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Record number of new Covid-19 cases with two deaths

NationalApr 18. 2021

By The Nation

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Sunday reported 1,767 new cases, the highest since the outbreak of the pandemic. Only two of the cases were overseas arrivals in quarantine facilities.

Of the total, 1,477 people were exposed to the disease while visiting high-risk areas. Proactive testing led to the discovery of 288 cases.

The CCSA is now focusing on six provinces — Chonburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi, Chiang Mai and Bangkok — as the daily number of new cases in these provinces was in triple digits on all days last week.

Meanwhile, 113 patients have recovered and been discharged in the last 24 hours.

As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 42,352. Of these, 39,118 had been contracted locally, including 20,268 who were found via proactive testing, while 3,234 were returnees.

So far, 28,683 have recovered and been discharged, 13,568 patients are still in hospitals and 101 have died.

The 100th death was a senior monk in Bangkok, 54, who had chronic kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. He passed out on April 12 with fatigue symptoms and was taken to hospital where the medical team could not revive him. Tests later showed he was a Covid-19 patient.

Another death reported on Sunday was a woman in Bangkok, 70, with SLD, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic kidney disease. She had high fever and difficulty in breathing on April 5. The patient was taken to hospital on April 12 and diagnosed with pneumonia and Covid-19. She passed away on April 17.

According to Worldometer, as of 11am on Sunday, the number of confirmed cases globally had risen to 141.32 million (up by 783,667), 113.41 million have recovered, 18.25 million are active cases (107,176 in severe condition) and 3.02 million have died (up by 11,574).

Thailand ranks 109th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 32.37 million, followed by India 14.79 million, Brazil 13.9 million, France 5.26 million, and Russia 4.69 million.

In the last 24 hours, 2,876 people got the first shot of vaccine and 386 people got their second, bringing the total vaccine doses to 608,521.

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No domestic flights from 11pm to 4am to contain Covid-19 surge

NationalApr 18. 2021

By The Nation

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has told agencies related to air transportation to refrain from operating domestic flights from 11pm to 4am in a bid to tackle the new wave of Covid-19.

According to the announcement issued by CAAT chairman Suttipong Kongpool on Saturday, agencies related to air transportation must comply with the order from Sunday.

Air transport operators or airlines must refrain from operating domestic flights from 11pm to 4am to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This move is in line with other public transportation services.

In case of cancellation or combining of flights, air transport operators or airlines must inform and take care of passengers in line with the Transport Ministry’s announcement on protection of passenger rights using Thai air carriers services for domestic scheduled air services BE 2553 (2010), the order said.

Air transport operators or airlines must consider arranging passenger seats in the aircraft based on social distancing, the announcement said.

Airport and air transport operators must inform passengers about CAAT’s notification on guidelines for domestic flight operations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Airport and air transport operators have also been told to inform passengers who were at risk of infection to suspend their travel as they may face punishment under the Communicable Disease Act BE 2558 (2015).

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Chonburi administration orders major lockdown to contain Covid-19

NationalApr 18. 2021

By The Nation

The Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organisation has implemented urgent measures with effect from Sunday to contain the Covid-19 crisis.

The organisation president, Wittaya Khunpluem, said the orders were issued on the recommendation of the Chonburi Communicable Diseases Committee.

Under the restrictions, the following establishments will be temporatily closed:

1. Entertainment venues, pubs, bars, karaoke facilities

2. Bathing, steam and massage parlours

3. Cinemas and theatres

4. Snooker, billiards, bowling, skating, rollerblading venues

5. Gaming shops and internet cafés

6. Swimming pool, water parks, amusement parks with rides as well as children’s rides in markets, floating markets, and flea markets

7. Banquet areas and similar business

8. Daily nurseries and elderly care facilities

9. Amulet shops

10. Health establishments, health massage, foot massage and traditional massage.

11. Spas, beauty salons, beauty clinics and weight control institutions.

12. Tattoo parsing or piercing the skin of the body.

Restaurants and beverage shops can be open until 9pm, but takeaway service can be provided until 11pm. Serving of alcohol or alcoholic beverages in the shop is strictly banned and must comply with the preventive measures for control of the spread of the disease as prescribed by the public health authorities.

Shopping malls can be open until 9pm, but should limit the number of users and refrain from campaign activities. However, rides, gaming shops and amusement parks must remain closed.

All 24-hour convenience stores can be open from 4am to 11pm.

