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A Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting on Thursday agreed to reopen 15 more provinces to foreign tourists between November 1 and 30, spokesman Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin announced.

However, certain measures for entering the kingdom may still strictly be in effect, such as requiring every tourist to be fully vaccinated and taking a RT-PCR test.

The next CCSA meeting will take a final decision and reveal the details.

The provinces that are expected to reopen to foreign tourists are:

– Bangkok

– Samut Prakan (Suvarnabhumi Airport)

– Krabi (the whole province)

– Phang-nga (the whole province)

– Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin, Nong Kae)

– Phetchaburi (Cha-am)

– Chonburi (Pattaya, Bang Lamung, Na Chom Thian, Bang Saray, Koh Si Chang, Si Racha)

– Ranong (Koh Phayam)

– Chiang Mai (Mueang district, Mae Rim, Mae Taeng, Doi Tao)

– Loei (Chiang Khan)

– Buriram (Mueang district)

– Nong Khai (Mueang, Si Chiang Mai, Tha Bo, Sangkom)

– Udon Thani (Mueang, Na Yung, Nong Han, Prajaksilpakom, Kumphawapi, Ban Dung)

– Rayong (Koh Samet)

– Trat (Koh Chang).

Published : October 14, 2021

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If the four southern border provinces can vaccinate 70 per cent of their population in time, they may be able to reopen their borders connected to Malaysia from December 1, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said after a meeting with Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who visited the provinces to monitor the Covid-19 situation.

Phiphat discussed with the Royal Thai Consulate-General of Penang the possibility of including Kedar in a so-called “travel bubble” between Malaysia’s Langkawi and Koh Lipe in Satun as ferries can connect the two countries.

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The Culture Ministry has clarified that people vaccinated with Sinovac or Sinopharm will be allowed to attend the Royal Kathin Ceremony.

The clarification came after Kaw Klai Party member Wirot Lakkana-Adisorn took to Twitter to claim that only people vaccinated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna or J&J would be allowed to participate in the ceremony while those who have received Sinovac or Sinopharm jabs most likely won’t be allowed to take part.

Ministry spokesman Prasop Riang-ngoen said the Twitter post likely stemmed from a misunderstanding and was not true.

The Culture Ministry had a meeting with the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Disease Control and related agencies to determine hygiene rules for the ceremony.

The guidelines state that people who attend the ceremony should be inoculated with any brand of vaccine approved by Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organisation. Participants must have received two injections or at least 1 injection not less than 14 days before the ceremony.

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Flooding has led to an unavoidable rise in canal and river waters in Ayutthaya province, especially at Wat Phanan Choeng, bringing the fish closer than usual to temple visitors, who can almost reach out and touch them during feeding.

Fish feeding is a common activity when people visit temples located at rivers or canals. Visitors normally purchase fish food on the cheap in temples and proceed to feed the seemingly always-hungry, abundant shoals.

These photos were posted on the Facebook page of Wat Phanan Choeng on Wednesday. 

Feeding frenzyFeeding frenzyFeeding frenzy

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A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday in Samut Prakan for allegedly tricking another woman into prostitution in Bahrain by offering her a spa massage job. The suspect admitted to sending the woman abroad but insisted she did not deceive the woman into selling sexual services.

Police said no government officer has yet been found to be involved in or related with the incident.

On Thursday, Central Investigation Police Commander Pol Lt-General Jirapop Phuridej announced the arrest of a 54-year-old woman who had tricked a Thai woman for sexual services in Bahrain after the incident had been reported to Pavena Foundation. The suspect was arrested at Samut Prakan’s Phra Samut Chedi district before being detained for interrogation.

Pol Lt-General Jirapop said that the accused was one of the key agents responsible for persuading a young woman to work at spa parlours in Bahrain with an income of more than 50,000 baht per month. But once the victim had arrived, she was confined to a room and was threatened to give such services in order to pay for the debt the victim had allegedly caused with the agency company.
 
Later, the victim had been brought to sell sexual services in various places and 50 per cent of the income was taken by the agency. The victim then reported to the Pavena Foundation for help and was brought back safely to Thailand.
 

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Preliminary, the accused has refused the accusation by saying the victim was only brought to work abroad, but had not been forced for sex trafficking. The officials are expanding the investigation to find the actual number of women who have been tricked into selling sexual services abroad.
 
“There have been more reports of sex trafficking in other countries but it is confirmed that no government officers are involved,” Pol Lt-General Jirapop concluded.

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The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday gave the green light for curfew time to be reduced. From October 16, curfew will be from 11pm to 3am.

CCSA spokesperson Taweesin Visanuyothin said that markets, convenience stores, cinemas, restaurants, theatres and department stores will be allowed to open until 10pm.

He also said that elderly daycare centres can open as usual.

“Meanwhile, public transport will be allowed to carry more passengers on board,” Taweesin added.

