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The region’s poor and working classes are bearing the brunt of economic fallout from the latest wave of COVID-19. Long-term social protection schemes could help.
Share Mon, 24 May 2021 Though restrictions have been eased in the capital and across much of the country, the provincial administrations in Koh Kong, Takeo, Svay Rieng and Battambang have continued to implement stricter health measures by closing some villages and extending the closure of their markets. The Koh Kong Provincial Hall has decided to lock some villages in Sre Ambel district due to it being a Covid-19 hotspot. Governor Phouthong Mithona has also temporarily restricted entry and exit from Sre Ambel village until further notice to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to other areas. In an...
499 new prison Covid cases published : 23 May 2021 at 15:46 The Corrections Department found 499 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, department director-general Ayut Sinthippan said. The new cases come after the 460 imprisoned patients announced by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Sunday, whose daily bulletins cover only the previous 24-hour period ending at midnight. Of the 499 new infections, 292 were at Bang Khwang Central Prison; 91 at Khlong Prem Central Prison, 85 at Chachoengsao Central Prison, 20 at Thon Buri Remand Prison, nine at Chiang...
8 Staff in a mobile kitchen run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepare food to be delivered to medical personnel at BMA-run hospitals and field hospitals on Friday. The mobile kitchen, which is next to City Hall in Phra Nakhon district, is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding Covid-19 mass testing across the capital with a plan to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day for the next few days to slow the rate of transmissions. Bangkok city clerk Silapasuai Raweesangsoon said on ...
Woman accused of B500m lottery investment fraud 12 published : 7 May 2021 at 16:58 12 Pol Col Nawin Theerawit, chief of Muang police in Trat, said at least 50 people filed complaints against the wanted woman on Friday, for the second day running. Alleged losses were already at least 500 million baht, and rising. (Photo: Jakkrit Waewkraihong) TRAT: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 30-year-old woman accused of swindling people in Trat out of at least 500 million baht through a lottery investment scheme. The Trat provincial court...