Covid-19
Regional update: Coronavirus cases in Thailand
Our updated number of cases by region, current as of Wednesday morning, are listed below.Central region: Bangkok: 1311Nonthaburi: 149Samut Prakan: 107Pathum Thani: 33Nakhon Pathom: 18Samut Sakhon: 13Nakhon Sawan: 10Phitsanulok: 6Saraburi: 5Suphan Buri: 5Phetchabun: 3Sukhothai: 3Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya: 2Lopburi: 2Nakhon...
Covid-19
A brief look at the ASEAN response to the coronavirus outbreak
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha attended, on Tuesday, a Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on the coronavirus outbreak. The conference included Japan, South Korea, and China, and was made via teleconference.Thailand’s number
of infected has begun to stabilize according...
Current Affairs
Thailand extends airspace shut down until the end of April; up to 5,000 Thais stuck abroad
Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday extended its shutdown of Thai Airspace until the end of April, documents from the body show.The CAAT ban on incoming flights was due to expire on the 18th of April. Now the...
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Construction sites in Bangkok go full steam ahead despite the risk of coronavirus outbreaks
Vat Oudom chose not to go back
to Cambodia when Thailand announced that it was going to close its borders to curtail
the coronavirus outbreak. He chose to stay because he had legal status in
Thailand, he had a place to stay...
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Thailand confirms 34 new coronavirus infections; one new fatality
Thailand’s government confirmed on Tuesday that it had discovered 34 new coronavirus infections bringing the total number of infected to 2,613It continues a lowering trend of new infections in the country which the government attributes to its policies.There...
Current Affairs
The worst drought in living memory has been exacerbated by Chinese dams withholding water
One of the worst droughts in the last 40 years in Thailand has been exacerbated by the Chinese government which has been intentionally holding water in its Mekong river dams, a new study says."The severe lack of water...
Covid-19
Regional update: Coronavirus cases in Thailand
Our updated number of cases by region, current as of Monday morning, are listed below.Central region: Bangkok: 1280Nonthaburi: 147Samut Prakan: 106Pathum Thani: 33Nakhon Pathom: 18Samut Sakhon: 11Nakhon Sawan: 10Phitsanulok: 6Saraburi: 5Suphan Buri: 5Phetchabun: 3Sukhothai: 3Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya: 2Lopburi: 2Nakhon...
Current Affairs
Opinion: On China, Thai netizens contradict official diplomacy
It was a strange digital flareup. Ceaselessly, and seemingly inexplicably, over an entire night and day, Thai and Chinese netizens took to Twitter to rain insults on each other. Ostensibly, the issue arose over a hapless Thai photographer who, in...
Current Affairs
Thailand confirms 33 new coronavirus cases; total at 2,551
Thailand’s government confirmed on Sunday that it had discovered 33 new coronavirus infections bringing the total number of infected to 2,551.It is the lowest number of new cases in a 24 hour period in the past three weeks."I...
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Thai government confirms 45 new coronavirus infections, 2 new fatalities
Thailand's government confirmed on Saturday that it had discovered 45 new coronavirus infections bringing the total number of infected to 2,518.There were 2 new fatalities bringing the death toll to 40.122 more patients have recovered from...
