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Bangkok cancels Songkran festivities, shuts entertainment venues on Khaosan Road

NationalApr 08. 2021File Photo of Songkran Festival on Khaosan Road in April 2019

By THE NATION

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to cancel all Songkran activities scheduled in all districts of the province in a bid to curb Covid-19 from spreading further after a new cluster of cases linked to entertainment venues in Thong Lo swiftly spread to other areas, deputy governor Kriangyos Sudlabha said on Wednesday.

“The Songkran activities at Lan Khon Meuang Plaza in Phra Nakhon district will be cancelled. These include an alms-giving ceremony and pouring water on the Buddha image and elders as blessings,” he said.

“Furthermore, activities scheduled to be held in other districts by the district office will also be cancelled,” Kriangyos stated.

“As for public and private organisations which cannot cancel their planned Songkran festivities, the BMA urges them to employ strict measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said.

The BMA also announced on Wednesday that it would shut all entertainment venues on Khaosan Road from April 7 to 12 and would provide a free Covid-19 test to all merchants in the area.

“During the Songkran festival, we advise people to perform the ceremony of pouring water on Buddha images and elders at home and avoid going out to crowded areas,” Kriangyos said.

“If you have to travel, make sure to wear a face mask at all times, maintain at least a one-metre distance from others and wash your hands regularly with soap and water or alcohol hand sanitiser,” he advised.

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Upper Thailand gets warmer, with thundershowers in some areas

NationalApr 08. 2021

By THE NATION

Upper Thailand will experience haze and an increase in temperature during the day as a low heat cell covers the region while the lower North, the Northeast, the Central region, including Bangkok and its vicinity, and the East will see thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain in some areas as southerly and southeasterly winds bring moisture from the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, the Meteorological Department said on Thursday.

Here’s the weather forecast for the next 24 hours:

Bangkok and surrounding areas: Hot day with haze and thundershowers in 30 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 24-26 degrees, highs of 34-36 degrees Celsius.

North: Hot day with haze and thundershowers in 20 per cent of the areas, gusty winds are possible in some areas; temperature lows of 20-23 degrees and highs of 33-38 degrees Celsius.

Northeast: Hot day with haze and thundershowers in 20 per cent of the area, gusty winds are possible in some areas; temperature lows of 20-25 degrees and highs of 33-37 degrees Celsius.

Central: Hot day with haze and thundershowers in 30 per cent of the area, gusty winds are possible in some areas; temperature lows of 23-24 degrees, highs of 34-37 degrees Celsius.

East: Hot day with haze and thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 23-25 degrees, highs of 34-37 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

South (east coast): Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 23-25 degrees, highs of 33-35 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Thundershowers in 40 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 22-25 degrees, highs of 33-36 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

Source: Thailand Meteorological Department

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Highly contagious UK strain of Covid virus arrives in Thailand

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

Chulalongkorn University’s virology centre conducted genetic tests on the samples collected from Covid-19 cases in Bang Khae and Thong Lor and found the British strain of the virus.

Samples collected from entertainment venues in the Thong Lor area carried the British strain, which spreads 1.7 times faster than the normal strain and the viral load in the patient is far higher.

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Health Minister Anutin caught maskless next to Covid-positive minister

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pictured without a face mask while sitting next to Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Tuesday – a day before Saksayam tested positive for Covid-19.

The two ministers were attending a merit-making event for Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party.

The photo shows Anutin sitting barefaced next to Saksayam, who is seated directly to his left.

Members of the Cabinet began self-isolating on Wednesday after news emerged that Saksayam had contracted Covid-19.

Anutin has been at the forefront of a campaign urging members of the public to cut their risk of infection by wearing face masks.

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Sa Kaew super-spreaders trigger stampede for Covid tests

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

Demand for Covid-19 tests surged in Sa Kaew on Wednesday after 20 infections in the eastern province were linked to the Bangkok cluster from nightspots in the Thong Lor area.

The 20 locals tested positive after coming into contact with the province’s 6th and 7th patients, a couple who had earlier visited a nightclub in Thong Lor.

Sa Kaew Governor Kiattisak Chanthra said more than 500 locals crowded into Sa Kaew Meeting Hall in Muang district on Wednesday to register for Covid tests at Somdet Phrayuppharat Sa Kaew Hospital.

