Chiang Mai people welcomed the chill of winter as frost appeared at the top of Doi Inthanon mountain.
With the temperature plunging to 5 degrees Celsius, locals and tourists greeted the cold weather.
On Sunday, at the top of Doi Inthanon, in Chom Thong district of Chiang Mai province, the first frost of the year could be seen with the naked eye, spread over leaves and grass, after the temperature continued to drop for successive days.
On Sunday morning, the top of Doi Inthanon mountain recorded 5 degrees Celsius. Visitors to the area enjoyed not only the chill but also the sight of frozen dew. They also could see the beautiful sea of mist and the first light of the new day
A man in Udon Thani province went on a stabbing spree on Saturday, leaving two persons dead before he was arrested.
The man stabbed seven people, and claimed to be unconscious of his actions under the influence of a drug.
At 1.30pm, police were notified that seven people had been attacked with a knife at an intersection. Among them were reportedly minors who were severely injured.
A 16-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed in the neck and succumbed to her injuries at a hospital while a a 22-year-old woman died at the scene.
The injured included four females — a 17-year-old student, who was stabbed in the mouth, a 20-year-old, a 45-year-old and a 33-year-old. The youngest victim was a 13-year-old boy who was stabbed in the neck.
Thirty policemen and rescuers had to surround the alleged assailant before he was captured.
He could not provide useful information while being interrogated but said that he had taken two amphetamine pills and he did not know what had happened after that.
The overflowing Songkhla Lake has inundated a key road connecting Songkhla and Phatthalung provinces, causing serious traffic disruption.
The flood situation in the southern region has aggravated as the rising water level has entered residential areas.
Five districts located near the lake have been affected while the road connecting Songkhla with Phatthalung, namely Ranot-Talay Noi, has been under water.
Meanwhile, local farmers had to move their livestock to higher ground, while the youth have spent their holidays catching fish to help their families gain some income.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Sunday reported 14 new cases in quarantine, including two local infections, over a 24-hour period.
CCSA spokesperson Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin emphasised that the global situation had aggravated significantly since last month but added that Thailand was not experiencing a second wave as the numbers were still low.
Most of the new cases are Thais who had returned from abroad.
On November 20, a British man, 71, travelled from the United States.
On November 28, a Thai woman, 46, returned from Belgium, a Thai woman, 45, returned from Ukraine, two Thai boys aged 9 and 10 flew back from Saudi Arabia, and a Thai female student, 16, returned from Sweden.
On November 29, a Thai woman, 43, returned from Japan.
On November 30, a Thai woman, 31, travelled back from the United Kingdom.
On December 3, a Thai woman, 38, returned from Qatar.
Three people travelled from Myanmar — a Burmese man, 24, entered legally on November 24, while a Thai man, 70, who had stayed in Myawaddy for the last 2-3 months, and a Thai woman, 26, who was linked to a male patient, 30, reported on Saturday, did not go through the regulated screening process or the mandatory quarantine. The woman had worked in an entertainment complex in Tachilek district, in Myanmar. Five of her high-risk contacts and 10 low-risk contacts had been reached for quarantine and tested.
Two women, 26, were found positive in Bangkok and recognised as local transmissions. One had a history of travel to Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, from November 27-29, while another is a health officer who has duty at a Bangkok alternative stapte quarantine hotel.
Meanwhile, five patients have recovered and been discharged.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand increased to 4,086 (1,104 in state quarantine), 173 are in hospital, 3,853 have recovered and been discharged and 60 have died.
According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Sunday, the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak had reached 66.85 million (up by 620,775), 46.24 million have recovered, 19.07 million are active cases (106,022 in severe condition) and 1.53 million have died (up by 10,096).
Thailand ranks 151 for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 14.98 million, followed by India 9.64 million, Brazil 6.57 million, Russia 2.43 million and France 2.28 million.
Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, general communicable diseases director at the Department of Disease Control, said 23 cases were linked with Myanmar’s Tachilek town — Chiang Rai (11), Chiang Mai (5), Bangkok (3), Ratchaburi (1), Phichit (1), Singhaburi (1), and Phayao (1).
He revealed that 227 close contacts of the Singburi case had all tested negative and were in quarantine to ensure health safety.
As for farm festival participants in Chiang Rai, more than 2,000 people had been checked and found negative so far.
Dr Taweesin asked cooperation from the public by wearing face masks and checking-in with the ThaiChana app as the recent domestic cases took about 2-3 days to conclude and track all close contacts. If ThaiChana is fully utilised, it would help stop Thailand from entering the second wave since health officers can easily and quickly contain all risks.
Researchers from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi have found 4,000-5,000 green peafowl in Phayao province.
They intend to make a map of birds around the country to record the actual population.
The new number is 10 times higher than the previous study which estimated only 400-500 peafowl in Khao Sanam Priang Wildlife Sanctuary.
Tananun Chotprasertkhun, a researcher funded by the Asahi Glass Foundation, who is studying peafowl in the northern region, is trying to figure out the exact number of the population for ecotourism management.
She said that peafowl are an indicator of the abundance of forest and whether the forest has a suitable eco-system for the flora and fauna.
She said that the birds and the locals have conflicts due to the expansion of human residential and agricultural zones where peafowl come to find food.
The idea of ecotourism will help them live in harmony and the model community will be the Huai Khao Kam subdistrict in Phayao province.
The peafowl is under Thailand’s wildlife protection and it is listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list of endangered species.
Their Majesties attend ceremony to honour King Rama IX on his birthday
Dec 06. 2020
By The Nation
Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by Royal Family members, visited Sanam Luang late in the evening on Saturday to join an auspicious candle-lighting ceremony to commemorate the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, which is also celebrated as Father’s Day in Thailand.
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