COVID Countdown: Gov’t Issues Health Guidelines for NYE Events
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday approved the holding of New Year mega countdown events as long as health safety standards are implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
US Virus Deaths Hit Record Levels With the Holidays Ahead
Olympia, WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse because of the fallout from Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.
Emergency Health Centers Told to Prepare for Virus Resurgence
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on Monday said it had instructed all provincial administrations to open emergency health centers as a precautionary measure in case COVID-19 infections resurge.
24 Died in Record Flood Ravaging Southern Provinces
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Flash floods spanning across five provinces in the south of Thailand have killed at least 24 people, the disaster mitigation department said Monday evening.
Koalas Return To Aussie Wild After Rescues From Bushfires
SYDNEY (Xinhua) — After months of treatments and recoveries, koalas severely injured in Australia's devastating bushfires last summer have finally returned home.
UK Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccine To Public as World Watches
LONDON (AP) — U.K. health authorities are rolling out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.
38 People Infected So Far In Connection With Myanmar Returnees
BANGKOK — At least 38 new cases of coronavirus infection found in recent days have direct links to a group of Thai workers who crossed the border from Myanmar illegally, health officials said Monday.
As Coronavirus Panic Returns, Hoteliers Ask Gov’t for Help
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Hoteliers and other tourism businesspersons of Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, have called for government help in the face of a renewed panic over the current pandemic situation.
Japan Doctor Remembered 1-Yr After Killing in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Kyodo) — Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura was remembered Friday by some 100 local staff members of a group founded by him, one year after he was gunned down in Afghanistan.
Trump Lawyer Giuliani in Hospital After Positive COVID Test
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S.
