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18.5m people in Thailand have received COVID jab
18.5m people in Thailand have received COVID jab
BANGKOK: A total of 18.58 million people in Thailand had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of last night (Aug 3).
Room capacity at ICUs and LQ venues increased
Room capacity at ICUs and LQ venues increased
PHUKET: The head of Vachira Phuket Hospital has confirmed that the number of rooms at intensive-care units (ICUs) and in local quarantine venues (LQ) have been increased in order to cope with the expected rise in people infected with COVID-19.
190 drivers refused entry to Phuket on first day of ‘island isolation’
190 drivers refused entry to Phuket on first day of ‘island isolation’
PHUKET: A total 190 drivers were refused entry to Phuket at the Phuket Check Point onto the island yesterday (Aug 3) on the first day of the ‘island isolation’ from domestic arrivals from the mainland.
Thai Airways selling assets to raise cash
Thai Airways selling assets to raise cash
BANGKOK: Thai Airways International (THAI) is selling 10 properties and buildings around the country in a bid to raise funds to rehabilitate its ailing business, according to an airline source.
Phuket health chief marks latest island COVID death a 74-year-old
Phuket health chief marks latest island COVID death a 74-year-old
PHUKET: Phuket has suffered its 13th death attributed to COVID-19 in the latest outbreak, the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has announced. 
COVID returns to China’s Wuhan as global Delta variant woes mount
COVID returns to China’s Wuhan as global Delta variant woes mount
BEIJING: Authorities in China’s Wuhan said yesterday (Aug 3) they would test the city’s entire population for COVID-19, as the virus returned to the place where it first emerged and the highly contagious Delta variant drove tightening lockdowns worldwide.
Two men arrested in Phuket with over 160,000 meth pills
Two men arrested in Phuket with over 160,000 meth pills
PHUKET: Tha Chatchai Police have arrested two Phuket men with more than 160,000 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) at a two-storey house under construction in Moo 1, Mai Khao. 
Sudaporn’s quarter-final win guarantees her Olympic bronze
Sudaporn’s quarter-final win guarantees her Olympic bronze
OLYMPICS: Sudaporn Seesondee edged Great Britain’s Caroline Dubois 3-2 in the women’s boxing lightweight (60kg) quarter-finals at the Tokyo Games yesterday (Aug 3).
Businesses request vaccine tax relief
Businesses request vaccine tax relief
BANGKOK: The government is being encouraged to allow companies to have the cost of providing COVID-19 vaccines to their employees deducted from their corporate tax, as an indirect economic stimulus.
Scholars not involved in vaccine procurement, MOPH says
Scholars not involved in vaccine procurement, MOPH says
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) issued a statement yesterday (Aug 3) to reiterate the professionalism of all scholars who give advice to the Ministry on COVID-19 control measures without any involvement in the procurement of vaccines and medical supplies as recently claimed by some groups of people. The statement reads as follows:
Phuket asks to vaccinate 12- to 18-year-olds
Phuket asks to vaccinate 12- to 18-year-olds
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Government and the Tourism Ministry have together filed a request for doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be given to people in Phuket who are 12-18 years old, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has confirmed.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Python caught, No alcohol at Phuket restaurants, Insurgents attack in Deep South |:| August 3
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Python caught, No alcohol at Phuket restaurants, Insurgents attack in Deep South |:| August 3
PHUKET XTRA - August 3 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Ban on alcohol sale and consumption at restaurants |:| Ranger killed in deep south days after insurgents attacked |:| 3 -metre python caught |:| Search continues for Thai man in sea Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Man arrested for stealing food
Man arrested for stealing food
PHUKET: A 37-year-old man has been arrested for stealing food and other essential household items from the baskets on motorbikes parked in front of convenience stores as he had no money to buy anything.
Phuket new COVID infections hold at 32
Phuket new COVID infections hold at 32
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 32 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 2), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,220.
Three metre python caught in Srisoonthorn
Three metre python caught in Srisoonthorn
PHUKET: A team of civil defense volunteers were called in to snare a three-metre python that was found near a family’s house in Moo 5, Srisoonthorn yesterday (Aug 1).
Phuket officials ban alcohol in restaurants, ‘social activities’ ‒ again
Phuket officials ban alcohol in restaurants, ‘social activities’ ‒ again
PHUKET: Phuket officials have banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in all restaurants again, and reinstituted the ban on all “social activities” in an order issued late last night (Aug 2).
Hubbard becomes first trans woman at Olympics
Hubbard becomes first trans woman at Olympics
OLYMPICS: Pioneering weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games yesterday (Aug 2), but her Tokyo dream was cut short when she crashed out of her final early.
Ministry insists all medics will get Pfizer
Ministry insists all medics will get Pfizer
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health insisted that all medical health staff, along with rescuers and undertakers, will definitely get the Pfizer vaccine, as long as they fit the ministry’s guidelines for mRNA-based vaccination.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket Provincial Police Chief investigated, island village lockdown |:| August 2
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket Provincial Police Chief investigated, island village lockdown |:| August 2
PHUKET XTRA - August 2 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Phuket village goes under lockdown |:| 2nd island field hospital set up |:| Provincial Police Chief investigated over gambling den |:| Protests call for PM to resign |:| Thailand COVID Update |:| More Thai provinces lockdowns Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Search launched after strong rip current pulls man out to sea at Freedom Beach
Search launched after strong rip current pulls man out to sea at Freedom Beach
PHUKET: A search has been launched for a Thai man who was last seen dragged out to deeper waters by a strong current at Freedom Beach, south of Patong, earlier this afternoon (Aug 2).