store in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan is busy with customers as sales of
alcoholic beverages resume on Sunday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Liquor sections at supermarkets and convenience stores on Sunday were thronged with customers eager to buy alcoholic beverages after sales resumed for the first time in almost a month.
Shops across the country saw people buying beer, wine and whiskey in bulk as the clock reached 11am, the earliest time alcoholic beverages can legally be sold.
Boxes of beer at the Makro cash-and-carry store in Srinakarin area in Muang district of Samut Prakan were rushed to checkout counters in the first five minutes. Liquor departments in other stores saw customers forming long queues to quench their thirst.
"The shop has to urgently get more beer and whiskey as they are running out of stock," Pratheep Wicchaphin, owner of Hok Kee, a wholesale shop in Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima said.
Sales of alcoholic beverages are now permitted under measures to ease the lockdown -- but buyers are only allowed to drink at home.
Not all provinces have lifted the ban; the decision is left up to provincial governors, who m ay continue it if they fret about possible Covid-19 transmission at drinking gatherings.
Buri Ram, Chanthaburi, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Phetchaburi, Phitsanulok and Rayong are among the provinces where the ban remains in force. The period of the ban varies depending on the judgement of the governor.
Although buyers cannot drink in restaurants and shops, some places on Sunday defied the order issued by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
Trakul Nunil, the Sahatsakhan district chief in Kalasin, on Sunday ordered four floating restaurants in Lampao dam to close after they sold alcoholic beverages to customers.
Authorities raided the rafts and ordered clients to pay their bills and leave after they found some were drinking beer or whiskey.
The restaurants defied the order not to sell alcoholic beverages, the district chief said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1911992/booze-rush-at-shops-as-ban-ends
Booze rush at shops as ban ends
Some provinces keep ban this month
PUBLISHED : 3 MAY 2020 AT 16:08
The liquor section of the Makro store in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan is busy with customers as sales of
alcoholic beverages resume on Sunday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Liquor sections at supermarkets and convenience stores on Sunday were thronged with customers eager to buy alcoholic beverages after sales resumed for the first time in almost a month.
Shops across the country saw people buying beer, wine and whiskey in bulk as the clock reached 11am, the earliest time alcoholic beverages can legally be sold.
Boxes of beer at the Makro cash-and-carry store in Srinakarin area in Muang district of Samut Prakan were rushed to checkout counters in the first five minutes. Liquor departments in other stores saw customers forming long queues to quench their thirst.
"The shop has to urgently get more beer and whiskey as they are running out of stock," Pratheep Wicchaphin, owner of Hok Kee, a wholesale shop in Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima said.
Sales of alcoholic beverages are now permitted under measures to ease the lockdown -- but buyers are only allowed to drink at home.
- Shoppers rush out to buy booze amid fears of further bans
- Alcohol sales allowed from Sunday
- Booze sales back from Sunday
Not all provinces have lifted the ban; the decision is left up to provincial governors, who m ay continue it if they fret about possible Covid-19 transmission at drinking gatherings.
Buri Ram, Chanthaburi, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Phetchaburi, Phitsanulok and Rayong are among the provinces where the ban remains in force. The period of the ban varies depending on the judgement of the governor.
Although buyers cannot drink in restaurants and shops, some places on Sunday defied the order issued by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
Trakul Nunil, the Sahatsakhan district chief in Kalasin, on Sunday ordered four floating restaurants in Lampao dam to close after they sold alcoholic beverages to customers.
Authorities raided the rafts and ordered clients to pay their bills and leave after they found some were drinking beer or whiskey.
The restaurants defied the order not to sell alcoholic beverages, the district chief said.
Will screw up the daily nos. today, bad one from south Yala
40 new Covid cases confirmed in Yala
Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 3 MAY 2020 AT 18:05
WRITER: MUHAMAD AYUB PATHAN
Public health personnel visit houses to conduct coronavirus tests at an undisclosed location in Yala.
(Photo from Yala public health office Facebook account)
YALA: The provincial public health office has confirmed 40 new coronavirus cases after thorough testing among at-risk groups, including those recently returned from neighbouring countries.
Provincial public health chief Songkran Maichum said on Sunday that intense testing since April 20 had uncovered 40 new cases, now confirmed in lab results.
Four new cases were found in Muang, 24 in Yaha, seven in Bannang Satar and five in Raman districts.
Dr Songkran said the new cases would cause some hospitals, including Yaha Hospital, to approach their full capacity.
"The quicker we find them, the better it is for health officials," he told the media, adding that officials will be mobilised to prevent the virus spreading out of control.
