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Thailand Orders 63 Million Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccines

11 Jan, 2021

The Thai Cabinet has acknowledged that Thailand has ordered 63 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from overseas.

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Myanmar Migrants Leave Field Hospital

11 Jan, 2021

Almost 300 Myanmar migrants left the field hospital in Samut Sakhon on Sunday, becoming the first large group of migrants to have recovered from Covid-19.

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Chiang Mai Walks Back Promise To Pay Infected Tourists 100,000 Baht

11 Jan, 2021

No cash handouts will be given to tourists who contracted the coronavirus while visiting the northern province as promised earlier, a tourism business guild said Monday.

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Minister Proposes 'golf Quarantine' To Boost Tourism

11 Jan, 2021

The Tourism Minister said on Monday he had proposed a plan to allow foreigners to quarantine in some of the country's many golf resorts to boost the ailing tourism sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Govt Logs 249 New Covid Cases Monday, Warns Officials

11 Jan, 2021

Thailand on Monday recorded 249 new coronavirus cases, 224 of them local transmissions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to date to 10,547.

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Mae Sot Expects Mass Return Of Thais Working In Myanmar Casino

10 Jan, 2021

Border opens to prevent Thais sneaking back in

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Domestic Air Travel Shrinks In 2021

10 Jan, 2021

The recent Covid-19 outbreak has seen domestic air travel drop by 60% since the start of the year, says the Department of Airports (DoA).

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Travel Documents Required For 5 Covid-19 Hit Provinces In Thailand

10 Jan, 2021

Anyone travelling to and from five provinces hit the hardest by a wave of Covid-19 require official documents stating their necessities to travel. The five provinces are Samut Sakhon, Rayong, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi and Trat.

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Phuket Governor Announces New Restrictions For Travel To Phuket, Effective Now

10 Jan, 2021

Travelling to Phuket? You need to be aware of the changed circumstances for arrivals, depending where you’re travelling from.

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Airlines Try Ultra-cheap Fares To Get The World Flying Again

10 Jan, 2021

The nightmare year of 2020 brought the airline industry's first decade of sustained profitability to a shuddering halt. The coronavirus pandemic tore through in a tumultuous, unprecedented way -- leaving carriers in a deep hole, along with a constellation of aerospace manufacturers, airports and leasing firms.

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Govt Offers Hefty Discount For Takeover Of Dhara Devi Hotel

10 Jan, 2021

The government is wooing investors to take over Dhara Dhevi Hotel Chiang Mai by setting a low reserve price for the auction.

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Ministry Confident Second Wave Will End This Month

10 Jan, 2021

The Public Health Ministry is convinced that the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak that has been raging since last month is likely to slow down by the end of January.

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245 New Covid Cases Sunday, 224 Local

10 Jan, 2021

The government on Sunday recorded 245 new coronavirus cases, including 224 local transmissions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to date to 10,298.

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Phuket Hotels Start Closing Again

09 Jan, 2021

Hotels across Phuket that had re-opened in the hope of attracting enough guests to at least pay operating costs are now closing again.

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Eastern Hotel Association Asks Chonburi Governor To Force Close Hotels To Allow Staff To Collect Social Security

09 Jan, 2021

The President of the Eastern Hotel Association has approached a representative of the Chonburi Governor tonight and requested that he legally force close hotels in Chonburi until the current Covid-19 situation is resolved, as he did last year, to allow staff to collect government benefits.

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SRT Cancels 42 Trains Due To Second Wave Of Covid-19

09 Jan, 2021

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Friday cancelled 42 commercial and tourism trains following government measures to reduce domestic travel to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Vaccination To Kick Off Next Month In 5 ‘red Zone’ Provinces

09 Jan, 2021

Nationwide Covid-19 vaccination will begin in February and target the five “red zone” provinces now under lockdown, the government announced on Friday.

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212 New Covid Cases, 187 Local

09 Jan, 2021

Officials say 112 people have received contact-tracing alerts on Mor Chana app

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REGISTRATION FOR VACCINATION CAMPAIGN TO OPEN THIS MONTH

08 Jan, 2021

Residents in Thailand will be able to sign up for the first round of vaccination against coronavirus at the end of January, the government announced Friday.

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WE ARE OPEN: ‘SPECIAL TOURIST VISA’ IS STILL ON DESPITE OUTBREAK

08 Jan, 2021

Foreign tourists willing to brave the global pandemic and spend a vacation in Thailand are still welcomed, as long as they have all the required documents, a chief tourism official said Friday.

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Position-tracking App Required In 5 Provinces

08 Jan, 2021

People in the Covid-19-hit provinces of Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Trat, Rayong and Samut Sakhon must use the MorChana position-tracking app.

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Thailand’s Economy Projected To Lose 10 Billion In First Quarter

08 Jan, 2021

Thailand’s economy could lose as much as 300 billion baht ($10 billion) in the first quarter after its largest covid-19 outbreak saw consumer mood sink to a five-month low in December, according to the commerce university.

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Thousands Evacuate Flood-hit Deep South

08 Jan, 2021

Authorities are evacuating flood-residents in Yala, as higher than average precipitation across the three southernmost border provinces since Monday (Jan 4) have inundated over 18,000 households in the region.

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205 New Cases Reported On Friday

08 Jan, 2021

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced 205 confirmed new cases on Friday.

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TCEB Tots Up Sales Leads

08 Jan, 2021

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau gained 52 sales leads during the IBTM World Virtual 2020 suggesting Thailand will once more be an attractive events destination in European markets once health measures contain the spread of Covid-19.

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Phuket Under Face Mask Order, B20k Fine

08 Jan, 2021

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has issued a provincial order making it illegal to not wear a face mask in a public area. The penalty for breach of the order is a fine of up to B20,000 or may even include a jail term, the order warned.

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Thai AirAsia: Latest Virus Outbreak 'destroyed' Us

08 Jan, 2021

Thai AirAsia (TAA) is dubbing the latest outbreak the worst crisis for aviation in Thailand as airlines face more pressure than during the lockdown last year.

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High Season Lost, Operators Ask For 50% Salary Subsidies

08 Jan, 2021

Cancellations rife, no new bookings

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U-Tapao Airport Suspends Most Flights Until At Least End Of January Due To Covid-19 Precautions

07 Jan, 2021

U-Tapao airport has essentially announced that they are suspending flights, except for special repatriation, military, cargo, etc. flights until the end of January as a result of new Covid-19 restrictions in the province of Rayong and Chonburi.

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PM Bolsters Pledge To Give Free Jabs

07 Jan, 2021

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reiterated half of the country's population will get free Covid-19 jabs this year.

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