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Kanchanaburi borders with Myanmar closed due to Covid-19 threat

NationalAug 30. 2020Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha 

By The Nation

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered closure of all access routes to Myanmar from Kanchanaburi province to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after a suspected second wave of infections in the neighbouring country.

The routes that will be closed are: the Phu Nam Ron checkpoint, Muang district, Bongdi checkpoint, Thayok district, Ban E Tong natural channel, Thong Pha Phum district, and the Three Pagodas border checkpoint in Sangkhlaburi district.

It has not been confirmed if a Covid-19 case has been found in the Phaya Tongsu area, which is opposite the Three Pagodas checkpoint.

On Sunday, Surasi Army 104th commander, Maj-General Thakat Lordsiri, met with the heads of Muang, Sai Yok and Sangkhlaburi districts, including community leaders, to discuss measures for the prevention of Covid-19 in the vicinity of the Three Pagodas checkpoint.

After a fresh outbreak in the Sittwe area, in Rakhine state, Myanmar has now found patients and suspected cases in the city of Mawlamyine, just 270 kilometres from the Three Pagodas checkpoint.

The security department, military, police, immigration office, and village chiefs have tightened the monitoring of natural channels from the Ban Nam Koek checkpoint to the Three Pagodas area. There are more than 20 natural channels used by villagers in Thailand and Myanmar to cross the border. The military is playing a key role in patrolling to prevent illegal entry at night.

Businesses can import and export products as usual by specifying a delivery point at the border without allowing Myanmar operators to deliver goods in Thailand or Thai people delivering goods in Myanmar.

Thakat urged all agencies to strictly perform their duties and enforce the law if Myanmar people tried to smuggle into the area. Disciplinary and criminal sanctions will be undertaken, he warned, adding, a Covid-19 outbreak in the area would cause enormous damage to the local economy as Kanchanaburi province is a major tourist destination, attracting large numbers of Thai and foreign tourists.

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Many parts of Thailand still in grip of rainy spell

NationalAug 30. 2020Credit: The Meteorological Department 

By The Nation

Isolated heavy rains continue in the Northeast, the East and the South regions, the Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Sunday.

A moderate southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea and Thailand, while a low pressure cell covers Laos, the department added.

The category 5 typhoon, “Maysak”, over the western North Pacific, east of the Philippines, is moving to the Korean peninsula and Japan but it would not affect Thailand, the department said.

The forecast for different parts of the country:

North: Cloudy with isolated thundershowers mostly in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Tak and Kamphaeng Phet provinces; minimum temperature 23-27 degrees Celsius, maximum 34-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-25kph.

Northeast: Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rains in Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces; minimum temperature 24-26°C, maximum 33-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-25kph.

Central: Cloudy with scattered thundershowers mostly in Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Ang Thong and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya provinces; minimum temperature 24-25°C, maximum 36-37°C; southwesterly winds 10-25kph.

East: Very cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rains in Sa Kaeo, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces; minimum temperature 24-26°C, maximum 33-35°C; southwesterly winds 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

Southern (east coast ): Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers and isolated heavy rains mostly in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces; minimum temperature 24-26°C, maximum 34-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-30kph; waves below one metre high and about one metre high offshore.

South (west coast): Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers and isolated heavy rains in Phang Nga, Trang and Satun provinces; minimum temperature 24-26°C, maximum 32-34°C; southwesterly winds 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and about two metres high during thundershowers.

Forecast for the week:

On August 29, the strengthening southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea and Thailand. Isolated heavy rains continue in the windward side of the East and the South. From August 30 to September 4, a moderate southwest monsoon will prevail over the Andaman Sea and Thailand. A monsoon trough lies across the North and the Northeast, and more rain is likely over Thailand with isolated heavy rain. The category 4 severe tropical storm, “Maysak”, over the western North Pacific, the east of the Philippines, is expected to intensify gradually, and move to the Korean peninsula and Japan. This storm, however, does not affect Thailand.

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Foundation seeks volunteers to remove huge amount of mud in flood-hit Nan

NationalAug 29. 2020Photo credit: The Mirror Foundation Facebook page 

By The Nation

The Mirror Foundation is looking for volunteers to help remove huge quantities of mud from flood-hit areas of Wiang Sa district of Nan province.

In a Facebook post on Saturday (August 29), the foundation explained that every time there was a flood, the situation does not improve when the water level goes down or the media stops reporting the news.

“The problem that flood victims have to face after the situation improves is the huge amount of mud in their communities, such as inside residences, on the road, or inside sewers,” a foundation official said.

“This problem is hard to solve, especially for houses where children and the elderly live, while this mud will flow back into the houses when it rains.”

The official added that people who are interested in participating in the restoration work can contact: 061 909 1840 or visit the foundation’s Facebook page.

“Restoration work may take many weeks to be completed, and requires the cooperation of many people,” the official added.

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Expert rings alarm bells over Covid-19 spreading in neighbouring countries

NationalAug 29. 2020Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University 

By The Nation

The Covid-19 pandemic is spreading closer to Thailand, Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, said on Saturday (August 29).

In a Facebook post, he said that the Covid-19 pandemic had emerged in India and later spread to Bangladesh and Myanmar, while the number of patients in Myanmar had increased sharply.

“So far, Covid-19 has come to Thailand from people travelling by airplane, but soon it will spread from people travelling through the borders,” he said.

“For example, Chikungunya previously emerged in foreign countries before spreading to Thailand.”

