The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has warned people not to eat grilled blue-ring octopus as its venom is lethal
The octopus was sold at the market in Pathum Thani province.
The DMCR official Facebook page wrote that the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute had received a report from Jantra Phumphuang who saw the poisonous octopus was sold at the market.
The page posted pictures of the grilled octopus to warn consumers to check the food whether it has a pattern of blue rings on its body before eating.
The blue ring octopus’s venom is very lethal and it can tolerate heat more than 200 Celsius degrees, so the cooking process would not get rid of the poison, the DMCR wrote.
Eight other Thai nationals were arrested on Monday for crossing the border illegally from Myanmar’s Tachileik city to Chiang Rai district.
All women, the group had worked in Myanmar and decided to return to Thailand due to the Covid-19 situation. Each paid Bt6,500 to Myanmar traffickers so as to avoid border checks.
On the same day, Chiang Rai authorities revealed that two Thai women who returned from Tachileik earlier had tested positive for Covid-19.
They added that most Thais returning from Myanmar recently had crossed the border illegally to work in entertainment venues in the neighbouring country.
Four more people were arrested in Chiang Rai for sneaking over the border on Sunday, after one of the group announced their planned illegal crossing on Facebook last week. None were found to be suffering fever.
A pro-monarchy @jitarsa_school Twitter account has been suspended for allegedly violating regulations and attempting to manipulate the system and flooding with spams, according to a Reuters report.
According to the report, the account was connected to thousands of other accounts created to spread messages in favour of the establishment and the monarch himself.
Reuters said it had also reviewed internal Army training documents that showed evidence of a coordinated information campaign designed to spread favourable information and discredit opponents.
A Twitter representative said on Sunday that the suspension was in line with the company’s policies and not a result of Reuters’ request for comment.
The Royal Volunteers School’s account was created in September and had more than 48,000 followers.
Online posts supporting the monarchy have shot up drastically after the intensity of anti-establishment protests increased.
Fathers and their children will be allowed to use the BTS, BRT and Airport Rail Link services for free from 6am to midnight on Saturday to mark Father’s Day.
The birthday of beloved late monarch King Rama IX on December 5 is marked as national Father’s Day every year.
The free fares will cover all routes provided fathers and their children start and end the journey together. In addition, all children up to 90-centimetres tall will be allowed to travel for free.
Four provinces in the South are still inundated, while officials are working to help victims and ease the crisis, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said.
As of Monday, 30,272 households were found to have been affected by the flooding, but no casualties were reported. Though the situation has generally eased, the provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phattalung, Songkhla and Narathiwat remain flooded.
The department said it is collaborating with soldiers to help clear the water and evaluate the damage for a subsidy from the Finance Ministry.
The flooding was caused by heavy continuous rain brought to the region by the Northeast monsoon since last Wednesday.
Three Burmese were arrested in the Mae Sot district of Tak province early on Monday while attempting to sneak into Thailand by crossing the Moei River.
The patrolling unit arrested them near the bank of the river. They confessed that they were trying to find a job in Thailand as they suffered from unemployment in their home country.
A white pickup with a Bangkok licence plate was spotted around the scene and the driver ran away to Myanmar’s border after seeing police approaching.
There was no suspicious item found in the vehicle but police will further investigate whether it is linked to illegal immigrants.
Strict preventive measures have been implemented in the Chiang Mai walking street after a local resident tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
On Sunday, all tourists and retailers were seen wearing facemasks, while Chiang Mai Municipality officials were at hand to monitor the situation.
Meanwhile, tourists said they had confidence in the screening methods employed at the walking street to contain the spread of the disease.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported five new cases on Saturday, including a local infection. The local patient is a 29-year-old Chiang Mai resident.
Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, director of the Division of Communicable Disease, said investigation by related authorities showed the patient had worked in Myanmar from October 24 to November 23.
Chiang Rai immigration police on Sunday arrested three women and a transvestite after one of them boasted online of their illegal return from Myanmar.
On November 24, one of the women announced on Facebook that she and three of her friends had used the natural route to cross into Thailand.
When this post was seen by other social-media users, they attacked the women for being irresponsible and raised concerns about the risk of Covid-19 spreading.
Upon hearing of the post, immigration police collaborated with local authorities and public health officials to hunt down the group. The woman who posted the message was found with one of her friends and arrested at a checkpoint in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district.
She was identified as Nongnuch Srihawong, 28, and her friend as Nirawan Chandarui, 29. Neither of them had fever and were taken to the Chiang Rai immigration office for interrogation.
The other two women in Nongnuch’s group were found to have checked into a hotel in Mae Sai district. They were identified as Kanokporn Saensantia, 31, and Pattaraporn Ayuwat, 28. They also had no sign of fever.
Upon interrogation, the four women said they had initially crossed over to Myanmar’s Myawaddy city from Tak’s Mae Sot district to work illegally. They had apparently been offered jobs by a Myanmar man.
However, they decided to return to Thailand after realising that the economic situation in Myanmar is bad and also because they were concerned about Covid-19 cases there. They stayed in Mae Sai district for three days before parting. Nongnuch and Nirawan were heading to Pattaya to look for work, while the other two were planning to travel to Chiang Mai.
Two women were found infected with Covid-19 in Chiang Rai, provincial authorities revealed on Monday.
