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Stars taking Covid-19 test after DJ Matoom announces he’s positive

NationalJan 21. 2021

By The Nation

Covid-19 has become a hot topic in the entertainment industry and some stars have gone for virus tests after well-known host Techin Ploypetch, or DJ Matoom, posted a video clip on Instagram saying he was infected with the coronavirus and apologised to everyone affected. He also posted pictures of himself in hospital.

Friends in the entertainment industry, as well as Fanclub, commented to encourage him to overcome and recover from the virus.

DJ Matoom first met an infected but then-asymptomatic friend on January 9. It was later, on January 19, that friends called and informed him that the man was infected. Matoom said he went to hospital immediately to check. After a test showed that he, too, was infected, he reported the results to everyone.

Celebrities and actors including well-known actress Nakorn Silachai, who worked with him, and his family have now gone for Covid-19 tests.

Previously, in the first outbreak early last year, Matthew “Deane” Chanthavani also made a video announcing his infection, picked up at a boxing stadium, which was responsible for a cluster of cases.

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Air quality unhealthy in every region except South

NationalJan 21. 2021

By The Nation

The amount of PM2.5 dust particles has been found to exceed safety standards in most parts of the country except for the South, the Air Pollution Solution Centre reported at 7am on Thursday.

Provinces where air quality has exceeded healthy standards are Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Phayao, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Tak, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Lopburi, Saraburi, Suphanburi, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao, Ratchaburi, Chonburi, Rayong, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Khon Kaen, Kalasin, Roi Et, Chaiyaphum and Nakhon Ratchasima.

The North has an average PM2.5 particulate level of 32-72 mcg/m3, the Northeast 35-108, the central and western regions 49-79, the East 38-55, the South 13-37, and Bangkok and its vicinity 50-105.

The Meteorological Department predicts that until January 26, dust is likely to accumulate and even increase in every region except for the South, which expects to continue experiencing “good” air quality.

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Gold price up

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

The price of gold increased by Bt150 in morning trade on Thursday, the Gold Traders Association reported.

As of 9.23am, the buying price of a gold bar was Bt26,400 per baht weight and selling price Bt26,500, while gold ornaments cost Bt25,823.60 and Bt27,700, respectively.

The spot gold price moved to US$1,868.30 (Bt55,918) per ounce in the morning, while the Comex (Commodity Exchange) gold price to be delivered in February rose by $26.30 to $1,866.50 per ounce.

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Samut Sakhon readies to reopen popular Central Prawn Market by Jan-end

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Samut Sakhon’s Central Prawn Market in Muang district is ready to reopen on either January 26 or 27 after a major clean-up scheduled on January 25, the province’s deputy governor Theerapat Katchamat announced.

The market had been ordered shut since December 20 after more than 500 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were traced back there.

“All infected persons from the market had been sent to the Samut Sakhon field hospital for treatment and 14-day quarantine,” Theerapat said. “They have now all been released after tests showed they are free of the virus.”

Theerapat said that on Friday (January 22) the province would perform another test on 1,200 people who reside near the market and had previously tested negative for Covid-19 to make sure that the market is a completely virus-free zone.

“The reopening of the market is important to the province’s economy, as Samut Sakhon hosts one of Thailand’s biggest seafood markets,” he added.

Meanwhile, market manager Damrong Mansin said he has instructed all merchants to strictly follow Covid-19 preventive measures when the market reopens, including screening all workers with thermo scanners and wearing sanitary face masks at all times.

On Wednesday Samut Sakhon reported 92 new virus cases, which raised the province’s accumulated cases to 4,921 patients – 1,045 Thais and 3,876 migrants. Some 331 are presently in hospital, 1,332 are being monitored in quarantine, 3,257 have either been cured or have tested negative after quarantine, and one person has died.

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16 Cambodians arrested for illegal entry

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Sixteen Cambodian nationals were arrested by two teams of patrolling police officers after entering the country via Sa Kaeo province without any documentation, Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division police announced on Wednesday.

One of the teams arrested seven Cambodians on Highway No 359 in Sa Kaeo’s Watthana Nakhon district. They were in a pickup truck driven by Ong-art Todtasee, aged 44, a local of Maha Sarakham province. Ong-art reportedly confessed that he was hired by a company in Pattaya to transport the Cambodian workers to Sa Kaeo. Each was to pay Bt600 for being helped across the border to Cambodia.

They were taken to Muang Sa Kaeo police station, where Ong-art was charged with aiding illegal migrants and the seven charged with entering the country without proper documentation.

