Thai police are reporting two extra crosswalk accidents in Bangkok amidst a nationwide effort to enhance pedestrian safety.
One man was killed whereas strolling throughout a crossing on Suwinthawong Road within the Min Buri district and the other man was hit and injured by the Yingcharoen market on Phahon Yothin Road in Bang Khen district
On Suwinthawong Road, the person who was killed didn’t have any form of identification on him and officers are nonetheless working to determine the physique. The lady who reportedly crashed into him is going through criminal costs of reckless driving causing death.
The different incident concerned a 35-year-old Burmese migrant named Doe who labored at a pork stall at Ying Charoen Market for greater than a decade.
Doe was transferred to Bhumibol Hospital to be treated for his injuries. The 48-year-old bike driver who hit Doe was knocked off his bike and suffered from minor injuries.
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A 59-year-old French expat was arrested over the weekend for allegedly scamming foreigners in Pattaya out of a total of 6.three million baht.
The suspect, who was recognized as Herve Christian Robert Leonard, allegedly scammed numerous foreigners from varied international locations, claiming he had connections with law enforcement officials dealing with various issues such as the sale of large bikes and offering to assist people in bother.
Chon Buri Police, Immigration Officers, and the French Embassy then launched an investigation to seek out and identify the suspect. With the help of an alleged victim, officers tracked down the suspect at a nearby village in the Prachuap Khiri Khan district, the place he was ultimately apprehended and introduced into jail for additional investigation.
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The authorities is being urged to reconsider its choice to finish coverage for Covid treatment underneath the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients scheme.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had previously announced that Covid remedy can be excluded from the UCEP scheme from March 1. However, his deputy, Satit, argues now isn’t the time, provided that infections are on the rise.
On Saturday, Thailand reported 16,330 new infections and 25 deaths, the highest since August 29 final year. As a result, Sathit says he plans to ask Anutin to postpone the exclusion of Covid till April 1. The exclusion will mean that Covid patients will no longer have their treatment coated underneath the UCEP scheme until they’re critically ill. Currently, all Covid therapy is covered, allowing sufferers to receive free treatment at any hospital.
After it’s removed, solely patients who are critically unwell with a secondary infection on account of Covid-19 will have their therapy covered. Patients who don’t fall into this category should use other welfare schemes, such as the common well being protection scheme from the National Health Security Office or the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme.
Opposition politicians are also calling on the government to rethink the choice, arguing that the move will make it harder to comprise the current outbreak. Teerarat from the opposition Pheu Thai Party says the decision means patients will have access to medical treatment restricted and can only be capable of obtain remedy on the hospital where their insurance schemes are registered.
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The Thai authorities says it’s going to re-open the country’s border with Malaysia from subsequent month, in an effort to kickstart the recovery of tourism and the economic system within the southern provinces.
Spokeswoman Ratchada says the federal government plans to re-open border checkpoints in Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat and Satun.
Thailand plans to implement a journey bubble association with Malaysia, underneath which vaccinated tourists may arrive beneath the Test & Go entry scheme with out having to quarantine. However, Rachada says they may still be required to take 2 PCR checks following their arrival. She says the prime minister is assured Thailand will stay one of the world’s prime vacationer destinations, despite the pandemic.
According to the Public Health Ministry, the Covid situation in Thailand and Malaysia is at an analogous stage, with round 12,000 new infections reported in the neighboring country on February 12. Given the similarity in numbers, health officers, subsequently, don’t contemplate the border reopening to pose a major risk.
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A Thai vacationer who posted a photograph of himself sitting on an endangered coral reef faces a fine of up to 1 million baht and a 10-year prison sentence.
Wisut shared a photograph on his Facebook web page on Saturday, which reveals him sitting on the protected reef off Koh Kram Noi, in the Sattahip district of Trat province, eastern Thailand.
The picture prompted the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources to file a police criticism the next day.
Department official Wuttiphong says the vacationer might be charged with posing a risk to an endangered species. If found guilty, he faces a fine of as much as 1 million baht and/or a jail sentence of as much as 10 years.
The report goes on to state that the 45-year-old tourist has offered himself to police to be formally charged. He claims it was never his intention to wreck the reef, saying the photograph was taken last year and posted on social media on Saturday.
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After a two-year hit to tourism, elephant and tiger sights in Thailand have run low on money and are asking the federal government for financial assistance.
Zoo operators met with the Tourism Commission yesterday at Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, citing their struggles in the course of the pandemic.
The daily earnings for Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, in addition to the situation in Phuket, dropped from 1 million baht to zero as a end result of closures and a scarcity of tourists, based on the managing director. Reports say several other tiger sights in Thailand could not safe financial credit from banks.
The managing director, Kochakorn, says that whereas the company has not been making an earnings, they nonetheless must pay the prices to feed and house 220 tigers. For elephant sanctuaries, many in Thailand have been asking for donations for food to feed the elephants.
A report from Nation Thailand says the Tourism Commissioner and MPs from the Pheu Thai get together discussed problems the zoo operators have been facing, like securing loans to assist them during the pandemic. According to the president of Chiang Mai Tourism Business Association, a quantity of elephant sanctuaries function on undocumented land, making it troublesome to safe loans. A proposal was even made to put the elephants up as collateral for loans.
In the meeting, the proprietor of Lanna Kingdom Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai reportedly referred to as for low-interest business loans, the suspension of all debt repayments through the pandemic, and monetary help to cowl the prices for feeding the elephants.
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Live squid dumped in a shot glass with a spicy Thai sauce, after which consumed while the squid remains to be squirming, has been a brand new meals trend in Thailand, with many sharing the phenomenon on TikTok and other social media outlets. But โซล่าเซลล์คุณภาพดี of the Department of Health is warning people who the so-called “squid shots” could be dangerous.
The Director of the Department of Health, Suwanchai, says raw squid can contain bacteria which can result in diarrhoea and vomiting if consumed.
He warns that severe meals poisoning from eating uncooked squid can then result in long-term irritation of the rectum and colon. Karma for leaving a reside squid to drown in spicy sauce.
Other than that, squid and other sea creatures can carry parasites which may additionally result in abdomen aches, diarrhoea, and other reactions if eaten raw by people..