He said from now on, the country must issue stricter Covid-19 preventive measures to contain the spread of disease as much as possible.

“To enable people to live as normal and reduce deaths, everyone must work together; people must not forget to wear face mask, wash their hands regularly and maintain physical distance with others,” he added.

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Businesses urged to delay hiring immigrant labour to avoid Covid-19 danger

NationalAug 29. 2020

By The Nation

The Ministry of Public Health has asked entrepreneurs to delay hiring immigrant workers from areas where Covid-19 is spreading until the situation improves.

Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, Department of Disease Control director of General Communicable Diseases, said recently that the Myanmar government had announced curfew hours from 9pm to 4am and allowed people to work from home after the Covid-19 pandemic spread in Rakhine state.

“However, the Covid-19 pandemic in Myanmar does not count as a second wave because it has occurred only in one state,” he said.

He said as Thailand and Myanmar had a hundred kilometres long land border, local administration agencies had been instructed to keep a watch on illegal entry across the border in order to contain the spread of the disease.

Responding to a question about medical tourists coming to receive treatment in Thailand spreading the Covid-19 virus, he said the department had set up guidelines. The medical tourists must not be a patients with a contagious disease. He added that most of the medical tourists came from countries where the Covid-19 situation had been contained.

“Medical tourists must take a Covid-19 test within 72 hours of travelling to Thailand, while they must take the same test on arriving in the country to make sure that they do not spread the disease,” he said.

“The Covid-19 test on all medical tourists since they were allowed to receive treatment in Thailand has been negative.”

As the Covid-19 situation has escalated in several countries, such as Europe, US, Japan and South Korea, he urged Thai people to strictly follow Covid-19 preventive measures, such as wearing face mask, washing hands regularly, maintaining a physical distance with others, avoid gatherings and use the ThaiChana platform.

“Thailand has been free from Covid-19 because of the ThaiChana platform that enabled the government to monitor the situation in the country,” he added.

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Apirat opens professionally run Army-owned hotel as part of reforms

NationalAug 29. 2020General Apirat Kongsompong (left) 

By The Nation

Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong presided over a ceremony to open Seapine Recreation Centre in Prachuap Khiri Khan province after appointing a professional management team to run the hotel on Friday (August 28).

The move was under the memorandum of understanding in the use of state property in businesses for Royal Thai Army welfare signed with the Treasury Department in February 17.

The Army has appointed a group of personnel with expertise in hotel management to run the hotel under the supervision of the Army Welfare Investigation Committee to make sure that military personnel and their families will continue to receive privileges to use the services.

The administrator will receive wages from the Army depending on the business performance, while they have made a plan to renovate the hotel and enhance staff potential to meet standards.

“It is a good start after cooperating with the Ministry of Finance and since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, while the facility development was transparent and would benefit military personnel,” Apirat said.

“To proceed under the Office of the Prime Minister’s regulation, the Army will send income to the Treasury Department every year,” Apirat added.

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Channel 8 regrets allowing broadcast of sexual fondling scene in drama

NationalAug 29. 2020

By THE NATION

Channel 8 has issued an apology after a sexual fondling scene in a TV show went viral and was criticised by several netizens as inappropriate.

Recently, video and photos from the TV drama “Sapai Rai Sakdina” were published via social media. In a scene, a man is shown touching a woman’s breasts with his two hands. Social media users were quick to slam the scene as unsuitable for public broadcast.

Channel 8 apologised for the scene, but added that it was only intended as entertainment and it did not involve sexual harassment as interpreted by some netizens.

Channel 8 said that it was ready to review and edit other TV shows which had not been broadcast to prevent repetition of the mistake.

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One new Covid-19 case in state quarantine

NationalAug 29. 2020

By THE NATION

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported a new case in state quarantine over a 24-hour period on Saturday (August 29), the 96th day without any domestic cases in Thailand since May.

The new patient had returned from the Netherlands.

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand stood at 3,411 (474 in state quarantine), of whom 111 are in hospital and 3,242 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains unchanged at 58.

As of 10am (Thai time), the total number of confirmed cases globally rose to 24.9 million. Of them, 17.29 million have recovered, while over 841,000 have died so far.

Thailand ranks 121st for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 6.09 million, followed by Brazil 3.81 million, India 3.46 million, Russia 980,405 and Peru 629,961.

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Suvarnabhumi to reopen zone 3 parking lot

NationalAug 29. 2020

By THE NATION

Suvarnabhumi Airport has announced that it will reopen the zone 3 parking lot to serve more passengers. The zone was closed on April 3 to control the spread of Covid-19.

However, only some parts of zones 2 and 3 of the parking lots will reopen.

Suvarnabhumi Airport also announced that zones 6 and 7 of the parking lots could be reopened if the number of passengers increased in the future.

For further information, contact 02-132-9511.

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Important data next week to determine baht’s direction

NationalAug 29. 2020

By THE NATION

The baht next week (August 31 to September 4) would move between 31.10 and 31.50 per US dollar, Kasikornbank has predicted.

The important factors worth monitoring are the Bank of Thailand report for July, the political situation in Thailand, the US Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), its construction report for July, non-farm payrolls, and the Fed’s beige book.

The bank analyst advised investors to monitor the PMI for August of China, the euro zone and Japan.

On Friday (August 28), the baht closed at 31.16, strengthening from its close of 31.55 on August 21.

The bank analyst explained that the Thai currency this week had strengthened in line with that of other Asian countries.