A local quarantine facility in Rayong has been turned into a 70-bed field hospital and preparations are under way to turn a resort and a naval base in Sattahip district of Chon Buri into field hospitals, to accommodate new COVID-19 patients, after the Rayong provincial hospital ran out of in-patient beds, said Rayong’s Governor Charnna […]
Rayong’s provincial administration has decided to close all entertainment and recreational venues, schools, beauty salons, fitness clubs, amusement parks, children’s playgrounds and public swimming pools across the province after 56 COVID-19 new cases were recorded today. Governor Charnna Iamsaeng told the media today that total infections in the province, related to the illegal gambling den, […]
Forty-eight more people in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong have been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, raising the number of gambling cluster infections to 85 so far. The province is not yet locked down, according to a joint announcement by Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutacha, Governor Charna Lamsaeng and provincial health chief Dr. […]
Thailand’s Disease Control Department has reported two new clusters of COVID-19 infections, one involving 19 big bike enthusiasts, who had gathered for a celebration on Lanta Island in the southern province of Krabi, and the other involving a group of nine gamblers in the eastern province of Rayong. Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn, director of the Communicable […]
PHUKET: A 40-year-old Phuket Thai man has tested positive for COVID-19 after joining a big bike event on Koh Lanta, Krabi, Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew confirmed in a video broadcast last night (Dec 22). A total of 28 people believed to have come into high-risk contact with the man have also been tested, the results […]
NARATHIWAT: A deserted camp with many tents, believed used by insurgents, was found on a mountain in Si Sakhon district on Sunday by a combined police-military force sent to scour the area. The search on Bilo mountain was launched after a local man was shot dead while hunting wild pigs on Friday. Full story: Bangkok […]
The director of Phra Chomklao Hospital, in Thailand’s Phetchaburi province, was shot dead in his clinic by a lone gunman this morning (Saturday). According to eyewitness accounts, the gunman parked his white sedan opposite the Dr. Chumphon Clinic and then walked into the premises, asking about the estimated costs of treatment of his ailment. Full […]
YALA: An assistant village head was shot dead by an unknown number of assailants at his house while he was helping his 6-year-old son with his homework on Friday night. The boy escaped unhurt. Russalam Duelamae, 40, was found lying dead with multiple gunshot wounds to his body in front of his house in Leeseng […]
