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All six Thai women who sneaked in from Myanmar test positive for Covid-19 (nationthailand.com)

All six Thai women who sneaked in from Myanmar test positive for Covid-19

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

At a press briefing held by the Public Health Ministry on Covid-19 outbreak, Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn from the Department of Disease Control, said six additional cases were detected among people who sneaked into Thailand via Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district.

• A 28-year-old Phayao resident who went to work at the 1G1 entertainment venue in Myanmar’s Tachilek district in early November, illegally entered the country on November 27 with a Myanmar national. A motorbike picked her up at the border to deliver her at Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai bus terminal at 3pm, where she takes a taxi to the Big C department store near her home in Phayao at 6pm.

She goes out again on November 28 at 9pm to grab dinner, wearing a mask at all times.

On November 29, her boyfriend accompanies her to an outdoor Singha beer garden. They park their car at 8pm and seat themselves, but do not go near the stage. They then return home at 11pm, before heading downtown and checking in at Hop Inn at 4am. Later the same day they drive to Chiang Mai.

On November 30 at 5pm, the woman goes to a private hospital in Chiang Mai to be tested for Covid-19.

They then decide to return to Phayao the same night and she is admitted into Phayao Hospital. Results from the private hospital in Chiang Mai on December 1 confirm she is infected, as does a test conducted in Phayao Hospital the same day.

• A 21-year-old Thai woman sneaks into Thailand on November 28. [ Read more at https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398959 ]

• A 25-year-old Thai woman enters Thailand on November 28 with the 21-year-old above. After arriving in Don Mueang Airport on the same day, she takes a flight to Phichit to stay with another friend. They go out to dinner at Bird Bar in Phichit with another three friends. None of them wear masks.

Between November 29 and 30, this woman dines at both Bird Bar and Crocodile pub.

She is caught on December 1 after her friend in Bangkok tests positive and is taken to a local state quarantine facility, where she too tests positive.

• A 36-year-old Thai woman who had been in Myanmar since November 3 and had visited the 1G1 entertainment venue between November 23 and 24 develops Covid-19 symptoms on November 26. She treats her cough, runny nose and body ache with over-the-counter drugs, and is helped by a Myanmar national to sneak into Thailand via a natural border in Chiang Mai on November 29.

She then goes to Chiang Mai airport in a friend’s car, wearing a mask at all times, and takes a Thai Lion Air flight at 10.40am to land in Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport at midday on the same day.

She then takes a taxi to Mo Chit Bus Terminal, where she takes a van to Big C department store in Ratchaburi. She then heads to a private hospital after learning from a friend in Myanmar that someone from her group of friends had been infected. She is then transferred to the state hospital in Ratchaburi and confirmed to be positive on December 2.

• Two women, aged 23 and 35, who reportedly worked in Myanmar’s Tachilek district with a woman who had sneaked into Chiang Mai on November 24, tested positive but are asymptomatic. The duo had entered Thailand illegally via Chiang Mai and headed home to Mae Sot district in Tak province on November 26. They decided to go in for a test after learning their friend was infected.

After learning of the above cases, the Public Health Ministry has called on people to stop sneaking into the country like this because the government provides free quarantine facilities as well as food. People entering the country illegally are encouraged to report for a test.

The ministry has confirmed that there are no local transmissions, but believes measures need to be in place to curb the risk.

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Southerners evacuate homes as floods hit Songkhla, Surat Thani (nationthailand.com)

Southerners evacuate homes as floods hit Songkhla, Surat Thani

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

Two days of heavy rain across the South has flooded residential areas in Songkhla and Surat Thani provinces, leading many to evacuate their homes.

Residents in low-lying areas of the provinces began moving to higher ground on Tuesday as water levels rose quickly.

Hat Yai Airport in Songkhla was flooded by the heavy rain, while some schools in the district had to be closed and farmers’ fields were damaged.

Flooding hit a total of 10 districts in Songkhla with Muang, Singhanakhon, Rattaphum, Khuan Niang and Hat Yai suffering the worst damage.

Meanwhile, residential districts of Surat Thani were inundated by flash flooding from mountain runoff as storms lashed the province.

Surat Thani’s Marine and Coastal Resources Department is aiding victims and has warned boats not to leave shore.

