Coronavirus Update for Phuket & Thailand
Thursday 13th of January, 2022: As of January 12th Phuket has had 452 new local infections confirmed across the island, but no new deaths, bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 24,968. Phuket is still open to...
Hong Kong’s surprise Delta case is another blow to Covid Zero push
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong's Covid Zero strategy - already strained by an outbreak of Omicron cases - is now facing the risk of the Delta variant silently spreading after a pet shop worker unexpectedly tested preliminary positive. The 23-year-old woman, who...
Team USA urged to use burner phones over fears of hacking at olympics
US athletes competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics could be without their ordinary cellphones after Team USA advised against doing so. A warning was reportedly sent out to Team USA athletes in September and again in December about the risk of using an ordinary...
Tonga volcanic eruption: Too soon to assess damage
Further afield in the Pacific archipelago, an update from aid coordinating office OCHA, indicated that there has been significant damage to infrastructure around the main island of Tongatapu, where several resorts have been destroyed or badly affected, in western...
‘You are our champion’: deported Djokovic welcomed home to Serbia
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks with his team after landing at Dubai Airport after the Australian Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa to play in the Australian Open, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Loren...
Birth rates in China fall to record low in 2021
BEIJING - The birth rate in China fell to a record low last year, extending a downward trend despite a landmark decision to allow couples to have up to three children and measures to help with raising kids. There were 7.52 births for every 1,000 people last year, down...
Boosters recommended for higher immunity against Omicron, – Siriraj, Medical Sciences Dept
Vaccine booster shots are recommended for higher immune response against the Omicron COVID-19 variant for people having already received two jabs of any vaccine makes, according to Thailand’s Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES) and the Department of...
APEC 2022 Thailand to host virtual symposium on redesigned, better tourism
Bangkok, 17 January, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to advise that Thailand, as the host of APEC 2022, will organise a virtual symposium on 25-26 January, 2022, entitled ‘Redesigning the Next Phase of Better Tourism: Dialogue to...
Tom Yam Kung listed among CNN’s 20 best soups of the world
Bangkok, 17 January, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is delighted to report that tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) – one of the most famous of all Thai dishes and a perennial favourite around the globe – has been included in CNN’s list...
‘No Progress’ on ASEAN Peace Plan for Myanmar: Singaporean PM
AdvertisementSingapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that there has been no “significant progress” on the implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) peace plan on Myanmar, calling on the bloc’s current chair Cambodia to include “all...
Chinese cities on high Covid-19 alert as peak Chinese New Year travel season starts
BEIJING (REUTERS) - Several Chinese cities went on high Covid-19 alert as the Chinese New Year holiday travel season started on Monday (Jan 17), requiring travellers to report their trips days before their arrival, as the Omicron variant reached more areas including...
Aung San Suu Kyi Hit With 5 New Corruption Charges
AdvertisementMyanmar’s military administration has added five new corruption charges to the lengthy rap sheet facing Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader it ousted in last February’s coup d’etat. According to the Associated Press, these five additional charges are connected...
Japan lifts all tsunami warnings
The Japan Meteorological Agency lifted all remaining tsunami advisories at 2 P.M. on Sunday local time. (Photo by AP/Eugene Hoshiko) All tsunami warnings issued in Japan, following Saturday’s massive volcanic eruption in Tonga, have been lifted. The final alert which...