Changes have also been made to Covid-control, colour-coded provinces.

Twenty-three provinces are dark red zones under maximum and strict Covid control: Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Tak, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nonthaburi, Narathiwat, Pathum Thani, Prachinburi, Pattani, Ayutthaya, Yala, Rayong, Ratchaburi, Songkhla, Samut Prakan, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon, and Saraburi.

Thirty provinces are red zones under maximum control: Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chumphon, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Trang, Trat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phatthalung, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phetchaburi, Phetchabun, Maha Sarakham, Ranong, Lopburi, Sisaket, Satun, Sa Kaeo, Sing Buri, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Ang Thong, Udon Thani and Ubon Ratchathani.

Twenty-four provinces are orange zones or controlled areas: Krabi, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Phanom, Nan, Bueng Kan, Buriram, Phayao, Phang Nga, Phrae, Phuket, Mukdahan, Mae Hong Son, Yasothon, Roi Et, Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Sakon Nakhon, Sukhothai, Nong Khai, Nong Bua Lamphu, Amnat Charoen, Uttaradit, and Uthai Thani.

Curfew hours to be reduced to 11pm-3am

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Police officers seized 470,000 drugs worth over THB14 million on a Kukrit roadside in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district on Wednesday night.

The seizure came after police were tipped off that traffickers would clandestinely deliver drugs to customers in the area.

Police make THB14m drug haul, hunt wily traffickers

“We deployed officers to search for the drug traffickers but managed to find only the drugs hidden in three sacks,” the police said.

Police make THB14m drug haul, hunt wily traffickers

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Police make THB14m drug haul, hunt wily traffickers

The police added that they would accelerate a check of CCTV footage and closely scan the packages for fingerprints in the hope of identifying the drug runners and taking legal action against them.

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All merchants at Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street will undergo a Covid-19 rapid antigen test on Thursday as the street is to be reopened for tourists this weekend.

As the pandemic situation has eased in the capital with relaxed restrictions from the government, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to open the Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street for visitors from 3pm to 8pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from October 15 onwards.

To be in line with the virus prevention policy, the merchants were appointed to be tested for Covid-19 with an antigen test kit free of charge.

Klong Ong Ang Walking Street is located along both sides of Ong Ang canal, from Damrong Sathit Bridge to Saphan Han Bridge, and is close to Sam Yot MRT station.

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Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street set to reopenKhlong Ong Ang Walking Street set to reopen

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The Foreign Ministry said it would know by the end of October when the US will dispatch the latest consignment of vaccines, which may not be Pfizer.

Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Thursday that the foreign affairs sector, the security affairs department and medical and vaccine experts in the US are presently discussing when to send the vaccines to Thailand.

Don said the US government will decide which vaccine will be sent and this might not be Pfizer.

He also said US Senator Tammy Duckworth told him that the US wanted to send the vaccine to Thailand but this was delayed by a lack of response.

Don said it was an old issue and he did not want to reveal that it was her misunderstanding.

He also said he did not want to comment on politician Sudarat Keyuraphan going to the US to negotiate for a new consignment of vaccines.

US presently discussing when to send more vaccines to Thailand: Don

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Don said the ministry would propose some adjustments to the measures dealing with the reopening of the country on November 1, including adding to the list of low-risk countries from which tourists will be allowed. He added that Thailand would add more countries to the list, but did not want to reveal any more information right now.

Published : October 14, 2021

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Thai researchers were in for the find of their lives when they discovered a new species of orchid in the world at Khao Luang in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. They have named the orchid “Uaeng anyamanee Si Thammarat” – Si Thammarat Gem Orchid – or corybas papillatus Inuthai.

The discovery of corybas papillatus Inuthai was announced on Thammasat University’s Faculty of Science and Technology website on Monday, with collaboration with the Forest Herbarium (BKF) Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Prince of Songkla University’s Plant Museum (PSU Herbarium). The discovery of this new orchid species has also been published on the PhytoKeys journal website.

Researchers make exciting gem-orchid discovery

This new species of orchid was firstly found by the BKF researchers at Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Khao Luang National Park. The corybas papillatus Inuthai is a small ground orchid. There are tubers of round or oval shape with heart-shaped single leaves, purple flowers and sepals on the tips of round petals. The outer surface of the upper calyx is irregularly buttoned. Lateral sepals and petals are green with antennae-like lines. The cone is upright, rolled into a tube, forming a v-shaped cavity. There are two conical spurs. The lobe of the mouth is curved backward and spread out, almost spherical in shape, with hairs on the surface.

Upon examination, the corybas papillatus Inuthai was found to resemble Corybas villosus J. Dransf. & Gord. Sm., which was previously reported in Malaysia. But the upper sepals of the newly discovered orchid have no outer ridge and the lateral sepals are connected to the two petals.

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Researchers make exciting gem-orchid discovery

Published : October 14, 2021

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