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Interior Ministry rejects its own guidelines on expense reports for royal events (nationthailand.com)

Interior Ministry rejects its own guidelines on expense reports for royal events

NationalDec 02. 2020

By THE NATION

The Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that it was cancelling the guidelines on the amount officials can withdraw for expenses it had published on Tuesday in the Department of Local Administration website.

The announcement, dated December 1, said the guidelines were not in line with the ministry’s regulations.

On Tuesday, the ministry had issued rules on the amounts of money that can be withdrawn for holding events involving members of the royal family.

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Covid-19 patients sneak into Thailand, take separate flights to Don Mueang, Phitsanulok (nationthailand.com)

Covid-19 patients sneak into Thailand, take separate flights to Don Mueang, Phitsanulok

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

A 21-year-old woman, who sneaked into Thailand from Myanmar before taking a plane to Bangkok, was found to be infected with Covid-19.

The Thai woman, who visited Myanmar with a friend from November 17 to 27, crossed the natural border in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district in the wee hours of November 28.

She and her friend, both suffering from a fever, cough and runny nose, then checked into a hotel before calling a Grab Car to Chiang Rai airport later in the day, where she took a flight to Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport and her friend to Phitsanulok.

Reports say that she was not wearing her mask properly when travelling by taxi from the airport to her condo in Udomsuk.

She reportedly visited a clinic nearby with her boyfriend on November 29 for treatment of her symptoms, but was told to go to hospital. Her infection was detected at a private hospital in Bangna that day. Her boyfriend is deemed to be at high risk due to close contact.

Meanwhile, her friend apparently flew to Phitsanulok with plans to travel to Phichit. No data of her whereabouts was available as of press time.

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Govt organises outdoor performances in memory of beloved monarch (nationthailand.com)

Govt organises outdoor performances in memory of beloved monarch

NationalDec 02. 2020

By THE NATION

An outdoor visual extravaganza is being held daily to commemorate the birthday of much-loved monarch, King Rama IX, in the compound of the Defence Ministry in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district.

The late king’s birthday, December 5, is marked nationwide as Father’s Day.

The shows, held at 6.45pm and 8.30pm, will run until Sunday.

Exhibitions on the achievements of the late king are also being held along Sanam Chai Road and Saranrom Park.

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GH Bank braces for drop in profits due to non-performing loans (nationthailand.com)

GH Bank braces for drop in profits due to non-performing loans

NationalDec 02. 2020

By THE NATION

The Government Housing Bank (GH Bank) expects to be hit by Bt4.5 billion in non-performing loans (NPLs) by the end of this year, and believes its profits for 2020 will drop from Bt13 billion to Bt9 billion.

Chatchai Sirilai, the bank’s president, said the last batch of the GH Bank’s moratorium scheme, which ends on January 31, was joined by borrowers owing a total of Bt90 billion.

“In this group, about Bt9 billion is owed either by customers in a fragile group or those who have registered for the longest moratorium period allowed,” he said.

“We estimate that half of these loans, or Bt4.5 billion, will eventually become NPLs.

“Therefore, the bank has set up a reserve fund for the possibility of NPLs, which has resulted in our estimated profit target for 2020 being slashed from Bt13 billion to Bt9 billion,” he added.

“The previous moratorium scheme, which ended in October, however, showed a positive outcome,” Chatchai said. “Of the Bt275 billion debts that joined the programme, 87 per cent of the customers were able to pay back in full, 8.7 per cent could pay back in part, while the rest were unable to pay.”

As for payments being delayed due to the crashing of several banks’ mobile applications and online platforms earlier this week, Chatchai said GH Bank has extended the due date for November by four days or to December 4 to help customers who could not pay on time.

“We will also skip sending the late payment data to the National Credit Bureau, so customers are not be blacklisted for late payment,” he said.

“The GHB ALL mobile application has more than 800,000 registered users, though we previously aimed for 1 million users by yearend. However, due to economic recession we decided to extend the target timeframe to within the first quarter of 2021 instead,” he added.

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Police puzzle over dead man found in pool of blood (nationthailand.com)

Police puzzle over dead man found in pool of blood

NationalDec 02. 2020

By THE NATION

A man was found lying in a pool of blood near the Boromratchonnee intersection in Bangkok, and it is believed he may have succumbed to injuries from an accident.

On Monday, Bang Phlat Police Station received a call at around 10pm about a man lying unconscious on the footpath, with blood flowing from his nose and mouth.

