Thailand

The toll has now surpassed the number of people who died in mainland China and Hong Kong during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, after another 81 people succumbed to the illness in central Hubei province. More than 34,000 people have been infected in China by the new strain, which is believed to have emerged in a market that sold exotic animals …

A PPRP source said the gathering was meant to serve as a warning by the Sam Mitr group to other party members after reports emerged that some key figures of the group may see their cabinet seats re-allocated to other PPRP members from a different faction in the next cabinet shake-up following the censure debate. The Sam Mitr group is …

A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed at least 630 people. Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said a combined team of Kanchanaburi wildlife checkpoint officials and paramilitary rangers found the carcasses of the two protected animals at Ban Phu Nam Ron border village in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district at around 1pm on Wednesday.  The suspect, 39,  was handed over to Muang police station for legal action. …

RAdm Kerdsak Weerayothin, director of Queen Sirikit Hospital in Chon Buri province, said on Thursday that four returnees had been admitted with a fever, coughing and diarrhoea and their symptoms had now  subsided. However, x-rays revealed one of them had a small lung disorder. The patient would be thoroughly examined, he said. Government spokesperson Narumon Pinyosinwat said Prime Minister Prayut …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s confirmed about the availability of surgical face masks, some pharmacies and convenience stores in two Bangkok districts were found to be running short on supplies. Only a few face masks were available in Lat Phrao’s Chok Chai 4 area. A large sign declaring “face masks and alcohol-based hand sanitisers are out of stock” was also seen …

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday the first person to be infected in Thailand had been treated, cleared and discharged by Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute. All relatives and people who had been in contact with him were also free of the virus, he said. The man was among nine virus patients who had now been cured and discharged. …

Dr Tanarak Plipat, deputy director-general of the Disease Control Department, said on Tuesday they were  informed of the case in South Korea and were seeking details of her test results, condition and where she went in Thailand. With this information they could find other people who might have been in contact with her, and check them for the virus. A …

Contractors have been ordered to halt construction work across the city, as these sites are known to be major contributors of PM10 — pollutants which measure less than 10 micrometres in diameter. In addition to road and building works, the state’s electric railway projects will also be affected by the order, said Pol Capt Phongsakon. The spokesman also said City …

A police officer was found stabbed to death, his body mutilated, in Kamalasai district of this northeastern province early on Monday. In a wooden house under construction, the body of a man, wearing a black T-shirt and yellow-black shorts, was found lying face up in a pool of blood. He had been stabbed at least 20 times – on his …