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Isolated heavy rains forecast for Northeast, South west coast

Thundershowers are forecast for all regions with isolated heavy rains in the Northeast and the South’s west coast as the southwest monsoon prevails across the country, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, the Meteorological Department said on Thursday.

It advised all ships to proceed with caution as waves in the Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf are 1-2 metres high and more than 2 metres during thundershowers.

Here’s the weather forecast for the next 24 hours:

North: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees and highs of 30-35 degrees Celsius.

Northeast: Thundershowers in 60 per cent of the area with isolated heavy rains; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees and highs of 32-35 degrees Celsius.

Central: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees, highs of 34-36 degrees Celsius.

East: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 24-27 degrees, highs of 30-35 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

South (east coast): Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees, highs of 34-35 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Thundershowers in 70 per cent of the area with isolated heavy rains; temperature lows of 22-25 degrees, highs of 30-33 degrees Celsius; waves 1-2 metres high and over 2 metres during thundershowers.

Bangkok and surrounding areas: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 25-27 degrees, highs of 33-36 degrees Celsius.

Source: Thailand Meteorological Department

Published : August 12, 2021

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Covid front-liners need urgent legal protection, says health ministry and medical bodies

The Public Health Ministry and medical associations on Wednesday urged the government to quickly approve legal protections for health workers treating Covid-19 patients.

They issued the joint statement a day after the government said a draft decree on legal immunity for front-line medics was still being considered.

The joint statement was signed by Health Ministry executives, the Food and Drug Administration, Medical Association of Thailand, National Vaccine Institute, Government Pharmaceutical Organisation and several other medical bodies.

Public Health permanent secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit said the ministry and professional health bodies agreed that Covid-19 is a serious emerging disease with a broad impact that had caused many people to get sick and some families to lose loved ones.

The public health system has been fighting this disease for almost two years with disease controls, medicines and vaccines, backed by the full powers of government, private sector, volunteers, civil society and people, the statement said.

The urgent situation coupled with limitations in knowledge and resources may cause good-faith imperfections or errors in treatment decisions, it added.

Therefore, Public Health Ministry personnel and health network partners were urging the government to pass legal measures to protect medical workers, which would reduce anxiety and build confidence among front-line medics.

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Covid front-liners need urgent legal protection, says health ministry and medical bodies

Published : August 11, 2021

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Mangosteen price triples, 20,000 tonnes sold under new domestic strategy

The per-kilo price of Thai mangosteen has risen from 4-5 baht to 13-15 baht after the Fruit Board switched its strategy to domestic consumption rather than Covid-hit exports, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry said on Wednesday.

The adjusted 2021 fruit management plan helped release more than 20,000 tonnes of mangosteen to the market in the past few weeks, with quality-grade mangosteen fetching close to 50 baht per kilo.

The Department of Internal Trade said around 150,000 tonnes of mangosteen will be released in August.

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Alongkorn Pholbutr, adviser to the ministry, said the price could increase even further under the new measures, plus efforts to solve the container shortage, logistics problems, and labour mobility issues.

Agriculture Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has also urged the Fruit Board to help longan and rambutan farmers facing low prices ahead of a harvest expected to yield 40,000 tonnes of Southern langsat.

The Commerce Ministry reported that fruit exports rose 185 per cent and mangosteen exports grew more than 400 per cent in June. But in July, the surge of Covid-19 cases spurred lockdown measures that impacted exports to China, Thailand’s largest overseas fruit market, as well as to Vietnam and Laos. The container shortage also affected logistics, trade and fruit prices, said the Commerce Ministry.

Published : August 11, 2021

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Thailand procures 8.5 million rapid antigen kits for mass testing

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) says it will purchase 8.5 million Covid-19 rapid test kits from the lowest bidder, saving 400 million baht in budget.

Sirinut Cheewanphisannukul, GPO deputy director, said the agency was assigned by Rajavithi Hospital to procure 8.5 million antigen test kits (ATK) for the National Health Security Office (NHSO).

The GPO asked 19 of the 24 ATK vendors to participate in bidding for the contract. Sirinut said one company offered a price lower than the budget set by the NHSO, saving more than 400 million baht. The price of each test kit under the purchase contract is about 70 baht. This would also help reduce the market price of rapid test kits, she said.

The purchase contract will now be examined by Rajavithi Hospital, the NHSO working group and the GPO, while the kits should be distributed to various agencies before the end of August.

Published : August 11, 2021

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Thai Sang Thai Party, Lawyer’s Association suing Prayut over Covid crisis

The Thai Sang Thai Party and the Lawyer’s Association of Thailand are preparing to sue Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for alleged failure to manage the Covid-19 situation.

Thai Sang Thai (National Building Party) executives Pokin Polakul and Watthana Muangsuk on Wednesday met with Narinphong Jinaphak, president of the Lawyer’s Association, to discuss filing a lawsuit against Prayut and his government over its management of the Covid-19 crisis, which has devastated the economy and overwhelmed the country’s public health system.

Pokin was House Speaker from 2005-2006 while Watthana was minister of Industry, Commerce and Social Development and Human Security from 2003 to 2006. In late 2020 they formed the Thai Sang Thai Party together with former Pheu Thai chief strategist Sudarat Keyuraphan.

“The government’s negligence and ineffective handling of the Covid-19 situation has resulted in four waves of outbreak throughout the country with over 800,000 patients and more than 6,000 deaths,” said Narinphong.

“The rising number of infections has exceeded the capacity of the public health system as can be seen from the many people who have died on the streets or in their homes while waiting to be treated at hospitals.”

He added that the state of emergency imposed by the government from March 26, 2020 and extended to September has not slowed the outbreak.

“The centralisation of administrative power to the prime minister and the government means that they must take sole responsibility for the outcome when they exercise power,” said Narinphong.

He said Thai Sang Thai Party’s public campaign to sue the government had attracted around 700,000 signatures from members of the public.

“We agreed that we will sue only Prime Minister Prayut as he is the head of government and the one who announced the state of emergency,” he said. “We have finished drafting the lawsuit document and will submit it to the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Friday (August 13) at 10.30am.”

Published : August 11, 2021

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Girl,3, nurses Covid-infected father back to health in ICU

“I will keep you company, Dad,” reads the heart-warming message drawn by a Covid-infected 3-year-old taking care of her severely ill father in a Nakhon Ratchasima hospital ICU.

The message has been circulating on social media since August 2, as Thais prayed for the father and daughter to pull through.

On Wednesday, the doctor in the case thanked netizens for their support and announced the good news: both Covid patients have recovered and are ready to go home.

Photos of the “little nurse” taking care of her intubated father in the ICU room were posted on the Facebook account of Anuchit Niyompattama, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital.

The doctor posted follow-up photos on Wednesday with a post that read:

“#PicturesOfHopeAndEncouragementForTheTeam, the case of an infected father and daughter (the youngest ICU nurse). A three-year-old child holds a milk bottle as she lies next to her father who is on a high-flow ventilator. After many people have sent messages of concern and support, I would like to announce that they are now in a better condition and are allowed to go home. The father’s lungs, which had developed white spots, are almost fully recovered. The daughter is playfully healthy, and they have both received permission to leave the hospital and isolate at home for 14 days. I would like to thank you for all the support.”

All three members of the family contracted Covid-19, but concern is now focused on the mother, who was transferred for treatment in Bangkok.

Published : August 11, 2021

By : The Nation