Paramedics were called from Vajira Hospital nearby, but were unable to save the man, who was later identified as Sunchai Choeisophon, 51. Police found identification documents, bank book and Bt5,000 in cash on his person.

Witnesses said they saw the man kick a Teflon box before falling down.

Initial inspection shows that the cause of death may be an accident, but police are investigating to see if the man had been attacked.

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18 found positive in quarantine (nationthailand.com)

18 found positive in quarantine

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Wednesday reported 18 new cases in quarantine over a 24-hour period.

Most of the new cases are asymptomatic Thais who returned from abroad:

> A Thai woman, 56, travelled back from Turkey and went into alternative state quarantine in Samut Prakan on November 17. She was found positive on November 22.

> A Thai male construction worker, 53, returned from Kuwait on November 17 and entered hotel quarantine in Chon Buri. He tested positive on November 20.

> A Thai woman, 24, returned from Germany on November 19 and went into hotel quarantine in Bangkok. She was found positive on November 30.

> A male Egyptian language teacher, 44, arrived on November 24 and entered hotel quarantine in Samut Prakan. He tested positive on November 29.

> A Thai man, 31, returned from Israel on November 25 and went into hotel quarantine in Bangkok. He was found positive on November 30.

> A Thai man, 24, and a Thai female farmer, 29, flew back from Japan on November 25 and entered hotel quarantine in Chon Buri. Both tested positive on November 29.

> A Thai woman, 32, flew back from Sweden on November 26 and went into hotel quarantine in Bangkok. She was found positive on November 30.

> A Sudanese woman, 57, arrived on November 30 and entered alternative hospital quarantine in Bangkok. She tested positive the same day.

> Five Thais – one man (aged 31) and four women (27, 56, 56, 66) travelled from Switzerland on November 25. All went into state quarantine in Chon Buri and were found positive on November 29.

> A Thai man, 69, returned from the United States on November 29 and entered hotel quarantine in Bangkok. He tested positive the next day (November 30).

> A Thai woman, 43, and a man, 44, returned from Myanmar on November 24 and went into hotel quarantine in Bangkok. They were found positive around November 28-29.

> And a Thai woman, 25, who worked in an entertainment venue in Myanmar and entered Thailand illegally via the natural border. She admitted to entering the country on November 26. She contacted health officers for a test on November 28 and was found positive on November 30. She was taken to hospital in Chiang Rai.

Meanwhile, 11 patients have recovered and been discharged.

As of Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand has increased to 4,026 (1061 in state quarantine). Of these, 144 are in hospital and 3,822 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains at 60.

According to Worldometer, as of 10am the number of confirmed global cases has reached 64.19 million (increasing by 576,938 in 24 hours). Of these, 44.43 million have recovered, while 18.27 million are active cases (106,030 in severe condition) and 1.49 million have died (an increase of 11,887).

Thailand ranks a safe 151st for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number, with 14.1 million, followed by India (9.5 million), Brazil (6.39 million), Russia (2.32 million) and France (2.23 million).

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Mukdahan residents demand answers over abandoned public parks (nationthailand.com)

Mukdahan residents demand answers over abandoned public parks

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

Mukdahan residents are demanding to know why two public parks in the Si Boon Ruang sub-district have been allowed to turn into overgrown jungles.

Some have also asked if these parks were built just as an excuse to get government funds.

An official from the provincial Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning said these parks were part of five projects that were started in 2016 and completed two years later.

The parks were ruined after the flood, the official said, adding that the governor will be informed of the complaint and steps taken to reconstruct them.

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Four hurt after bus overturns, slides into Nakhon Si Thammarat canal, trapping passengers (nationthailand.com)

Four hurt after bus overturns, slides into Nakhon Si Thammarat canal, trapping passengers

NationalDec 02. 2020

By The Nation

Four passengers were injured when an omnibus flipped over amid rain and fell into a Nakhon Si Thammarat canal, trapping 40 passengers inside the vehicle.

Thung Yai police were notified of the incident at 4am on Wednesday and rushed to the scene with a team of volunteer rescuers.

At the scene they found several trapped passengers crying for help. Rescuers had to pry open the vehicle’s emergency door on the roof to bring them out one by one.

The four injured passengers were sent to hospital, while the others were taken to a nearby gas station to rest.

The driver told a reporter that the wet surface of the road caused the bus to slide towards the canal so he quickly turned the wheel in another direction, but the sudden movement made the vehicle flip over and fall into the canal.