The other team of police discovered nine Cambodians stranded in a forest in Khao Chakan district. An initial investigation revealed they were abandoned after their employer evaded a crackdown on illegal migrants. The nine were also taken to Muang Sa Kaeo police station and charged with entering the country illegally.

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Cold-to-cool weather in upper Thailand, with fog in the morning

NationalJan 21. 2021

By THE NATION

Upper Thailand is seeing a 1-3°C rise in temperatures with morning fog or thick fog in some areas, while mountaintops remain cold to very cold with frost in a few places, the Meteorological Department said on Thursday. It added that a weak northeast monsoon prevails over the Gulf and the South.

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

North: Cool to cold weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 10-16 degrees and highs of 30-32 degrees Celsius. Temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 4-12 degrees Celsius with frost in some areas.

Northeast: Cool to cold weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 11-16 degrees and highs of 29-32 degrees Celsius. Temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 5-11 degrees Celsius.

Central: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 16-17 degrees, highs of 31-33 degrees Celsius.

East: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 16-20 degrees, highs of 31-33 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

South (east coast): Cool weather with thundershowers in 10 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 15-23 degrees, highs of 31-32 degrees Celsius; waves 1-2 metres high and 2 metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Partly cloudy with thundershowers in 10 per cent of the area; temperature lows of 21-24 degrees, highs of 32-34 degrees Celsius; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

Bangkok and surrounding areas: Cool weather with fog in the morning and thick fog in some areas; temperature lows of 18-20 degrees, highs of 32-33 degrees Celsius.

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Thai military monitoring border as Malaysian outbreak rages

NationalJan 20. 2021

By The Nation
Photos by Charoon Thongnual

Soldiers from the Fifth Infantry Regiment under the Fourth Army Area were monitoring the border in Songkhla’s Sadao district to prevent smuggling of migrant workers from Malaysia on Wednesday.

Malaysia has been hit by a severe outbreak of Covid-19, with new cases rising by around 4,000 per day.

Thirteen Thais stranded in Malaysia returned to Thailand on Wednesday and underwent screening and quarantine as per Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration measures.

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Koh Si Chang in Chonburi locked down as coastal outbreak worsens

NationalJan 20. 2021

By The Nation

Chonburi authorities have banned travel to or from Koh Si Chang after a Covid-19 outbreak in adjoining coastal districts.

The lockdown is effective immediately until the situation is resolved, said Chonburi governor Phakthorn Thianchai, in his capacity as chairman of the provincial Communicable Diseases Committee.

The move comes after the Covid-19 outbreak in neighbouring coastal districts including Sri Racha has continued to spread. To stop transmission of the virus, Koh Si Chang has been completely locked down.

The Chonburi marine department will impose measures for boat operators while the sheriff of Koh Si Chang has been tasked with policing the lockdown.

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Covid-stricken Samut Sakhon governor monitored hourly after condition worsens

NationalJan 20. 2021Samut Sakhon governor Verasak Vichitsangsr

By The Nation

Samut Sakhon governor Verasak Vichitsangsri is being monitored hourly after being hit by a secondary infection during his recovery from Covid-19, said Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital.

Dr Prasit revealed on Wednesday that bacteria resistant to treatment was detected in the governor’s lungs and Verasak’s brain function is affected. A new antibiotic has been administered and medics will monitor for 72 hours to see if his body responds to the drug, the doctor added.

Verasak’s Covid-19 infection has subsided, but the virus has affected lung function while the bacterial infection has destroyed lung tissue. The governor remains on a ventilator more than a month after being confirmed infected with Covid-19 on December 17.

Verasak, 58, was treated with the antiviral drug Favipiravir.

“All we have to do is administer antibiotics and remove mucus as much as possible to reduce infection in the body. As for the work of the brain, there has been an effect because the governor is older and has underlying cerebrovascular disease. The medical team are doing their best, “Dr Prasit said.

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Thailand’s home internet fastest in the world

NationalJan 20. 2021

By THE NATION

Broadband connections in Thailand are the fastest in the world, the latest Speedtest Global Index shows.

In December alone, Thailand topped the list with broadband speeds averaging at 308.35 megabits per second (mbps), overtaking Singapore and Hong Kong, where the internet speeds average at 245.31mbps and 226.80mbps, respectively.

Meanwhile, Thailand’s mobile internet speed rose 11 positions, ranking 33 fastest in the world. The top three countries with the fastest mobile internet speeds are Qatar, UAE and South Korea, respectively.

According to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, Thailand had 50.1 million internet users in 2019, up from 47.55 million in 2018 and 45.18 million in 2017.