First Covid death in Nakhon Ratchasima
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published : 23 Apr 2021 at 11:24
6 People wait for Covid-19 tests at the provincial hall of Nakhon Ratchasima in Muang district on Friday morning. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: This northeastern province reported its first Covid-19 fatality on Friday, a hotel employee in Pak Chong district.
Nakhon Ratchasima governor Wichian Chantaranothai said the victim was an obese 35-year-old employee of Pool Villa Resort hotel.
The man, who weighed 140 kilogrammes, was diagnosed with the disease on April 14 and admitted to a local hospital, and referred to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital on April 15.
The governor said the man was highly vulnerable to the virus because of his weight. Medical personnel tried their best to save him, but he died on Thursday evening.
5 Covid clusters in Nakhon Ratchasima
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published : 22 Apr 2021 at 14:30
1 Medical personnel are inoculated with Covid-19 vaccine at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital in Muang district, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Thursday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
The northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima had 76 Covid-19 cases, in five clusters partly linked to Bangkok s Yaowarat area, over the past five days, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Thursday that Cluster 1 had 47 cases - people who attended a birthday party in Pak Chong district. Within the cluster, a group of friends who visited Yaowarat area in Bangkok tested positive for Covid-19 first.
Man killed while feeding an elephant
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published : 16 Apr 2021 at 09:17
3 Officials inspect the death scene in front of the Jungle House Khaoyai resort near Thanarat Road in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Thursday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
An elephant trampled a man to death on Thursday, while he was apparently trying to feed it by the side of a road in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Pol Capt Arthit Poontaisong, deputy inspector of Mu Si police, said the incident occurred at 7.50am in front of the Jungle House Khaoyai resort near Thanarat Road in Pak Chong district.
Police said the body of Rachan Theerapittayatrakul, 55, a sanitation technical officer for the Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality, had suffered multiple fractures and was found near a female elephant known locally as Cherry.
Heavy traffic in Korat as Songkran trips begin
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published : 10 Apr 2021 at 12:11
4 Traffic is heavy at several sections of the Northeast-bound Mittraphp Highway in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday as Songkran revellers begin trips to their provinces during the long holiday amid rising Covid-19 infections. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Traffic on Mittraphap Highway to Nakhon Ratchasima province has been congested in Pak Chong and Sikhiu districts as people begin trips to their hometowns.
Traffic jams were reported at several sections of the gateway to the Northeast at around 9.30am on Saturday, the first day of the Songkran holiday.
In Pak Chong district, highway police opened more lanes to ease the flow at three locations in tambon Klang Dong from kilometre markers 17-42, 47-51 and 161-163 where vehicles were moving at a snail’s pace.
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