40 new Covid cases confirmed in Yala
People at risk of infection were pilgrims returning from religious activities in Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan, those working in Malaysia, attendants of religious events in the province and those returning from other provinces.
The latest number of cases will be the highest in the province to date after it is officially confirmed by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said earlier the reports of new infections needed to be verified as some areas posted an unusually high percentage of positive test results.
Dr Taweesilp said the discovery of the large number of new transmissions of the virus showed the effectiveness of thorough testing by officials on the ground. "But accuracy must come first," he added.
Yala is the southern border province hit hardest by the virus, with 126 confirmed cases.
40 new Covid cases confirmed in Yala
Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 3 MAY 2020 AT 18:05
WRITER: MUHAMAD AYUB PATHAN
Public health personnel visit houses to conduct coronavirus tests at an undisclosed location in Yala.
(Photo from Yala public health office Facebook account)
YALA: The provincial public health office has confirmed 40 new coronavirus cases after thorough testing among at-risk groups, including those recently returned from neighbouring countries.
Provincial public health chief Songkran Maichum said on Sunday that intense testing since April 20 had uncovered 40 new cases, now confirmed in lab results.
Four new cases were found in Muang, 24 in Yaha, seven in Bannang Satar and five in Raman districts.
Dr Songkran said the new cases would cause some hospitals, including Yaha Hospital, to approach their full capacity.
"The quicker we find them, the better it is for health officials," he told the media, adding that officials will be mobilised to prevent the virus spreading out of control.
40 new Covid cases confirmed in Yala
People at risk of infection were pilgrims returning from religious activities in Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan, those working in Malaysia, attendants of religious events in the province and those returning from other provinces.
The latest number of cases will be the highest in the province to date after it is officially confirmed by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said earlier the reports of new infections needed to be verified as some areas posted an unusually high percentage of positive test results.
Dr Taweesilp said the discovery of the large number of new transmissions of the virus showed the effectiveness of thorough testing by officials on the ground. "But accuracy must come first," he added.
Yala is the southern border province hit hardest by the virus, with 126 confirmed cases.
Thailand logs 18 new Covid cases, no deaths Monday
All new cases were foreigners in Songkhla
Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 4 MAY 2020 AT 11:41
UPDATED: 4 MAY 2020 AT 13:58
Medical staff wearing protective clothing conduct tests on residents for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Benan Setar Hospital,
in the southern province of Yala, in late April. (AFP photo)
The government on Monday reported 18 new coronavirus cases, all foreigners in Songkhla, bringing the total to 2,987 across Thailand. No additional deaths were recorded, leaving the toll at 54.
The return to double-digit figures on Monday was entirely due to foreigners entering the country.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said all were at the immigration detention centre in Songkhla, 17 of them women.
The centre of attention is now 40 new cases found in Yala during the active case finding conducted by the provincial public health office in Yala.
Initial test results at the labs of the department in Yala were positive, but second tests turned negative, meaning they did not have the virus. CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the ministry has decided to send the samples to the main labs in Bangkok for accuracy and the results are expected within days.
"The 40 cases in Yala are not announced today," he told the press briefing.
Thirty-two provinces have recorded no new infections in the past 28 days, while nine remain free of confirmed cases.
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All new cases were foreigners in Songkhla
Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 4 MAY 2020 AT 11:41
UPDATED: 4 MAY 2020 AT 13:58
Medical staff wearing protective clothing conduct tests on residents for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Benan Setar Hospital,
in the southern province of Yala, in late April. (AFP photo)
The government on Monday reported 18 new coronavirus cases, all foreigners in Songkhla, bringing the total to 2,987 across Thailand. No additional deaths were recorded, leaving the toll at 54.
The return to double-digit figures on Monday was entirely due to foreigners entering the country.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said all were at the immigration detention centre in Songkhla, 17 of them women.
The centre of attention is now 40 new cases found in Yala during the active case finding conducted by the provincial public health office in Yala.
Initial test results at the labs of the department in Yala were positive, but second tests turned negative, meaning they did not have the virus. CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the ministry has decided to send the samples to the main labs in Bangkok for accuracy and the results are expected within days.
- Monday: 18 new Covid cases, no deaths
- Thailand logs 6 new Covid cases, no deaths Friday
- 40 new virus cases found in South
"The 40 cases in Yala are not announced today," he told the press briefing.
Thirty-two provinces have recorded no new infections in the past 28 days, while nine remain free of confirmed cases.
