Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday (October 2) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 11,375 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 184 of whom have been found in prisons.
Death toll increased by 87, while 13,127 patients were cured and allowed to leave hospitals.
Cumulative cases in the country are at 1,626,604 with 16,937 total deaths.
Thailand planned to reopen Bangkok and some tourist destinations such as Krabi, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Koh Phayam to fully vaccinated visitors, following the reopening of Phuket and Samui islands in pilot schemes since July.
Thailand has announced a plan to waiver mandatory quarantine requirement for fully-vaccinated visitors arriving from November in the capital Bangkok and certain tourism hotspots in nine other regions, amid efforts to revive the ailing tourism sector and economic growth.
The Southeast Asian country planned to reopen Bangkok and some tourist destinations such as Krabi, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Koh Phayam, following the reopening of Phuket and Samui islands in pilot schemes since July, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the country’s COVID-19 task force.
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Nationwide, the CCSA planned to halve the mandatory quarantine period for fully-vaccinated visitors arriving from Friday to seven days, and reduce it to 10 days for those that have not finished vaccination.
A woman wearing a face mask works out at a gym in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
The CCSA also decided to further ease restrictions from Friday in 29 regions under maximum control, including Bangkok, to allow more businesses and venues such as spas, cinemas, libraries and indoor sports venues to reopen with certain requirements, and shortened the night-time curfews by one hour.
These measures came as the government strove to revive the country’s pandemic-battered economy. The tourism sector, which accounted for about one-fifth of the country’s GDP growth before the pandemic, has been hit hard after more than one year of border control.
Foreign tourist arrivals plunged to 6.7 million in 2020 from a peak of nearly 40 million in 2019.
Thailand reported 11,754 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, rebounding for three consecutive days after falling to a two-month low on Tuesday, and 123 more deaths, according to the CCSA.
The country is accelerating vaccine rollout to gear up for the broader reopening. It has administered about 53.7 million doses of vaccines, with more than 28 percent of its nearly 70 million population having been fully vaccinated.
Bangkok and 10 other provinces have vaccinated more than 50 percent of their residents, according to data from the Department of Disease Control.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration vowed to reopen the city to fully-vaccinated travellers after 70 percent of its residents being vaccinated.
A citizen receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
The Thailand Meteorological Department said on Saturday (October 2) that southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand. Thundershowers are likely over the country with isolated heavy rain in the Central.
The weather forecast for the next 24 hours is as follows:
North: Thundershowers in 60 per cent of the areas with gusty wind; temperature lows of 22-24 degrees and highs of 29-35 degrees Celsius.
Northeast: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the areas with gusty wind; temperature lows of 23-25 degrees and highs of 31-34 degrees Celsius.
Central: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the areas with isolated heavy rains; temperature lows of 24-25 degrees, highs of 33-35 degrees Celsius.
East: Thundershowers in 60 per cent of the areas; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees, highs of 32-34 degrees Celsius; waves less than a meter high and over one meter during thundershowers.
South (east coast): Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the areas; temperature lows of 23-26 degrees, highs of 31-34 degrees Celsius; waves less than a meter high and over one meter during thundershowers.
South (west coast): Thundershowers in 30 per cent of the areas; temperature lows of 20-25 degrees, highs of 32-34 degrees Celsius; waves a meter high and 1-2 meters during thundershowers.
Bangkok and surrounding areas: Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the areas; temperature lows of 26-27 degrees, highs of 32-34 degrees Celsius.
Cinemas across Thailand were allowed to open their doors on Friday provided they only fill 50 per cent of the seats and close before 9pm.
According to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) regulations, all moviegoers must keep their face masks on all the time and must be seated at least a metre from each other. No drinks or snacks are allowed inside the theatre.
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Several people showed up at Bangkok’s downtown Paragon Cineplex on Friday and people who came alone were seated two seats away from others.
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Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Staff wearing PPE suits also sprayed seats with disinfectant between shows for people’s safety.
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Apart from cinemas, CCSA is allowing other businesses, including libraries, museums, art galleries, nail salons, tattoo shops, spas and massage parlours, to resume limited operations from Friday onwards.
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
The curfew period in dark red provinces has also been cut by an hour to 10pm-4am, while markets and convenience stores can stay open until 9pm.
Healthcare pharmaceutical company Zuellig Pharma revealed on Friday that 1.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine Moderna will be delivered to Thailand this November.
According to the Zuellig Pharma’s statement, ZP Therapeutics, a company’s unit, confirmed that it will deliver 1.9 million doses Moderna to Thailand within the fourth quarter of 2021. The first lot was expected to deliver in November.
Also, the remaining 6.8 million doses were expected to be delivered within the first quarter of the next year.
Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) revealed the adverse symptoms after the Sinopharm vaccination, with 14 fatalities and 12 severe adverse reactions out of 9.4 million vaccine recipients.
The adverse reactions data from Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccination was published on Friday by the CRA. The data had been collected until Wednesday from the total of 9,373,448 vaccination doses.
5,780,736 people have received the first dose of vaccination. Out of the overall of Sinopharm vaccination, the adverse symptoms can be found as follows: 0.51 per cent of the total recipients had headache; 0.40 per cent had ache muscles; 0.37 per cent felt fatique; 0.35 per cent had swollen or rash at the vaccination spot; 0.34 per cent had fever.
