Details on movements of Nonthaburi Covid case made public #SootinClaimon.Com

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Details on movements of Nonthaburi Covid case made public (nationthailand.com)

Details on movements of Nonthaburi Covid case made public

NationalDec 22. 2020

By THE NATION

The Public Health Ministry on Tuesday released a timeline detailing the movements of a 63-year-old man in Nonthaburi province who tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.

The man, who lives with his wife in Nonthaburi’s Muang district, has come in close contact with 15 people, who are being tracked by officials.

According to the official timeline, the man had come in contact with Myanmar migrant workers, who worked on a refurbishment job on December 3 and 11. Some workers had a cough and did not wear face masks at all times.

On the evening of December 11, the patient attended a party held by Saksiam International.

On December 12, he attended a meeting at a private company in Rangsit area at 10am, and then dined with his wife at a restaurant in Muang Thong Thani at 7pm. By then he had developed symptoms of fatigue and was suffering from diarrhoea.

On December 13, he visited his son’s home in the Venue Flow housing estate in Muang province where he reportedly touched four members of the son’s family. His son later took him for a massage to help with his fatigue.

In the evening, the patient attended a party at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok and came in contact with 22 people. During that time, the man had run to the toilet around six times from diarrhoea.

On December 14, the patient stayed at home. He was unable to eat and passed blood in his stool twice.

On December 15, he stayed in again but held online meetings with his colleagues.

On December 16, he spent most of the day at home, but dined at a restaurant in Nonthaburi’s Prachachuen area at 7pm and at 8pm, he went to The Mall Ngamwongwan complex and entered a Nike shop.

On December 17, he travelled to his other house in Bang Yai district and returned at 4pm.

On December 18 and 19, he stayed at home.

On December 20, he took his wife to Thansamritwittaya School in the province, where she cast her vote for the provincial administration organisation (PAO) chief. After that, he went to another election station in Bang Yai district to exercise his own ballot.

At 3pm that day, he drove to Bang Bua Thong Hospital to undergo a Covid-19 check. The following day, test results showed he had coronavirus.

8 test positive in Samut Songkram after returning from hotspot Samut Sakhon #SootinClaimon.Com

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8 test positive in Samut Songkram after returning from hotspot Samut Sakhon (nationthailand.com)

8 test positive in Samut Songkram after returning from hotspot Samut Sakhon

NationalDec 22. 2020

By THE NATION

As of 11am on Tuesday, Samut Songkram’s public health officer Dr Santhit Booyasong said eight people had tested positive for Covid-19 in the province.

He made this announcement at a provincial outbreak prevention meeting chaired by governor Charas Boonnasa.

“The eight are among 91 high-risk persons tested after visiting Samut Sakhon, where an outbreak has erupted,” he said.

“Of the eight confirmed cases, six had visited Talay Thai market, while one visited Big C and Lotus in Mahachai, and one went to Central in Mahachai. They are all Thai nationals.

“Nine other persons are being tested for a second time to confirm the result at Somdet Phraphutthalertla Hospital,” added Santhit. “Public health officers will continue to trace and test persons who are at high risk and have prepared a temporary quarantine facility at Amphawa Hospital in case more infections are found.”

Samut Sakhon governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri said on Tuesday that the number of infected people in the province had risen to 1,063.

Royal Irrigation Dept closes for deep clean after engineer tests positive #SootinClaimon.Com.

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Royal Irrigation Dept closes for deep clean after engineer tests positive (nationthailand.com)

Royal Irrigation Dept closes for deep clean after engineer tests positive

NationalDec 22. 2020

By The Nation

An engineer at the Royal Irrigation Department had himself tested after losing his sense of smell and the result came out positive. He had previously visited a market in Samut Sakhon.

The department, meanwhile, has closed its 14-storey building in Bangkok’s Samsen area for a day to give it a deep clean.

“Every employee will also be strictly screened,” the department said.

