Stop health staff threats
Stop health staff threatsPublic Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul threatening state hospitals with disciplinary action for announcing vaccination delays will do more harm than good to this crucial mission. As public health minister, Mr Anutin's duty is to support them in every possible way. It is no time for the Public Health Ministry, which stands at the vanguard of the battle against the pandemic, to act vengefully against its own personnel. Mr Anutin on Monday said the public health permanent secretary had set up a panel to probe why some state hospitals announced vaccination delays. Many officials including Mr Anutin himself also admitted that the main jab AstraZeneca will be delivered gradually with no fixed amount or timing.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 08, 2021 23:26 UTC
End of World Cup dream for Thailand
Thailand's road to the 2022 World Cup reached an end on Monday after the War Elephants lost 3-1 to the United Arab Emirates. The result in Dubai means Thailand cannot finish in the top two of Group G of Asia's second qualifying stage. "In the first half, our team could not attack them but in the second half, we did quite well," said the Japanese. Thailand will end their Group G campaign with a meaningless game against Malaysia on June 15. The midfielder was a mainstay of the South Korean team when they took the world by surprise under Guus Hiddink at the 2002 World Cup, which the country co-hosted with Japan.
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June 08, 2021 23:15 UTC
CELEBRATE #KIMPTONLOVE LOUD AND PROUD IN PRIDE MONTH
CELEBRATE #KIMPTONLOVE LOUD AND PROUD IN PRIDE MONTHTreat yourself and your loved ones to a Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok staycation and/or dine-in and delivery services. For Pride Month 2021, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok puts together the ultimate staycation to celebrate love and highlight the ever-present need for equality. To commemorate Pride Month, Stock.Room offers these breakfast delicacies buffet-style every day from 6:30 to 10:30 am for THB 750++ per person. CRAFT ANIMAL-SHAPED ICE CREAM BARSFurry friends deserve kisses, and humans are rewarded with ice cream. From chubby calico cats to handsome huskies, each ice cream popsicle is fun to look at and creamy on the tongue.
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June 08, 2021 07:18 UTC
10 arrested for breaching alcohol ban
10 arrested for breaching alcohol banAn official arrests drinkers at Khrua Pattakhan Ban Thung restaurant in Hat Yai district, Songkhla, late Monday night. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)SONGKHLA: A restaurateur and his customers in Hat Yai district have been held for violating the provincial Covid-19 ban on liquor consumption. Hat Yai district chief Chawakit Suwankhiri took action immediately after receiving a complaint late Monday night that people were having a party and drinking at Khrua Pattakhan Ban Thung restaurant on Rattana Uthit Road. Since records showed local officials had already warned the operator about the ban three times, they decided to take legal action against her this time. The communicable disease committee of Songkhla prohibits alcoholic consumption at restaurants to contain Covid-19.
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June 08, 2021 05:48 UTC
Eclectic music to soak in
I did not, however, get to see any of Puglia's pizzica folk music and dance. This month's Transglobal World Music Chart has fixed that with an album by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS), Meridiana, which is riding high in the top spot on the chart. The band, a seven-person ensemble with a dancer have taken Southern Italian pizzica music and dance and added sounds and musicians from outside the region to make the music more contemporary. Transglobal World Music Chart Top 20 June 2021 (Band, album title, record label)1. Ben Aylon · Xalam (Riverboat / World Music Network)7.