Both patients, aged 26 and 23, are currently undergoing treatment at Chiangrai Prachanukroh, Chiang Rai authorities, led by provincial governor Prajon Pratsakul, reported on Monday.
They were friends of a 29-year-old woman found infected with Covid-19 last week in Chiang Mai province.
The two patients had crossed the border illegally from Tachileik city in Myanmar to Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district on Friday. The two decided to visit Bangkok Hospital Chiangrai for a check-up on Saturday.
Around 30 people are at risk from the new cases. They include staff of the hotel where they had stayed, taxi bikers and persons they had met at hospitals. However, the two women had not travelled to crowded areas, unlike the other woman in Chiang Mai who tested positive last week, the authorities said.
They added that most people crossing back from Myanmar to Thailand recently were those who had crossed the border illegally to work in entertainment venues in the neighbouring country.
Timeline of the two new Covid-19 cases in Chiang Rai
Early November:
Two women aged 26 and 23 years travel to work at an entertainment venue in Tachileik district in Myanmar.
Nov 25: Both of them feel sick with low fever and cough. They are aware that a co-worker in the entertainment venue was found to be infected with Covid-19.
Nov 27: In the middle of the night, they cross the Moei River, with a Myanmar national leading the way. After crossing over into the Thai side, they take a motorcycle taxi to buy food and water before staying in a hotel in Mae Sai district (wearing a mask all the time).
They enter the hotel at 9am and stay in separate rooms. They go out at night to a convenience store using the motorcycle of a hotel staff.
Nov 28: At 3pm, the 26-year-old hires a motorcycle from Mae Sai district to Muang district, stopping by a shop located opposite the hotel before going out to get tested.
At 5pm, she is tested for the infection at a private hospital in Chiang Rai.
At 9.30pm, she is transferred to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.
The 23-year-old orders food delivery to her hotel room.
Nov 29: At 2am, the 26-year-old’s Covid-19 infection is confirmed.
The same day, the 23-year-old woman starts to have fever, headache, body ache and mucus while staying in the hotel when disease control officers come to take her for testing after the Covid-19 test of her friend is confirmed positive.
Nov 30: Infection of the 23-year-old is confirmed.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 21 new cases in state quarantine facilities over the past 24-hour period on Monday. This is the highest number in several months.
The cases include a Thai man, 35, who arrived from India on November 15 on a flight that also stopped at the United Arab Emirates and checked into a quarantine hotel in Bangkok where he tested positive on November 23.
A Thai masseuse, 39, returned from Italy on November 21 and went to state quarantine facility in Chonburi where she tested positive on November 28. She had taken a connecting flight in Qatar.
Two Thai women aged 55 and 42 returned from Germany on November 21 and 26 and checked into a state quarantine hotel in Bangkok and an alternative state quarantine facility in Samut Prakan respectively. They both tested positive on November 26.
Two Thai women – an 18-year-old student and a 30-year-old entrepreneur – arrived from Switzerland on November 22 and checked into an alternative state quarantine hotel in Bangkok, where they tested positive on November 27.
A Japanese man, 57, accompanied by three Thai women aged 21, 25 and 27, arrived from Japan on November 22. The man checked into a state quarantine hotel in Bangkok, while the women checked into a state quarantine hotel in Chonburi. They tested positive on November 27 and 28.
A French businessman, 69, landed in Bangkok on November 23 and checked into a quarantine hotel where he was found positive on November 26.
An 18-year-old Thai student returned from the UK on November 23 and checked into a state quarantine hotel in Chonburi, where she tested positive on November 27.
A Thai masseuse, 33, and a Russian man, 31, arrived from Russia on November 23 and checked into a state quarantine hotel in Chonburi and alternative state quarantine in Samut Prakan respectively. They tested positive on November 27 and 28.
A Thai woman, 60, arrived from Denmark on November 23 and checked into a state quarantine hotel in Chonburi, where she tested positive on November 28.
A 39-year-old medical tourist from Oman arrived on November 26 and checked into an alternative hospital quarantine in Chonburi, where he tested positive for the virus on the same day.
A Thai woman, 38, arrived from the Netherlands on November 28 and tested positive at the screening checkpoint in Suvarnabhumi airport.
A 20-year-old Thai woman who arrived from Switzerland on November 22 and a 20-year-old Thai man who returned from the United States on the same day checked into a quarantine hotel in Bangkok, where they tested positive on November 27. Both were repeat cases as she had first been infected on November 11 and he on November 4.
Two Thai women aged 26 and 23, who work in entertainment venues in Myanmar were caught trying to illegally enter Thailand through natural channels on November 27. They tested positive and had fever, cough and runny nose. They have been sent to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, three other patients have recovered and discharged.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 3,998 (1,034 in state quarantine), 135 of whom are in hospital and 3,803 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains unchanged at 60.
As of 10am according to Worldometer, the total number of confirmed cases worldwide has risen to 63 million (up by 502,335). Of them, 43.54 million have recovered, while 18.06 million are active cases (105,549 in severe condition) and 1.47 million have died (up by 7,299).
Thailand ranks 151st for most cases in the world, while the US tops the list with 13.75 million, followed by India 9.43 million, Brazil 6.31 million, Russia 2.27 million and France 2.21 million.
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