“The number of people who showed up today was many more than we expected. Many are worried that they might be infected despite having no direct contact with those who have already tested positive. Only people who have been to entertainment venues visited by the patients between March 29 and April 4 should report for testing,” said the governor

“The province will focus on testing people in the high-risk group first. Those not in this group but still concerned they might be infected can visit their nearest hospital for testing,” he added.

The registration unit at the meeting hall is open daily from 8.30am to 4pm

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Bangkok cluster grows to 291 cases spread around country

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

A total of 291 Covid-19 infections had been linked to entertainment venues in and around Bangkok between March 22 and April 6, said the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Wednesday.

Of those infected, 200 were in Bangkok, 23 in Chonburi, 18 in Samut Prakan, 14 in Suphanburi, 13 in Nonthaburi, seven in Nakhon Pathom, five in Pathum Thani, two each in Chiang Mai, Chumphon and Samut Sakhon, and one each in Kanchanaburi, Tak, Lopburi, Sa Kaew and Loei.

Meanwhile, a total of 323, 989 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far in Thailand. These consisted of 274,354 first jabs and 49,635 second jabs.

Thailand launched its vaccination programme more than a month ago on February 28.

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Phuket Covid case linked to Bangkok cluster

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

Health officials in Phuket have confirmed eight people tested positive for Covid-19 – four on Tuesday and four on Wednesday.

One of the eight was linked directly to a pub in Bangkok’s Thong Lor area, where a cluster of infections emerged last week. The case was identified by Phuket health chief Koosak Kookiatkul as a 29-year-old woman who worked as a receptionist at Thong Lor entertainment venue where a customer had tested positive for Covid-19 on April 1.

On April 2, the receptionist took the 1.15pm flight from Don Mueang Airport to Phuket. She later developed symptoms and tested positive this week.

Four other cases contracted the virus from an entertainment venue in Phuket.

The remaining three who tested positive were members of a Phuket family. Health officials are investigating the source of their infection.

Elsewhere, health officials in Chiang Mai on Wednesday sterilised two nightclubs – Warm Up Cafe and Ground – that had been visited by a Covid-positive customer recently.

Both venues were also ordered to closed for 14 days from April 6 to 19.

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At least 9 officers at Thonglor police station infected

NationalApr 07. 2021

By The Nation

Nine police officers at Thonglor police station in Bangkok have tested positive for Covid-19 after an outbreak of the disease in the area’s bars and nightspots.

The nine were found to be infected after visiting the nightspots while on duty, said a Royal Thai Police spokesman on Wednesday.

A total of 189 officers at Thonglor police station had been tested for Covid-19 following the outbreak in local entertainment venues, the spokesman said. As well as the nine who tested positive, 22 officers identified as high-risk contacts were ordered to quarantine for 14 days. Officers at the station are scheduled to receive vaccine jabs on Thursday (April 8).

However, Thonglor police station is still open as usual after being disinfected on Tuesday.

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Army band members under quarantine after one tests positive

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

All 32 members of the Army band who delivered a performance at the “Music in the Garden” event held at Rama IX Park on Saturday have been ordered to go into complete isolation.

The decision was made after one of the bandmates tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and was admitted to the Veterans General Hospital for treatment.

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All surgeries at Rajavithi Hospital cancelled after pub-hopping neurosurgeon tests positive for Covid-19

NationalApr 07. 2021

By THE NATION

A doctor from Rajavithi Hospital has tested positive for Covid-19 and is believed to have picked up the virus from a pub in the Ekkamai area.

The hospital released a statement a medical personnel working in the neurosurgery ward was infected with Covid-19 and had a history of visiting pubs in Victory Monument and Ekkamai areas.

The Hospital Infection Control Committee has ordered the hospital to take the following measures:

• Refrain from accepting new patients and refer non-urgent cases.

• Close all operation theatres from Wednesday and only accept surgeries from April 19 onwards.

• No non-urgent surgeries or procedures to be done from Wednesday until April 18.

• All related areas to be given an ozone-based deep clean.

• All medical training courses to proceed as usual except for surgery.