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Thailand logs 1 new Covid case, no deaths Tuesday
Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 5 MAY 2020 AT 11:45
Disabled government lottery vendors gather at Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday to complain that they are not allowed to return to their points of sale at stores. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The government on Tuesday reported one new coronavirus case and no additional deaths, bringing the total in Thailand to 2,988 infections and leaving the death toll at 54.
The single case marked a sharp decrease from the 18 recorded on Monday, and was the lowest daily number since March 9.
Earlier, it was announced that a second test found all forty of the newly suspected Covid-19 cases in Yala on Sunday turned out to be false positives, after the Public Health Ministry decided to run another test at its main lab to leave no room for doubt. Additional testing is underway.
Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the new case was a Thai man, 45, in the southern border province of Narathiwat. He also suffered from diabetes.
On April 25 he fell sick with coughing, a fever, runny nose, sore throat, phlegm and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with pneumonia at a local hospital and tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.
Seven previous patients recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total cases of recovery to 2,747, and 187 patients remained at hospitals.
In the past two weeks, the largest number of cases, 60, were detected at quarantine facilities, followed by 49 cases in close contact with previous patients, 31 found in pre-emptive tests, 13 quarantined returnees and eight visitors to crowded places.
The average age of the accumulated patients was 39, he said. The numbers of provinces with and without new cases in the past 28 days is now equal at 34. More than 200,000 tests for the pathogen have been administered.
Dr Taweesilp warned that people should take precautions while visiting crowded places, especially now that the government has relaxed disease control measures.
He said the government's latest survey on people's compliance with disease control measures found that only 65.3% of respondents kept social distancing and 62.9% avoided touching their faces with unwashed hands.
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Bangkok Post PUBLISHED : 5 MAY 2020 AT 11:45
Disabled government lottery vendors gather at Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday to complain that they are not allowed to return to their points of sale at stores. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The government on Tuesday reported one new coronavirus case and no additional deaths, bringing the total in Thailand to 2,988 infections and leaving the death toll at 54.
The single case marked a sharp decrease from the 18 recorded on Monday, and was the lowest daily number since March 9.
Earlier, it was announced that a second test found all forty of the newly suspected Covid-19 cases in Yala on Sunday turned out to be false positives, after the Public Health Ministry decided to run another test at its main lab to leave no room for doubt. Additional testing is underway.
Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the new case was a Thai man, 45, in the southern border province of Narathiwat. He also suffered from diabetes.
On April 25 he fell sick with coughing, a fever, runny nose, sore throat, phlegm and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with pneumonia at a local hospital and tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.
- Forty Yala virus cases test negative
- Tuesday: 1 new Covid case, no deaths
- Monday: 18 new Covid cases, no deaths
Seven previous patients recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total cases of recovery to 2,747, and 187 patients remained at hospitals.
In the past two weeks, the largest number of cases, 60, were detected at quarantine facilities, followed by 49 cases in close contact with previous patients, 31 found in pre-emptive tests, 13 quarantined returnees and eight visitors to crowded places.
The average age of the accumulated patients was 39, he said. The numbers of provinces with and without new cases in the past 28 days is now equal at 34. More than 200,000 tests for the pathogen have been administered.
Dr Taweesilp warned that people should take precautions while visiting crowded places, especially now that the government has relaxed disease control measures.
He said the government's latest survey on people's compliance with disease control measures found that only 65.3% of respondents kept social distancing and 62.9% avoided touching their faces with unwashed hands.
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Singaporean held on visa fraud rap
Nation PUBLISHED : 6 MAY 2020 AT 04:00
The Immigration Bureau yesterday arrested a former Singaporean embassy official for allegedly fabricating documents to extend his stay in Thailand.
The arrest at a hotel in Chiang Rai came after a check of his details with the Singaporean embassy revealed documents he used to extend his visa were bogus.
The suspect, who was only identified as Han, was a former official at the Singapore embassy in Thailand a few years ago, Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang said.
The documents included fake visas, work permits as well as bogus references the suspect used to obtain credit cards.
Nation PUBLISHED : 6 MAY 2020 AT 04:00
The Immigration Bureau yesterday arrested a former Singaporean embassy official for allegedly fabricating documents to extend his stay in Thailand.
The arrest at a hotel in Chiang Rai came after a check of his details with the Singaporean embassy revealed documents he used to extend his visa were bogus.
The suspect, who was only identified as Han, was a former official at the Singapore embassy in Thailand a few years ago, Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang said.
The documents included fake visas, work permits as well as bogus references the suspect used to obtain credit cards.