Supermarkets, flea markets, and night markets cannot be open beyond 11pm.

Sports stadiums, gyms, and fitness centres can be open until 9pm.

The Chonburi official also announced a strict ban on the following activities and places:

1. Use of school buildings or school places and educational institutions of any kind to provide instruction, exams, training or activities that are attended by a large number of participants, except for ad-hoc medical facilities.

2. No organising of activities with groups of more than 50 people unless authorised by the staff.

3. Refrain from using the seaside area, beaches or reservoirs to socialise or dine, except for exercise.

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Isolated thunderstorms and rains forecast for Bangkok, upper Thailand and South

NationalApr 18. 2021

By The Nation

A moderate high-pressure system from China covers the North, the Northeast of Thailand and the South China Sea. It forces the southerly and southeasterly winds to blowing in with humidity from the South China Sea to the lower Northeast, the Central including Bangkok and its vicinity, and the East regions.

Meanwhile, the westerly trough covers the North, the Northeast and the upper Central regions, the Thailand Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Outbreaks of summer storms are forecast for the North, the Northeast, the Central including Bangkok and its vicinity and the East regions. Thunderstorms, gusty winds, hail and lightning strikes, as well as isolated heavy rains are forecast for upper Thailand.

The department urged people to beware of the severe weather conditions.

In the Andaman Sea and the South of the country, the southerly and the southwesterly winds blow across, bringing scattered thundershowers to the South.

The 24-hour weather forecast for different regions:

North: Scattered thunderstorms and isolated heavy rains, gusty winds and hail in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Tak, Sukhothai, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit and Phetchabun provinces; minimum temperature 20-24 degrees Celsius; maximum 30-35°C; southwesterly winds 10-25 km/hr.

Northeast: Scattered thunderstorms and isolated heavy rains, gusty winds and hail in Loei, Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nong Bua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Mahasarakham, Kalasin, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces; minimum temperature 22-25°C; maximum 31-35°C; southeasterly winds 10-25 km/hr.

Central: Scattered thunderstorms and isolated gusty winds and hail mostly in Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Chainat, Ayutthaya, Singburi, Ang Thong, Lopburi, Saraburi, Suphanburi, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi provinces; minimum temperature 24-25°C, maximum 31-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-25 km/hr.

East: Scattered thunderstorms and isolated gusty winds mostly in Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaew, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces; minimum temperature 25-27°C, maximum 32-36°C; southwesterly winds 10-30 km/hr; waves under a metre high and above a metre during thundershowers.

South (east coast): Scattered thundershowers mostly in Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla and Yala provinces; minimum temperature 24-25°C, maximum 33-36°C; southwesterly winds 15-30 km/hr; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

South (west coast): Scattered thundershowers in Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun provinces; minimum temperature 23-26°C, maximum 31-33°C; southwesterly winds 15-30 km/hr; waves around a metre high and 1-2 metres during thundershowers.

Bangkok and its vicinity: Isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds; minimum temperature 25-27°C, maximum 33-35°C; southerly winds 10-25 km/hr.

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More than 225,000 job vacancies to be advertised soon by Department of Employment

NationalApr 17. 2021Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin

By THE NATION

The Labour Ministry is putting together a list of more than 225,000 vacancies to help workers made jobless by the latest Covid-19 wave.

The ministry’s Department of Employment (DoE) will advertise 225,207 job positions from private firms and government agencies, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Saturday.

DoE statistics show that the 10 most sought-after jobs at present are:

1. Manufacturing labourer

2. General labourer

3. Assembly labourer

4. Sales agent for service businesses

5. Sales staff and product presenter

6. Customer service staff

7. Delivery staff

8. QC staff

9. Sales representative

10. Warehouse staff

“Those who are interested can register and browse available positions online at https://smartjob.doe.go.th/ or at www.ไทยมีงานทำ.com, to avoid the risk of contracting Covid-19,” said Suchart. “Alternately, you can contact your local Provincial Employment Office.”

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Free Covid-19 tests for social security members begins

NationalApr 17. 2021

By THE NATION

On Saturday, state insurers – under Article 33, 39 and 40 of the Social Security Act – visited the Bangkok Youth Centre (Thai – Japan) for free Covid-19 testing provided by the government.

The service opened for registration on Friday, and Saturday was the first day of testing.

A total of 3,000 tests will be performed per day, 1,500 each in the morning and afternoon.

