Новости за 22.12.2020

The Public Health Ministry has appointed an epidemiologist from Phangnga to spearhead the fight against the Covid-19 outbreak in Samut Sakhon, said permanent secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit

The cabinet has approved the Labour Ministry's proposal to pay relief compensation to subscribers of the Social Security Fund (SSF) who have been made jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic, government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has signalled stricter disease-control measures and a halt to travel easing as the country is grappling with a surge in Covid-19 cases.

TAK: Two Myanmar nationals who were among 120 people deemed at risk in Mae Sot district for Covid-19 infection tested positive on Tuesday and were quarantined.

NARATHIWAT: Thirty-two Lao nationals were arrested by Thai authorities after they crossed the Sungai Kolok river from Malaysia into Thailand on Tuesday morning.

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court convicted two rappers and sentenced them to up to a year and a half in prison on Tuesday on charges of incitement over their rhymes about social injustice and loss of sovereign territory.

Two engineers of the Royal Irrigation Department in Bangkok were diagnosed with Covid-19 after visiting a restaurant in Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest outbreak of the disease.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: A new fundraising frenzy that swept Wall Street this year looks set to take hold in Asia with more than a dozen special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, on the hunt for fast-growing technology firms that are ready to go public.

The Criminal Court on Tuesday dismissed charges of sedition brought by the military junta against former deputy prime minister Chaturon Chaisaeng six years ago under Section 116 of the Criminal Code and the Computer Crimes Act.

The Pattaya City municipality has cancelled the New Year countdown on worries over a possible second wave of Covid-19 infections following the virus outbreak in Samut Sakhon.

SAMUT PRAKAN: A driver who obstructed an ambulance rushing to pick up a patient faces another serious charge on top of drink-driving after the 46-year-old man died.

The Supreme Court has rejected a Lao drug kingpin's request to appeal his life sentence for smuggling more than a million "yaba" pills into Thailand.

The government on Tuesday reported 427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including 397 migrant workers, raising the accumulated total since the start of the pandemic to 5,716. .

BANGKOK/SEOUL: The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as "little ghosts".

CHIANG MAI: Medical teams are conducting tests on people deemed at risk in the province for Covid-19 after a woman in Ayutthaya, who had worked as a beautician in Mae Ai district, tested positive for the virus.

The technology giants that shape so much of our lives dominate in yet another way: They lead the pack of the country's best-run companies.

Thai League 1 side Port have signed forward Yannick Boli from Ratchaburi in an attempt to win the title.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, with only a month left in office, issued an order Monday that future federal buildings must be "beautiful" and preferably built in the Greco-Roman classical style.

The Covid-19 infections that spread from the seafood market in Samut Sakhon are likely to ruin tourism sentiment, hobbling domestic trips to 95 million this year, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

The Thai stock market plunged 80.60 points or 5.44% on Monday to close at 1401.78 points with trading worth 129.44 billion baht caused by the new surge of Covid-19 in Thailand.

The Board of Investment (BoI) yesterday approved additional measures including a 50% corporate tax deduction for five years for investment projects worth at least 1 billion baht to stimulate investment next year.

International concerts were absent for much of 2020 as every tour and festival was postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic. While there was not much to look forward to, one ray of hope we had amid the absence of live music was to see the number of artists around the globe covering all genres turning to the virtual world as a new medium to engage with their music fans. They took to social media...

As Phuket and other tourist destinations prepare for a slight bump in business from the countdown to 2021, a new virus outbreak among seafood factory workers in Samut Sakhon couldn’t come at a worse time.

Despite a surge of new infections in Samut Sakhon, food processors and seafood restaurants remain upbeat about food-related business prospects.

The 14-day lockdown in Samut Sakhon to contain a new outbreak will cost manufacturing and logistics in the province 1 billion baht daily and affect 345,284 Thai and migrant workers, Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) estimates.