Eight prevalent issues that affect Thai consumers on a daily basis and degrade their quality of life have now been compiled by the Thailand Consumers Council. The TCC listed these annoyances for Thai consumers across a range of industries, provided some solutions, and encouraged senators and the Cabinet to intervene and enact rules. Public transportation is very expensive, subpar product manufacturers have defrauded consumers, private hospital services are very expensive, public service providers have taken advantage of the public, marijuana is being misused as a recreational drug and a food additive, there are administrative hurdles to installing home solar systems, and real estate developers use scammers to call from call centers and send SMS messages. During a meeting with the Senate Committee on Human Rights, Rights and Liberty and Consumer Protection on Monday, the TCC presented the list of problems they identified in the areas of the environment, goods and…
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According to Chadchart Sittipunt, the new governor of Bangkok, the BMA has reportedly implemented four new measures in response to the rising BA.5 infections in and around Bangkok. opening the walk-in vaccination booths at the centers every Friday and Saturday. in-class Covid-19 testing is proactive. program of targeted vaccinations for “vulnerable groups”. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration claims that the city is equipped to withstand another Covid-19 pandemic wave and anticipates that the city may become home to tens of thousands of BA.5 patients when the current surge peaks at the end of August. This time, the main player is the BA.5 sub-variant, which was mostly identified through ATK results and community testing. Many people self-test at home, take time off work, and don’t report their results to the medical system, according to health professionals. Every Public Health Center will add a second working day on Saturdays. He also urged the…
The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) in Thailand is cultivating the monkeypox virus in a lab to look into the viability of developing a vaccine against it. Scientists from Naresuan University in the northern district of Phitsanulok are investigating the monkeypox virus in the sewage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Authorities are speeding up their preventative efforts after Phuket, Thailand, reported the first case of the virus last week and the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a “global health emergency” on Saturday after 16,000 cases were detected in 75 countries. Dr. Thanaphon wants to underline that monkeypox can only be contracted through close contact with an infected person. Symptoms include a high temperature, a splitting headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, enlarged lymph nodes, skin rashes, and lesions. The monkeypox virus has been identified in feces between 7 and 14 days after infection, frequently before the infected person displays symptoms, according…
Before departing for Japan, carefully review the admission requirements as they are subject to change. The first flight from Bangkok was warmly welcomed by the deputy director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Fukuoka, Keng Chaivarin, the deputy governor of Fukuoka Prefecture, Ryousuke Shoujima, the deputy mayor of Fukuoka City, Hiroaki Mitsuyama, and the director, president, and CEO of Fukuoka Airport, Testsuya Nagasao. There is only one route that the airline covers between Thailand and Japan. The Vietjet Group also offers three to four flights per week from Hanoi, Vietnam, to Fukuoka and Nagoya. Bangkok serves as the starting point for Thai Vietjet flights that continue to Phuket, Krabi, and Chiang Mai for inhabitants of Fukuoka. With an average flight length of 5 hours and 30 minutes, the airline will run flights on this route three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. A flight from Bangkok to…
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn acknowledged that overall revenue “might be lower than the ministry’s target of 1.5 trillion baht,” claiming that the average spending was “significantly affected by inflation and surging airfares” despite the number of travelers and tourists returning to Thailand. He gave the idea to waive visa fees and extend the duration of tourist visas and visas-on-arrival from 30 to 45 days as an illustration. In order to provide the business with more options, the THA recommended cutting the minimum wage for hiring foreign specialists from 35,000 baht per month to 20,000 baht per month. Despite the fact that the Tourism Authority of Thailand, travel organizations and even the Ministry of Tourism and Sport provided numerous comments and proposals, there needed to be much more coordination and leadership from the government to ensure that the proposals could be implemented. Even if the fees were waived, he…
The Public Health Ministry reported that 29 new deaths and 2,390 additional coronavirus in-patients had occurred on the previous day. Bangkok in particular is experiencing a coronavirus “mini-wave” in Thailand. 2,390 new cases and 30 fatalities were reported as of today (July 24) according to Worldometers. Today’s reported new infections were all spread within Thailand. 24,702 individuals, including 12,290 hospital patients, were receiving Covid-19 medication as of yesterday. According to the ministry, there were 2,578 new cases reported yesterday, along with 29 fatalities on the previous day. The figures have increased since Worldometers reported 1,814 new cases and 17 new deaths on Monday (July 18). Patients using ventilators increased from 349 to 409 throughout this time. 874 of the patients who were admitted to the hospital had severe lung irritation. Over the previous week, that number has increased from 786. Lung infections accounted for around 8% of Covid hospitalizations, according…
In order to help Thailand’s older population use the internet more effectively and produce their own content so they may use social media to monetize their interests, Thai Media Fund, a government institution, has created a digital training program. Participants in the training course will also learn how to be safe online. Dhanakorn claims that elderly people are more likely to fall for online frauds and incorrect information than younger people. In Thailand, there are already a number of well-known senior influencers who got their start with the assistance of tech-savvy family members. Grandma Hong Thong, also known as Khun Yai Hong Thong, is a stylish elderly woman who enjoys drinking whiskey. Around 78 percent of Thailand’s 70 million residents are online, and the country has the eighth-highest number of Facebook users worldwide. By 2040, the World Bank projects that 17 million Thais, or more than 25% of the nation’s…
Pattaya was one of the top 20 most visited cities in the world in 2019 with 10 million international travelers, but Covid-19 restrictions forced some businesses to close. Even some of the women who worked in the city’s establishments in the red light district were putting up tents there to sleep at night. Deputy Mayor Wuttisak Rueimkitkan organized the campaign launch yesterday with help from the Chonburi Homeless Protection Center. Supporting homeless people’s reintegration into society is the campaign’s main goal. Officials at the stand are helping those in need of basic essentials get back in touch with government services. This includes having legitimate identification, accommodation, a job, and Covid-19 protection. Last year, it was reported that Pattaya’s homeless population was rising after a year without any foreign tourists. Now that some of Thailand’s Covid laws have been relaxed, only time will tell if Pattaya’s most recent effort to fight…
The National Tobacco Products Control Committee proposed the resolution, which would outlaw the sale of cannabis-infused traditional cigarettes, cigars, and joints in addition to electronic cigarettes and vapes. The ban would severely curtail the recreational use of cannabis, which has become widespread due to the one million people who have obtained licenses to cultivate, trade, or consume the plant, as well as the proliferation of shops and stands selling joints and other cannabis products across the nation, particularly in tourist hotspots. Last month, Thailand decriminalized cannabis cultivation, sales, possession, and use, with very little guidelines or procedures in place to govern the newly authorized narcotic. Anutin added a statement to emphasize that the government and the Ministry of Public Health have always opposed cannabis use for recreational purposes and that the concept was never specifically addressed in the original draft bill that resulted in the drug’s decriminalization. Anutin Charnvirakul, the…
The World Health Organization today designated monkeypox a Global Health Emergency, prompting Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to schedule an urgent meeting. The department also stated that it has enough supplies of medicine and infrastructure in case an outbreak of monkeypox occurs. Health officials at the conference today, according to Anutin, believed the individual had not spread the infection, making Thailand still safe. According to the Medical Services Department, Thailand has access to adequate vaccines to stave off monkeypox. The government claimed the vaccination was still effective despite having reportedly been in cold storage for 40 years. This information was released following the escape to Cambodia of a Nigerian man who was the first person in Thailand to be diagnosed with monkeypox. The man was hospitalized in Phuket after being diagnosed with the virus, but he escaped when authorities went to his condo to take him to the hospital. The…