More information: https://sso.icntracking.com/icntracking/self_register.php

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Death toll from Songkran road accidents rises to 277

NationalApr 17. 2021

By THE NATION

Twenty-six people were killed on Friday and 255 injured in 253 road accidents on the last day of the Songkran holidays.

A total of 2,365 road accidents during the seven days from April 10-16 claimed 277 lives and injured 2,357, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Saturday.

Speeding was the single biggest cause of accidents (32.01 per cent), followed by drunk driving (28.29 per cent) and cutting lanes (18.27 per cent).

Motorcycles were involved in 86.01 per cent of the accidents, followed by trucks (6.17 per cent) and cars (2.76 per cent).

Nakhon Si Thammarat province recorded the highest number of road accidents (106) and saw the highest number of people getting injured (109), while Pathum Thani had the highest number of deaths (10).

No Songkran-related road accidents have been reported so far from five provinces.

The department added that during the Songkran holidays, 1,908 police checkpoints were set up nationwide with 59,389 officials working.

A total of 316,725 vehicles were stopped for inspection, while 65,549 motorists were charged with violating traffic laws, most of which were: driving without licence (15,631 people) and not wearing a helmet (15,201 people).

Interior Ministry deputy permanent secretary and director of Road Accident Prevention and Reduction Centre Atsit Samphantharat said that the centre would analyse the data and formulate suitable measures to reduce the risk of road accidents, in order to achieve the goal of having road accident-related deaths at fewer than 12 people per 100,000 population within 2027.

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Third consecutive day of over 1,500 new Covid-19 cases, two fatalities

NationalApr 17. 2021

By THE NATION

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Saturday reported 1,547 new cases, with two deaths.

The dead persons included a computer programmer, 38, in Tak province, and an office worker, 51, in Pathum Thani.
According to reports, the patient from Tak had visited Krystal Club – a source of cluster infection – in Bangkok’s Thong Lor area on March 19.

The man died on Friday at Somdej Phrachao Taksin Maharat Hospital in Tak’s Muang district. He was also suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, Public Health Office deputy Ramet Wongvilairat said.

The victim in Pathum Thani who died on Thursday had contracted Covid-19 previously, and suffered from heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.

Over the past 24 hours, 90 patients have recovered and been discharged.

As of Saturday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 40,585. Of these, 37,353 were contracted locally, including 19,980 found via proactive testing, while 3,232 were returnees.

So far, 28,570 have recovered and been discharged, 11,916 patients are still in hospitals and 99 have died.

According to Worldometer, as of 11am on Saturday, the number of confirmed cases globally had risen to 140.51 million (up by 830,052) – 119.33 million have recovered, 18.17 million are active cases (107,017 in severe condition) and 3.01 million have died (up by 12,514).

Thailand ranks 111th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 32.3 million, followed by India 14.52 million, Brazil 13.84 million, France 5.22 million and Russia 4.68 million.

Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, 13,374 people have been given their first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine and 5,853 their second shot, bringing the total number of Covid vaccines administered in Thailand to 605,259.

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Government has arranged 25,000 beds for Covid-19 patients

NationalApr 17. 2021

By THE NATION

The government has provided over 25,000 beds nationwide to field hospitals and hospitals, in order to treat the increasing number of Covid-19 patients.

Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek reported that 1,250 beds were usable in four field hospitals in Bangkok, where 500 more beds will be added.

She added that the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation had urged universities with readiness to open field hospitals. The result was that there were 12,822 beds available at 37 field hospitals across the country.

In addition, the Ministry of Defence has procured over 5,000 beds in Bangkok and regional areas. These beds will be delivered to the Ministry of Public Health.

Rachada said that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has created a special team on Covid-19 vaccine procurement, led by Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn.

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Man arrested for setting own home on fire after wife leaves him

NationalApr 17. 2021

By THE NATION

Udon Thani police arrested a man accused of burning down his house, after his mother reportedly allowed his wife to leave.

On Friday, Huai Luang Police Station was informed that a house in Muang district was on fire. Firefighters were called to the scene.

With help from locals, the firefighters were able to put out the fire in around 15 minutes. However, the house was thoroughly damaged.

The alleged perpetrator, Amnat Chathasena, 32, who used to live in the house with his mother, was caught by locals.

Amnat reportedly confessed to his crime before the police. He said he was angry that his mother had allowed his wife to leave the house.

The village chief, Manus Kaewsita, told police that Amnat had a history of narcotics consumption and allegedly always attacked his wife. “His wife left home when the man was in anger,” he added.