Hundreds queue up for emergency loans
National
May 06. 2020
By The Nation
Hundreds of people queued up at the nearest branch of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to seek an emergency loan offered as part of the government’s measure to help people who have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
The queue at the Pornphet Market branch in Mukdahan province was so long that it spilled onto the street. These applicants had been called in for a face-to-face interview after their online applications were vetted by the bank.
GSB is offering loans of between Bt10,000 and Bt50,000 at low interest rates to self-employed people as well as those holding jobs who have either been laid off or had their salaries cut due to the crisis.
The self-employed group are entitled to a maximum loan of Bt10,000 at an interest rate of 0.1 percent, which can be paid over two years, with no payments required for the first six months. To be eligible, applicants must hold Thai nationality, be at least 20 years of age, be able to provide a residence certificate and contact number.
This loan is applicable to people who earn no more than Bt30,000 per month, such as merchants, vendors, bus drivers, taxi drivers or guides.
Meanwhile, people with fixed incomes can take loans of no more than Bt50,000 at a flat interest of 0.35 percent, which can be repaid over up to three years. This loan requires a guarantor or assets such as property as guarantee. To be eligible, the applicant must be a Thai national, over 20 years of age, have a residence certificate, can be contacted and can prove that the Covid-19 outbreak has affected his or her income.
The government has allocated Bt20 billion for this effort.
National
May 06. 2020
By The Nation
Hundreds of people queued up at the nearest branch of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to seek an emergency loan offered as part of the government’s measure to help people who have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
The queue at the Pornphet Market branch in Mukdahan province was so long that it spilled onto the street. These applicants had been called in for a face-to-face interview after their online applications were vetted by the bank.
GSB is offering loans of between Bt10,000 and Bt50,000 at low interest rates to self-employed people as well as those holding jobs who have either been laid off or had their salaries cut due to the crisis.
The self-employed group are entitled to a maximum loan of Bt10,000 at an interest rate of 0.1 percent, which can be paid over two years, with no payments required for the first six months. To be eligible, applicants must hold Thai nationality, be at least 20 years of age, be able to provide a residence certificate and contact number.
This loan is applicable to people who earn no more than Bt30,000 per month, such as merchants, vendors, bus drivers, taxi drivers or guides.
Meanwhile, people with fixed incomes can take loans of no more than Bt50,000 at a flat interest of 0.35 percent, which can be repaid over up to three years. This loan requires a guarantor or assets such as property as guarantee. To be eligible, the applicant must be a Thai national, over 20 years of age, have a residence certificate, can be contacted and can prove that the Covid-19 outbreak has affected his or her income.
The government has allocated Bt20 billion for this effort.
Finally dining-in restaurants and stalls had been allowed on May/3 Sunday. Also selling of alcohol began on the same day for taking home to drink as drinking in restaurants and public is still banned.
Anyway I could start dining once again, this is lunch on Monday
Cold cuts
Anchovy salad
Spaghetti with Italian sausage and prawns
Lunch
The meats
Lamb
Wagyu
Yummy
Finished with my favourite Pizza Margherita
Anyway I could start dining once again, this is lunch on Monday
Cold cuts
Anchovy salad
Spaghetti with Italian sausage and prawns
Lunch
The meats
Lamb
Wagyu
Yummy
Finished with my favourite Pizza Margherita
Lockdown luxury: Bangkok's millionaires enjoy gourmet
take-out with butler service
An employee (right) from White Glove Delivery bringing an order to Mr Ukrit Vanagosoom, deputy managing director of the company KW Metal Work, at his office in Bangkok.PHOTO: AFP
Straits Times PUBLISHED 6/5
BANGKOK (AFP) - Gourmet take-out delivered by a butler in a black sedan - Thailand's super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic which has locked the country down, crushed the economy and left millions unemployed.
Thailand is one of the most unequal nations in the world and the chasm between rich and poor is widening as the coronavirus eviscerates jobs, leaving 22 million registering for a government cash hand-out.
Hundreds line up daily for food donations across Bangkok, a grim sign of an economic contraction forecast at more than six per cent this year - the worst since the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
For rich Bangkokians the pandemic has brought the inconvenience of restricted movement - with an overnight curfew still in place despite some businesses reopening - but no end to the lifestyle of plenty.
Concierge company the Silver Voyage Club has retooled its services to meet the cravings of the elite, delivering high-end meals from the top-tier restaurants.
"Our top clients are... high-net-worth individuals who are VIP from the banks," said founder Jakkapun Rattanapet.
Concierge services kick in as part of a rewards programme when bank account holders have "at least US$1 million" (S$1.4 million) he explained.
