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Thais Call For Relief Aid, More Jabs Ahead Of New Lockdown

08 Jul, 2021

The Department of Health posed the question "Are you ready for lockdown?" on its Facebook page on Thursday, triggering a flood of comments from members of the public.

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Moderna Jabs At Bangkok Hospital Snapped Up In Seconds

08 Jul, 2021

All appointments for Moderna jabs were snapped up just seconds after registration opened at Phyathai 2 Hospital in Bangkok on Thursday.

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Record 75 Covid Deaths, 7,058 New Cases

08 Jul, 2021

A record 75 Covid-19 fatalities and 7,058 new cases were reported on Thursday, as the continuing surge in Covid-19 cases spread to provinces throughout the kingdom.

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New Restrictions Likely, To Keep People At Home

08 Jul, 2021

The Public Health Ministry has proposed stricter measures to encourage people to stay home and not leave their province, to more effectively stem the spread of Covid-19.

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Phuket Sandbox In Good Shape

08 Jul, 2021

The Phuket Sandbox programme, since its launch on 1 July, attracted 32 inbound flights from Europe, the Middle East and Asia, bringing 1,896 foreign arrivals to the tourist island

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AirAsia Buys Gojek's Thai Business

08 Jul, 2021

B1.61bn deal to give rise to super app war

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Lockdown In Sight

08 Jul, 2021

New daily cases tipped for 10,000

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Samui Aims For 2,000 Guests In 1st Month

08 Jul, 2021

The Samui Plus model is aiming to attract 2,000 travellers in the first month of reopening

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Phyathai 2, Samitivej Sukhumvit To Provide Jabs For Expats

08 Jul, 2021

Foreigners living in Thailand can now register for their Covid-19 vaccine directly with Phyathai 2 and Samitivej Sukhumvit hospitals since the Thailandintervac.com website is out of commission.

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'We Just Want To Make Ends Meet'

08 Jul, 2021

More than 1,000 cases emerge in just a few days

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5,000 Beds Will Land At Suvarnabhumi Airport’s New Terminal Turned COVID Hospital

08 Jul, 2021

As daily COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to surge in recent weeks, Thai authorities have decided to convert the country’s major airport into a field hospital.

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Govt To Mull Lockdown Proposal

08 Jul, 2021

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Admininistration (CCSA) would be willing to consider any proposal from the Ministry of Public Health for a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19

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Bangkok Airways To Fly Three Daily Bangkok-Samui Flights From 15 July 2021

08 Jul, 2021

The following is a press release from the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Their statements are their own.

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Listing Of Thai AirAsia To Take 3-4 More Months - AirAsia CEO

07 Jul, 2021

The process of listing Thai AirAsia on the Stock Exchange of Thailand will take about three to four more months

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54 Covid Deaths, 6,519 New Cases

07 Jul, 2021

Number of patients dependent on ventilators doubles

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Phuket Sandbox: Hit Or Miss?

07 Jul, 2021

Phuket Sandbox has officially started on July 1, 2021 as a prototype model for the country’s reopening.

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5,000 Bed Field Hospital To Be Set Up At Suvarnabhumi Airport

07 Jul, 2021

A 5,000 bed field hospital is to be set up in the compound of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport

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Thai Doctors’ Group Submits Petition To Parliament Calling For MRNA Vaccines

07 Jul, 2021

A group of doctors, who call themselves “Mor Mai Thon” (Doctors won’t take it anymore) submitted its petition, bearing 215,409 signatures collected on change.org, to Thailand’s House of Representatives today (Wednesday), calling for mRNA vaccines to be the main type administered in Thailand for free

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People Camp Out Overnight To Get Free COVID-19 Testing At Bangkok Temple

07 Jul, 2021

People have been queuing, since 8pm last night, to get free COVID-19 tests at Phra Si Mahathat Wora Maha Viharn Temple in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district. The venue can, however, only screen 900 people per day.

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7,347 Hotel Bookings On Phuket In July, As 15 Local COVID-19 Infections Logged

07 Jul, 2021

7,347 people have booked their hotel rooms for stays during July, as part of the Phuket “sandbox” project, which began on July 1st

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Bangkok’s First Boat-to-rail Link Up And Running At Phra Nangklao Pier

07 Jul, 2021

Phra Nangklao Pier is seeing an increasing number of passengers, a week after Bangkok’s first boat-to-rail link opened on July 1.

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Phuket's Long And Winding Road Towards Recovery

07 Jul, 2021

Reopening is an important milestone but foreign travellers alone are not enough to save the island's hotel industry and tourism-dependent population

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Phuket's Sandbox 'could Be Better'

07 Jul, 2021

Phuket's sandbox tourism scheme is helping the province's economy recover although there is room for improvement

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First Covid-infected Tourist Found In Phuket Sandbox

07 Jul, 2021

A man from the United Arab Emirates who arrived in this southern island province in a tour group on Tuesday was found to be infected with Covid-19

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Reopening Of Samui, Pha-ngan And Tao Confirmed For July 15

07 Jul, 2021

Three resort islands in Surat Thani – Samui, Pha-ngan and Tao – will reopen for foreign tourists from July 15 under the “Samui Plus Model” scheme, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.

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5-star Hotel Price Pressure Crushing Pattaya Budget Inns

07 Jul, 2021

Aggressive rate-cutting by Pattaya’s corporate-owned five-star resorts may put the city’s mid-range and budget inns out of business.

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Amazing Thailand’s Latest Vaccination Rollout For Foreigners

07 Jul, 2021

The latest initiative to get foreigners jabbed opens on July 12.

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Vaccination Day Arrives In Pattaya, But Vaccines Don’t

07 Jul, 2021

Angry and disappointed Pattaya residents voiced their displeasure after showing up at Pattaya City Hospital for their Covid-19 vaccinations only to be told there were no vaccines.

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Pattaya Cleans Up Naklua Streets, Canal, Beach

06 Jul, 2021

City officials sent out crews on Monday to spruce up Naklua into the international tourist destination it claims to be.

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Survey Suggests Hotels Lacking Liquidity

06 Jul, 2021

The remaining liquidity of most hotel operators means they will be able to cover operation costs for less than three months, a Bank of Thailand (BoT) survey suggests.

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