With the high season less than two months away, Chiang Mai is poised to reopen to international tourists in October but is taking a different approach to the Phuket sandbox, with tourists required to travel through sealed routes via package tours.
published : 27 Apr 2021 at 09:40
Sr.Gp.Capt. Kampee Kampeerayannon, Chairman of Thai People Council for the Nation, Religion, King; Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO of Sufficiency Economy City Co., Ltd. (SEC), performed a traditional Lanna-based life ceremony in honour of the Thai New Year
, as well as donating 500,000 baht to the abbot of Wat Suan Dok Royal Monastery to help restore the pagoda, partially damaged by a recent storm. Also participating, in the ceremony, were Air Chief Marshal Theesil Kampeerayannon, Founder of SEC; Mr. Saksorn Kampeerayannon, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Operating Officer, SEC; Ms. Tharichaya Kampeerayannon, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Financial Officer, SEC; Dr. Charoensuk Duanglomchan, Senior Advisor, SEC; and Phra Thep Priyat, Ecclesiastical Provincial Governor of Chiang Mai.
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72 new Covid cases, no deaths
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published : 27 Feb 2021 at 12:47
25 People wearing face masks make merit at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan near the Mekong River in That Phanom district, Nakhon Phanom province, on Saturday. (Photo by Pattanapong Sripiachai)
A total of 72 new Covid-19 cases 63 local infections and nine imported were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 25,881 with no new deaths.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 50 cases were found in hospitals among outpatients and 13 through active case finding in communities.
Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the new wave of coronavirus in December, logged 37 cases, 58.7% of the local infections. Of these, 34 were confirmed at hospitals and three detected in communities.