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Multiple Facebook posts have shared a purported health notice that warns people who get out of bed too quickly are likely to suffer a stroke. The claim is misleading: health experts said the warning was “not true” for healthy people who have no underlying medical conditions.
The purported health notice was posted on Facebook on March 9, 2021. The post has been shared more than 600 times.
The Thai-language post translates to English in part as: “A lot of people die at night when they get up too quickly from the bed because getting up from the bed too quickly will lead to stroke and low blood pressure.
Image from The Nation Thailand/ANN BANGKOK, March 14 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) has approved maximum coverage of up to Bt1 million for side-effects from the Covid-19 vaccine.
The office secretary-general, Suthipol Taweechaikarn, revealed this on Friday to the Digital Economy and Society Ministry’s Anti-Fake News Centre, which had sought clarification after some companies advertised the maximum coverage of their insurance plans in case customers show side-effects and allergic reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine.
The advertisements have sparked public curiosity, and many wanted to verify the legitimacy of those insurance plans.
“The OIC has approved the insurance plans for Covid-19 side-effects of some general insurance companies since February to boost people’s confidence in receiving the vaccine, as well as to make sure that they are well protected financially in case they suffer from side-effects or allergic reactions,
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Thai ministry debunks fake news of new emergency personal loan
Wed, 10 March 2021
Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has warned people against believing or sharing news and Internet posts claiming that the Government Savings Bank (GSB) has launched a new emergency personal loan of 10,000 baht ($325) per person, in which applicants must register via their mobile phones and repay at 400 baht per month.
“The ministry’s Anti-Fake News Centre contacted the GSB’s Organisational Communication Department to verify this information and was told it was false,” the ministry said.
“The GSB said the loan had been announced in 2020 to alleviate the financial burden of self-employed customers during the Covid-19 crisis, but the campaign has now ended,” it said.
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The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) has warned against the boiling of tap water to reduce salinity, saying that the best method is to use reverse osmosis filtering of brackish water.
The Anti-Fake News Centre has checked with the MWA and was told that boiling of brackish tap water at 100
oC will not reduce the salt content, but will cause the water to evaporate, leaving the water even saltier.
As a temporary relief measure, the MWA has been providing free drinking water to the public at all its branch offices. Also, the MWA is keeping households in Bangkok and suburbs updated on the condition of tap water and about when it is good for consumption and when it turns brackish, which is related to high and low tides.
Covid confusion is the new normal
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Arusa Pisuthipan Deputy editor of the Life section
published : 11 Jan 2021 at 04:30
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With this new surge of Covid-19 cases hitting the country, Thais know that the disease is not new. Certain buzzwords like coronavirus and the new normal are familiar narratives and protective face masks and alcohol-based sanitisers have become common household items.
However, adding to the pandemic s new normal are myths, confusion, and fake news circulating online. This confusion, unfortunately, also comes from the one and supposedly most reliable source the authorities.
Let s start with something that affects people s daily life can we eat outside?