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June 08, 2021 00:45 UTC
Crypto: A curse worse than cash
Crypto: A curse worse than cashRansomware -- a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid -- is not a good look for cryptocurrencies. But for anyone trying to avoid stringent capital controls, launder illicit gains, or evade US financial sanctions, crypto can still be an ideal option. Although Bitcoin and its crypto variants have by no means surpassed the dollar in facilitating the global underground economy, they are certainly on the rise. If governments will ultimately have to increase dramatically their regulation of crypto transactions, why have cryptocurrency prices in general, and the price of Bitcoin in particular, soared? But, ultimately, reducing the potential liquidity of hard-to-trace crypto will require a high level of international coordination, at least in advanced economies.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 08, 2021 00:33 UTC
Covid's ocean wake-up call
Covid's ocean wake-up callToday is World Oceans Day, although judging from the state our marine environment finds itself in, it is more of a nod to its state of perdition than a celebration of mankind's enduring relationship with the Seven Seas. According to City Hall, during the first two weeks of April, face masks alone accounted for almost 13 tonnes of rubbish each day. It remains unknown what steps authorities are taking to deal with this problem. Used face masks are not the usual bounty of interest to rubbish scavengers and recycling companies. Classified as "hazardous waste", they require specific and costly disposal technology.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 07, 2021 23:26 UTC
Murky start to jab rollout may get murkier
Murky start to jab rollout may get murkierIsn't it about time for the government to unveil all the details about its Covid-19 vaccine procurement deals, whether with AstraZeneca or SinoVac? The mass vaccination rollout is literally the nation's lifeline. Since it set the rollout to start yesterday, it was assumed the 6 million jabs would arrive before that date. The reality is the government had only about 3.5 million doses in its hands in early June. Its hope of receiving another 3 million doses before month's end remains just that.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 07, 2021 23:26 UTC
Big rollout fosters hope of light at the end of the tunnel
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha watches as a jab is administered at Bang Sue Grand Station. Ms U-ree told the Bangkok Post that she had registered via the Mor Prom app a long time ago and been assigned to the vaccination point at Bang Sue Grand Station. On arrival at 12.30pm, she was greeted and then taken care of by a volunteer staff member throughout the whole process. Ms U-ree was among thousands of people who on Monday flocked to Bang Sue Grand Station which is among the venues being used as temporary vaccination centres in the capital. According to an official at the temporary hub, the Bang Sue centre alone expected to have administered 10,000 jabs by the end of the first day.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 07, 2021 23:15 UTC
Works site on Rama IX added to list of clusters
Works site on Rama IX added to list of clustersThe Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has identified a fresh cluster off infections at another construction site, this time on Rama IX Road in Bangkok, after 347 tests there came back positive over the past fortnight. CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Monday the One 9 Five condominium construction site on Soi 5 had been classified as a medium-sized cluster after health officials spent the last two weeks conducting tests on the 528 workers living on the site. "It is a new cluster which the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration [BMA] is investigating," he said. Meanwhile, the head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, Dr Yong Poovorawan posted on his Facebook account that Covid-19 patients can contract the coronavirus again after three to six months. According to a study in Italy, he said vaccinations are necessary to confer protection even after someone has had the virus.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 07, 2021 23:03 UTC
33 Covid deaths, 2,419 cases logged Monday
33 Covid deaths, 2,419 cases logged MondayHealth workers take blood samples for testing for Covid-19 at Klong Toey market in Bangkok on Thursday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)Health authorities reported another 33 Covid-19 fatalities on Monday and 2,419 new cases, bringing the accumulated toll to 1,269 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 179,886. Chachoengsao, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Songkhla, Saraburi, Nonthaburi, Sing Buri and Samut Sakhon logged one death each. Along with the deaths, the bulk of the new cases recorded Sunday were in the capital region. Bangkok logged 943 new infections, while the five neighbouring provinces of Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Prathum Thani, Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom together recorded 597.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 07, 2021 07:41 UTC
Thaicom eyes spin-off for satellite bid
Thaicom eyes spin-off for satellite bidSatellite dishes at Thaicom headquarters in Nonthaburi. AM Thanapant said he is aware Thaicom is preparing to set up a subsidiary to join the bid. Thaicom still has time to buy a bid envelope, with the board making the final decision, said Mr Anant. Thaicom now operates Thaicom 4, a broadband satellite, and Thaicom 6, a broadcasting satellite, through concessions. The bid winner for the 119.5°E slot can make use of it only after Thaicom 4's engineering lifespan ends in 2023, said AM Thanapant.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 06, 2021 23:37 UTC
Grand reopening hopes fade
Beach chairs are placed on an empty beach in Phuket as the island province gears up for its July 1 reopening to tourists. However, he wanted the 14-day stay requirement taken back to seven, as hotels and ferry operators who take tourists on day trips have pinned their hopes on the reopening. For example, we have to consider which countries the foreign tourists are from. "Though incoming foreign tourists will be required to show proof of vaccination, this does not mean they are totally free of the virus," he said. "Foreign tourists may not want to wear their masks in public.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 06, 2021 23:15 UTC
Pulling together to survive and thrive
With newer and stronger variants of Covid-19 popping up, we often wonder how our businesses will be able to survive, let alone thrive. We can do so if we apply the concept of the outward mindset. The outward mindset is a concept developed by Dr C Terry Warner, the founder of the Arbinger Institute. Second, the outward mindset builds our self-awareness and our awareness of our environment and other people. It is not always easy, but it is possible if we think about applying the outward mindset in our daily lives.
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June 06, 2021 23:13 UTC
Give the homeless fair treatment
Give the homeless fair treatmentTomorrow is D-Day for the much awaited state mass Covid vaccination programme. Last week, Anuk Pitukthanin, manager of the homeless people's well-being development programme under the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), called for the vaccine rollout to serve homeless people. These people should have been registered for the state Covid vaccination programme. The treatment of homeless people has been less than ideal, and this has become more apparent amid the pandemic. This is the reality for thousands of homeless people living in the streets of Bangkok.
Source:Bangkok Post
June 05, 2021 20:03 UTC