The engineer’s movements have been tracked and the timeline is as follows:

• December 13: Arrived in Samut Sakhon to dine with his family at the Krua Chaophraya Restaurant before stopping off at an ice-cream parlour in Mahachai subdistrict.

• December 14-17: Went to work as normal.

• December 18-20: Visited Si Sa Ket province to cast his vote for the provincial administration organisation poll.

• December 21: Went to work in the morning and was instructed by his supervisor to take a Covid-19 test.

• December 22: He tests positive for Covid-19.

Samut Sakhon outbreak has domino effect on seafood sales in Chiang Mai #SootinClaimon.Com

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Samut Sakhon outbreak has domino effect on seafood sales in Chiang Mai (nationthailand.com)

Samut Sakhon outbreak has domino effect on seafood sales in Chiang Mai

NationalDec 22. 2020

By THE NATION

The sale of seafood in Chiang Mai’s Muang Mai market is reportedly suffering after there was an explosion of Covid-19 cases in Samut Sakhon’s stemming from one of its main shrimp markets.

Muang Mai is the largest seafood market in Chiang Mai, and many vendors said on Tuesday morning that their sales had dropped sharply after news of the virus broke out.

Vendor Payong Wanamkang said his sales has fallen by 20 to 30 per cent, adding that his employees, who are migrant workers, wear gloves and face masks at all times.

Other vendors have also put up signs saying their seafood does not originate from Samut Sakhon in a bid to convince customers.

As of Tuesday, 427 new cases were detected, 397 of whom were migrant workers, which took the total number of cases in the latest outbreak above 1,000.

Nearly 90 per cent of the positive cases were migrant workers, Samut Sakhon governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri said.

The rate of positive results has improved from 40 per cent three days ago to 27.91 per cent on Tuesday.

Court dismisses lese majeste charge against mother of activist Sirawith #SootinClaimon.Com

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Court dismisses lese majeste charge against mother of activist Sirawith (nationthailand.com)

Court dismisses lese majeste charge against mother of activist Sirawith

NationalDec 22. 2020

By The Nation

The Criminal Court has dismissed a lese majeste charge against Patnaree Charnkij, the mother of political activist Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat.

Police had accused her of replying “Ja” (Yeah) to Burin Intin, a lese majeste suspect, in a private Facebook message on March 12, 2016. Burin was later jailed for 11 years over the post.

Police said Patnaree’s single-word response constituted an offence under Section 112 of the criminal code, also known as the lese majeste law.

However, the court’s examination of the case found Patnaree had no intention to undermine members of Thai royal family. Academics who inspected the evidence said that the comment “Ja” could not be interpreted as a lese majeste violation.

Patnaree burst into tears on hearing the not guilty verdict, saying that she should not have been accused in the first place and was only targeted because of her son Sirawith’s activities.

Sirawith is leader of the Resistant Citizen group and a well-known critic of the military junta that ruled at the time of his mother’s arrest. He has been attacked and beaten several times by anonymous assailants in what observers suspect are attempts to silence his criticism of authorities.

Patnaree asked the prosecutor not to appeal the case as it had already been heard behind closed doors by a military court, before being transferred to the civilian court.

Govt considers implementing new law on communicable diseases in 2021 #SootinClaimon.Com

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Govt considers implementing new law on communicable diseases in 2021 (nationthailand.com)

Govt considers implementing new law on communicable diseases in 2021

NationalDec 22. 2020 Anutin Charnvirakul Anutin Charnvirakul 

By The Nation

The government plans to implement a new law on communicable diseases to empower the disease control committee into new issuing measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 next year, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.

He said this move was in response to criticism over the use of emergency decree, adding that Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has checked the new act thoroughly.

“We believe that if the situation does not worsen, we will suspend the emergency decree and implement the new act after New Year holidays,” he said.

He said it was not necessary to launch additional measures during this time, adding that the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has the situation under control.