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The second dose was given to 3,592,712 recipients, and the adverse reactions data compared to the total recipients is: 0.15 per cent of headache; 0.13 per cent of swollen vaccination spot; 0.13 per cent of muscle ache; 0.11 per cent of fatigue; 0.11 per cent of fever.
There were 14 fatalities, in which, two cases died from Covid-19 virus, two from myocardial ischemia, two congestive heart failure cases, four from congenital disease, one from untreated HIV, one cardiac arrhythmia, one stroke case, and one died from pneumonia, according to the CRA’s report.
The CRA also added that severe adverse symptoms were found in 12 Sinopharm vaccine recipients, which were four cases of cerebrovascular accident, four of cerebrovascular accident, one case of acute myocardial infarction, and three cases of severe vaccine allergy.
A rescue team hunting for the towboat driver and his wife who went missing on Wednesday finally found the body of Narumon Chandrachot, 51, on Thursday in Ayutthaya’s Bang Sai district.
Narumon and her husband Somchai Thankul, 62, disappeared when their boat sank in the Chao Phraya River near Ayutthaya’s Wat Phanan Choeng temple.
As of press time, the team had not been able to recover Narumon’s body. The strong currents had taken the body into Pathum Thani area as of 8pm on Thursday.
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The team plans to drag the sunk boat out of the river near the Ayutthaya River View Hotel on Friday as the tide is weak there. Divers have also been deployed to search for the missing driver inside the boat.
Floods caused by tropical storm Dianmu have damaged nearly 4 million rai of agricultural land in 36 provinces, the Department of Agricultural Extension said on Thursday.
Director-general Khemkhaeng Yuttithamdamrong said flooding had damaged 3.93 rai of agricultural land in Kamphaeng Phet, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Tak, Nan, Phrae, Phayao, Phichit, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Sukhothai, Uthai Thani, Nakhon Sawan, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Loei, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Prachin Buri, Rayong, Chai Nat, Lopburi, Ayutthaya, Ang Thong, Ratchaburi, Saraburi, Sing Buri and Suphan Buri.
“Of the land affected, 2.44 million rai are rice fields, 1.48 million rai are devoted to vegetables and other crops, while 18,430 rai are allocated to fruit and other plants,” he said.
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He added that the department is handing subsidies to 298,890 farmers affected by the flooding.
The subsidies will cover no more than 30 rai per household and the rate is 1,340 baht per rai for rice fields, 1,980 baht/rai for vegetable growers and 4,048 baht/per rai for growers of fruit and other perennial plants.
The department will also hand out seeds and other substances for farmers to use once the floods have receded.
Dianmu razes nearly 4 million rai of farmland in 36 provinces
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon said the ministry has instructed the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to focus on water management as the volume of water is likely to rise.
He added that though most people in Bangkok and its surrounding areas will not be affected by floods, people living on the banks of the Chao Phraya River should monitor the situation closely.
He said the ministry has taken steps to deal with floods and has set up 16 water pumps in flood-prone areas.
“People can be confident that this year will not be a repeat of the great floods of 2011,” he said.
Thailand’s daily Covid-19 infection rate rose to 11,754 with 123 deaths over the past 24 hours on Friday.
Of the new cases, 501 were in prisons.
Meanwhile, 12,473 people have recovered and been discharged over the past 24 hours.
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The country’s total caseload from Covid-19 stands at 1,615,229 – 1,483,143 of whom have recovered, 115,233 are still in hospitals and 16,850 have died.
Separately, another 792,116 people were given their first Covid-19 shot in the last 24 hours, 1,352,463 their second shot and 144,149 a booster, bringing the total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered nationwide to 53,784,812.
According to Worldometer, confirmed cases globally had risen to 234.60 million on Friday, 211.39 million of whom have recovered, 18.41 million are active cases (88,633 in severe condition) and 4.80 million have died (up by 7,800).
Thailand ranks 28th in the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 44.31 million, followed by India with 33.77 million, Brazil with 21.43 million, the UK with 7.81 million and Russia with 7.51 million.
A room at Din Daeng flat burst in flames around midnight on Sunday. No serious injuries were reported, meanwhile, police are suspecting if the cause of the fire was from a gas tank explosion or the protestor’s fire bomb as there have been daily gatherings of the Thalu Gas group in the area.
The fire on the third floor of Din Daeng flat, room No.124 of building 1 in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district, reportedly occurred at 00.10am on Sunday. The flat residents said they heard a loud noise twice before the fire immediately ignited from inside the room. The residents and some of the Thalu Gas protesters in the area tried to run up to the scene to extinguish the blaze. Later, the firefighter officers were able to intercept the fire not long after the incident was reported.
The fire did not spread to the neighboring rooms. Two volunteer officers were reported with mild injuries due to the inhalation of smoke during firefighting.
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Initially, the official is investigating the cause of the fire. Some of the witnesses told the reporters that they saw the ill-wishers threw fire bombs, while some said that it was a gas tank explosion.
Din Daeng flat goes up in flames at midnight, two volunteer officers mildly injuredDin Daeng flat goes up in flames at midnight, two volunteer officers mildly injured
A woman wearing a face mask works out at a gym in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
A citizen receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Bangkokians go to the cinema as normality returns slowly
Dianmu razes nearly 4 million rai of farmland in 36 provinces
Din Daeng flat goes up in flames at midnight, two volunteer officers mildly injured
Din Daeng flat goes up in flames at midnight, two volunteer officers mildly injured
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