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Netizens laud Covid-19 positive school teacher for publishing timeline on FB

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

A school teacher won praise on social media for releasing his timeline immediately on Facebook, after he was informed he was infected with Covid-19.

On Monday, the teacher at Rayongwittayakom School acknowledged his health status at 6pm and then posted his timeline later on his social media.

On December 23, the teacher had travelled to Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University in Chanthaburi province at 7am and was back in Rayong at 4pm. He visited a fitness club named “Golden Golf and Sport Club” and dined with a trainer who later was found to be infected.

On December 24, the teacher worked as usual from 7.40am to 4.30pm, shopped at Central Plaza Rayong from 4.45pm to 5.15pm, and taught students a special class from 5.15pm to 7pm. He also worked at the fitness club until 9.30pm.

On December 25, the teacher worked as usual from 7.40am to 4.30pm, before returning home and staying until 7pm. He then went to the Central complex and dined with his friends at a branch of Sizzler. He also shopped at Tops supermarket from 8.40pm to 9pm.

The patient added that he had suggested to his friends to go for a checkup and quarantine themselves.

On December 26, the teacher worked at the school for additional classes on Saturday. He went to Central Plaza Rayong after 4.30pm and came to know at the time that his trainer was infected with coronavirus. The teacher decided to return home immediately and quarantine himself.

On December 27, the teacher and his mother went to a hospital for checkup.

On December 28, he stayed at home with fever, and was informed at 6pm that he had the infection.

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Three Chanthaburi locals who visited Rayong test positive, as province on Covid-19 alert

NationalDec 29. 2020

By The Nation

The Chanthaburi Provincial Public Health Office launched urgent measures on Monday to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, asking people who had visited risky areas to monitor their symptoms.

The office added that people who have respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough or runny nose should undergo self-quarantine, wear face mask and see the doctor.

Areas that posed a risk for infection and the dates when people carrying the virus had visited those places are as follows:

1. All gambling areas nationwide from December 14-26.

2. Chanthaburi Bus Terminal on December 20 from 4pm to 5pm.

3. Suea Hoi restaurant in Rayong’s Muang district on December 22 from 9pm to 10pm.

4. A restaurant inside Thet Banthoeng theatre in Rayong’s Muang district on December 23 from 6pm to 7pm.

5. Wat Pa Khlong Kung on December 20 and 26 from 1pm to 3pm.

Chanthaburi on Tuesday reported three new Covid-19 cases of persons who had visited gambling den in Rayong.

They were two males aged 34 and 54, and a 53-year-old woman. Two patients lived in Muang Chanthaburi district, while another one lived in Makham and Muang Chanthaburi district.

“We would like to ask people who visited risky areas in Rayong on December 14-15 to show themselves to health workers or the village headman, so that we can contain the spread of Covid-19 as soon as possible,” an official in the province said.

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Baht rises in line with Asian currencies

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

The baht opened at 30.13 to the US dollar on Tuesday, strengthening from 30.16 at close on Monday, Poon Panichpibool, Krungthai Bank’s markets strategist, said.

The strengthening of the baht was in line with the rise of other Asian currencies, after the US stimulus package was approved, he said.

He added that the baht would move in a range between Bt30.05 and Bt30.20 to the US dollar, as transactions were low at the end of the year.

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Lampang man suspected of immolating himself after bid to reconcile with wife fails

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

Police in Lampang province found the charred body of a man in a burning house, in a suspected case of self-immolation.

Ngao Police Station was alerted on Monday to the fire at a house in Ban Mai Jaroen Suk village in Luang Tai subdistrict of Ngao district.

Firefighters took around 10 minutes to put out the flames in the wooden two-storey house.

Police found the charred body of Sawas Wikaha, aged 59 years, a farmer and owner of the house in the damaged house. Police contacted his wife who reportedly said that they had separated for about four months. Sawas reportedly went to her and asked to get back together before the incident, but she refused.

One of the deceased’s relatives reportedly told officials that Sawas had been under a lot of stress after splitting up with his wife and they earlier had caught him buying a bottle of gasoline but he did not reveal the purpose. They took away the gasoline from him, but they suspected that Sawas might have bought a new bottle.

Police are investigating other evidence and have sent the body for autopsy to determine the cause of death.

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Four police officers in Rayong transferred after gambling den becomes Covid-19 hotspot

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

National Police chief Pol General Suwat Jangyodsuk on Monday signed an order transferring four senior police officers of Muang Rayong police station to the Provincial Police Operation Centre 2, a news source revealed.

The four officers will no longer serve under their original command and will remain under the chief of Provincial Police Operation Centre 2 until further notice, as per the order.

Rayong police chief Pol Maj-General Paphatdet Ketphan had earlier been shifted to an inactive post after health authorities tracked more than 90 cases and one death in the eastern province to illegal gambling.

The four senior officers who have been shunted away are:

Pol Lt-Colonel Kiattiphong Kromkhunthod, the superintendent (crime suppression);

Pol Lt-Colonel Kosol Kerdmanee, superintendent (investigation);

Pol Lt-Colonel Khamphan Kwanthong, inspector (investigation);

Pol Colonel Thana Wisetchai, inspector (crime suppression).

The Royal Thai Police will set up an investigation committee to look into the matter for possible dereliction of duty or abuse of power by police officers, added the source.