He also said that people who have symptoms can take a free Covid-19 test at hospitals. “The ministry will get reimbursement from the National Health Security Office,” he added.

Nobody broke out of quarantine facility, insists Samut Sakhon governor #SootinClaimon.Com

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Nobody broke out of quarantine facility, insists Samut Sakhon governor (nationthailand.com)

Nobody broke out of quarantine facility, insists Samut Sakhon governor

NationalDec 22. 2020

By The Nation

Samut Sakhon governor has dismissed online rumours that migrant workers broke down a wall to escape the quarantine facility.

Governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri, who also chairs the Provincial Communicable Diseases Committee, said there is an old broken wall in the area, but it has been secured with razor wire and is guarded by police.

He said people could not escape anyway, because the entire area was guarded round the clock by soldiers and police officers.

“I urge people not to worry about disease control measures in the province. However, they can still notify the authorities if they find any violators. The Disease Control Committee will take the strongest action based on the Disease Control Act and other related laws if there are any violators,” Veerasak added.

Bangkok orders strict implementation of Covid-19 measures in public places #SootinClaimon.Com

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Bangkok orders strict implementation of Covid-19 measures in public places (nationthailand.com)

Bangkok orders strict implementation of Covid-19 measures in public places

NationalDec 22. 2020

By THE NATION

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday ordered strict implementation of measures at four public spaces – markets, parks, religious places and entertainment venues – in the capital.

The order requires operators of each place to provide health measures to staff and visitors, such as space for social distancing, temperature checking and hand sanitising gel.

Visitors and staff are also ordered to wear face masks, and the places must be cleaned regularly.

Besides, the operators must collect visitors’ information for tracking, and run a queue system, particularly at parks and entertainment venues.

Under the announcement, entertainment venues – pubs, bars and karaokes – face the greatest challenge to strictly implement the measures.

In addition to the “new normal” measures, operators of entertainment venues are required to limit their customer numbers, with at least four cubic metres for one person. Group customers should be limited to a maximum of five persons.

Singers or other staff are prohibited from being close to customers. Nevertheless, the singers and dancers are allowed to dance on stage.

The BMA also has banned entertainment venues from running promotions of products they sell. Serving of drinks in mugs or other sharing containers are prohibited, while customers are not allowed to bring their drinks into the venues.

The BMA has urged the operators to install CCTV cameras at their venues, and ordered them to save the footage for at least one month before deletion.

Deaths of Thai dugongs ring alarm bells in govt #SootinClaimon.Com

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Deaths of Thai dugongs ring alarm bells in govt (nationthailand.com)

Deaths of Thai dugongs ring alarm bells in govt

NationalDec 22. 2020

By The Nation

The death of another dugong has prompted Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-Archa to push efforts to boost the population of the endangered mammals.

Varawut said urgent action was needed after the discovery of a dugong carcass on a beach in Trang province on Sunday.

The animal is thought to have been killed by a stingray, as a barb was found imbedded in its skin.

Varawut said it was the second dugong found dead within a few days, the other having been pregnant. He said was concerned about Thailand’s population of dugongs, which is thought to number less than 250.

The minister ordered Sophon Thongdee, director-general of the Marine and Coastal Resources Department, to find ways of conserving the population and lowering the death toll.

An existing conservation project aims to boost the number of dugongs in Thai seas to 280 by the year 2022.

21 Lampang students hurt as school van overturns #SootinClaimon.Com

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21 Lampang students hurt as school van overturns (nationthailand.com)

21 Lampang students hurt as school van overturns

NationalDec 22. 2020

By The Nation

A van carrying primary-level students in Lampang province flipped over on Tuesday morning, injuring 21 passengers.

The accident did not claim any lives.

Police officers showed up with local mitigation officials and helped pull students out of the overturned van.

Of them, 14 were taken to Mae Moh Hospital by good Samaritans.

The driver, 60, said he had lost control of the van when its clutch stopped working, though police have said they will investigate the case further.