05 Jul, 2021The Department of Mental Health released new statistics this week which showed that last year was the worst year on record for suicides with some 7.37 suicides per 100,000 people.
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05 Jul, 2021The deadline to apply for a 60-day special “Covid” visa extension is July 29, but many should apply at least a week prior as Immigration offices will be closed for public holidays during the last week of the month.
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05 Jul, 2021None of the 1,271 foreigners arriving in Phuket between July 1 and 3 have tested positive for Covid-19, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported on Monday.
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05 Jul, 2021Some senior doctors are worried that the arrival of the mRNA Pfizer vaccine will make recipients of the Sinovac vaccine believe they have been given an inferior product
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05 Jul, 2021The baht opened at 32.16 to the US dollar on Monday, strengthening from Friday’s closing rate of 32.19.
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05 Jul, 2021The government's management of the pandemic is posing a raft of difficult questions
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04 Jul, 2021The government has clarified two controversial photos, including one featuring cabinet ministers relaxing on a Phuket beach without face masks following their arrival on the tourist island last Thursday (July 1)
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04 Jul, 2021The Sandbox is the first step in reopening Thailand to vaccinated travellers, without a formal 14 day quarantine in a hotel.
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04 Jul, 2021As we enter day 4 of the Phuket Sandbox reopening, while numbers aren’t anywhere near earlier estimates or historical totals, they are steadily growing day by day.
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04 Jul, 2021Health authorities on Sunday said 44 more Covid-19 fatalities and 5,916 new transmissions around Thailand occurred on Saturday
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04 Jul, 2021Centre predicts further surge in numbers
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04 Jul, 2021Confusion reigned tonight on whether Brits and nationals of three other European countries will be banned from entering Phuket under the newly-launched Phuket Sandbox initiative.
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03 Jul, 2021First arrivals on three THAI flights from Europe greeted warmly at airport
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03 Jul, 2021Forty-one Covid-19 deaths and 6,230 new cases were reported on Saturday, bringing the accumulated toll to 2,182 fatalities and 277,151 cases since the start of the pandemic.
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03 Jul, 2021All arrivals that flew into Phuket on the first day of the Sandbox initiative last Thursday (July 1) tested negative for COVID-19, Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed.
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03 Jul, 2021Tanee Sangrat, Director-General of the Department of Information and Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, has revealed that 6,020 tourists have registered to enter Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox scheme.
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03 Jul, 2021Destinations have to keep their fingers crossed the vaccines will arrive
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03 Jul, 2021Visitors finally roam free on resort island
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03 Jul, 2021The Phuket Sandbox scheme is off the ground and the desperately needed foreign travellers have begun to trickle back onto the Thai island.
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03 Jul, 2021Once again, authorities are using alcohol consumption as an easy scapegoat for recent Covid-19 outbreaks, even though most new cases are found in alcohol-free construction sites and fresh food markets.
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03 Jul, 2021The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reports that the exodus of workers from sealed construction sites in Bangkok has led to an increase in COVID-19 infections in 32 provinces, mostly in the Northeast.
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03 Jul, 2021The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) abruptly submitted a draft purchase contract for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to the Office of Attorney General (OAG) on Friday after the latter publicly stated it never received the contract.
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03 Jul, 2021Vaccine institute chief says 5-6m doses a month available, not 10m as planned
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03 Jul, 2021Foreign Ministry disappointed at lower tier
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02 Jul, 2021The Prayut government announced last Wednesday that Thailand will be open for tourists to visit within 120 days. This would mean that by the morning of October 15, visitors from local and abroad can travel in Thailand without any quarantine providing that they have been fully vaccinated.
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02 Jul, 2021The month-long festival will include fireworks and fire shows at Patong Beach
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02 Jul, 2021As the first day of the Phuket Sandbox passed with much fanfare yesterday (July 1), Patong remained in the dark and shrouded in uncertainty
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02 Jul, 2021The Tourism Authority's Trat office will launch a “stay one night, get one night free" campaign to attract visitors to the eastern seaboard province.
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