His company launched White Glove Delivery after their concierge business took a nose dive as global business travel staggered to a halt.
Wagyu beef, seafood and dim sum are on offer from 20 restaurants, some housed in luxury hotels or listed on the Michelin Guide.
Clients include corporate diners and celebrities, their meals delivered in carefully packaged boxes to their housekeepers in upscale Bangkok neighbourhoods or to company headquarters.
A butler - wearing white gloves - can also come along to set the table and present the food.
An employee from White Glove Delivery collecting an order high-end Thai restaurant At-Ta-Rote for a client in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP
As part of the fight against Covid-19, White Glove also donates 1,000 meals a day to frontline workers in hospitals, Jakkapun said.
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Thailand has 27 billionaires, according to Forbes, with the Chearavanont family who head agro-industrial conglomerate CP Group topping the list worth an estimated US$27.3 billion.
They pledged US$29 million to the government last month the same day premier Prayut Chan-o-cha called for the country's super-rich to dig deep to help stave off economic ruin.
Restrictions on Bangkok's restaurants were eased Sunday allowing customers to eat-in with social distancing.
But with alcohol off the menu, many food businesses are still relying on delivery for an income.
An employee from White Glove Delivery bringing an order to a client in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP
Dalian, a Chinese restaurant in downtown Bangkok, makes 3,000 baht a day (S$131), an 80 per cent drop from before the pandemic, said manager Jay, who declined to give a last name.
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The restaurant is turning to delivery apps to reach customers who are mainly still staying at home, despite their high commission of around 30 per cent.
"(The commission) is quite a lot, but we don't have another way to go," he told AFP.
take-out with butler service
An employee (right) from White Glove Delivery bringing an order to Mr Ukrit Vanagosoom, deputy managing director of the company KW Metal Work, at his office in Bangkok.PHOTO: AFP
Straits Times PUBLISHED 6/5
BANGKOK (AFP) - Gourmet take-out delivered by a butler in a black sedan - Thailand's super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic which has locked the country down, crushed the economy and left millions unemployed.
Thailand is one of the most unequal nations in the world and the chasm between rich and poor is widening as the coronavirus eviscerates jobs, leaving 22 million registering for a government cash hand-out.
Hundreds line up daily for food donations across Bangkok, a grim sign of an economic contraction forecast at more than six per cent this year - the worst since the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
For rich Bangkokians the pandemic has brought the inconvenience of restricted movement - with an overnight curfew still in place despite some businesses reopening - but no end to the lifestyle of plenty.
Concierge company the Silver Voyage Club has retooled its services to meet the cravings of the elite, delivering high-end meals from the top-tier restaurants.
"Our top clients are... high-net-worth individuals who are VIP from the banks," said founder Jakkapun Rattanapet.
Concierge services kick in as part of a rewards programme when bank account holders have "at least US$1 million" (S$1.4 million) he explained.
His company launched White Glove Delivery after their concierge business took a nose dive as global business travel staggered to a halt.
Wagyu beef, seafood and dim sum are on offer from 20 restaurants, some housed in luxury hotels or listed on the Michelin Guide.
Clients include corporate diners and celebrities, their meals delivered in carefully packaged boxes to their housekeepers in upscale Bangkok neighbourhoods or to company headquarters.
A butler - wearing white gloves - can also come along to set the table and present the food.
An employee from White Glove Delivery collecting an order high-end Thai restaurant At-Ta-Rote for a client in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP
As part of the fight against Covid-19, White Glove also donates 1,000 meals a day to frontline workers in hospitals, Jakkapun said.
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Thailand has 27 billionaires, according to Forbes, with the Chearavanont family who head agro-industrial conglomerate CP Group topping the list worth an estimated US$27.3 billion.
They pledged US$29 million to the government last month the same day premier Prayut Chan-o-cha called for the country's super-rich to dig deep to help stave off economic ruin.
Restrictions on Bangkok's restaurants were eased Sunday allowing customers to eat-in with social distancing.
But with alcohol off the menu, many food businesses are still relying on delivery for an income.
An employee from White Glove Delivery bringing an order to a client in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP
Dalian, a Chinese restaurant in downtown Bangkok, makes 3,000 baht a day (S$131), an 80 per cent drop from before the pandemic, said manager Jay, who declined to give a last name.
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The restaurant is turning to delivery apps to reach customers who are mainly still staying at home, despite their high commission of around 30 per cent.
"(The commission) is quite a lot, but we don't have another way to go," he told AFP.
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