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89 arrested in raid on gambling den in Bangkok

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Monday raided a gambling den in Bangkok’s Chaeng Wattana area and arrested 89 alleged gamblers.

“The CIB has been working with Thung Song Hong police after we received a tip-off that a building in Chaeng Wattana Soi 14 in Bangkok’s Thung Song Hong subdistrict was being used as a gambling den,” said Pol Lt-General Torsak Sukwimol, the CIB chief.

“At the scene, officials arrested 89 suspected gamblers — 75 Thais and 14 foreigners — and confiscated four gambling tables and several gambling equipment.”

The detainees were charged with gambling and violating the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations BE2548, which prohibits unauthorised gathering in a crowded space.

“Although they were wearing face masks, the crowded environment might have put them at risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19,” added Torsak.

“Officials checked their temperature before taking them into detention, and have contacted the Bangkok public health office to perform detailed testing.”

Torsak added that the building had been used as a gambling den in the past and had been ordered to shut down, but the gamblers had returned and reopened the place.

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Dense fog forecast for many parts of upper Thailand as cold spell continues

NationalDec 29. 2020

By THE NATION

The Thailand Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that the weak high-pressure system covering upper Thailand and the South China Sea would bring morning fog, with dense fog in some areas.

The weather in the North and the Northeast remains cool to cold, while mountaintops are cold to very cold. Motorists in upper Thailand should proceed with caution due to poor visibility, the department said.

Meanwhile, a weak northeast monsoon prevails over the Gulf and the South, resulting in less rain.

The department said that from December 30 to January 3, the strong high pressure from China would extend to cover upper Thailand. Cool to cold weather will be likely over upper Thailand with a 6-8 degrees Celsius drop in temperature and strong winds.

The weather forecast for the next 24 hours:

North: Cool weather with fog in the morning and dense fog in some areas; minimum temperature 14-21 degrees Celsius, maximum 32-36°C; temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 5-13°C.

Northeast: Cool weather with fog in the morning and dense fog in some areas; minimum temperature 18-22°C, maximum 32-35°C; temperature on hilltops is likely to drop to 12-16°C.

Central: Fog in the morning and dense fog in some areas; minimum temperature 23-24°C, maximum 35-36°C.

East: Partly cloudy with fog in the morning; minimum temperature 23-24°C, maximum 31-35°C; waves 1-2 metres high and two metres off shore.

South (east coast): Partly cloudy with thundershowers in 20 per cent of the areas; minimum temperature 22-24°C, maximum 31-33°C; waves 1-2 metres high and two metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Partly cloudy with thundershowers in 10 per cent of the areas; minimum temperature 22-25°C, maximum 32-34°C; waves a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

Bangkok and surrounding areas: Fog in the morning; minimum temperature 25-29°C, maximum 33-36°C.

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Nonthaburi heritage gem revealed by cable-burying project

NationalDec 29. 2020

By The Nation

Nonthaburi’s old Provincial Hall is getting a facelift to remove the ugly lines that have marred its century-old beauty just to the north of Bangkok.

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and local authorities are moving the electric cables and posts that obscure the teakwood façade and placing them underground. The cable rerouting is part of first-phase renovation of Nonthaburi Pier on the Chao Phraya River.

The Provincial Hall, now a museum, is a large two-storey teak building built in the European style during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) in 1910.

The Fine Arts Department listed the building as a historic site in 1981, while the Association of Siamese Architects granted it an award for conservation in 2000. In 2009 the old Provincial Hall reopened as the Nonthaburi Museum, after renovation work on its exquisitely crafted wooden facade.

Now, the electrical cables in front of the building are being rerouted underground, with work scheduled for completion in January.

The MEA has so far buried 48.6 kilometres of cables that used to run overhead along major routes in Bangkok, including Silom, Sukhumvit, Phahonyothin, Phaya Thai, Rama I, Rama IV, Ratchadamri, Ratchawithi, Ratchaprarop, Sri Ayutthaya, Sawankhalok, Sathupradit, Sawang Arom, Phitsanulok, and Nakhon Sawan roads.

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Classroom time to be reduced in ‘education upgrade’

NationalDec 29. 2020Natthapol Teepsuwan

By THE NATION

The Education Ministry said on Monday it will upgrade the education system next year by reducing the time students spend in classroom in order to boost personal learning time.

Education Minister Natthapol Teepsuwan said the move was part of an ongoing push to improve Thai education in 2021.

He added that the new budget for school lunches will soon be proposed to the Cabinet as a “gift to students”.

Natthapol also said more foreign teachers would be back in the classroom soon, after many were barred from returning to Thailand due to the Covid-19 travel ban.

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PM orders probe of Rayong gambling dens blamed for outbreak

NationalDec 29. 2020

By The Nation

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered police to investigate illegal gambling in Rayong province, where an illicit casino is thought to be the source of a serious Covid-19 outbreak.

“The first punishment will be for ignorance and the next step will be to investigate who owns those casinos,” the premier said on Monday.

Rayong police chief Paphatdet Ketphan has been shifted to an inactive post after health authorities tracked more than 90 cases and one death in the eastern province to illegal gambling.

Rayong governor Charnna Iamsaeng reported that several people were infected at illegal casinos, contradicting the Rayong police chief’s claim that no such establishments existed in the province.

Netizens have ridiculed Rayong police, saying the episode reflects the inadequacy of Thai authorities to deal with the pandemic situation.