Another Korat village locked down
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published : 12 May 2021 at 10:45
2 Traffic cones block the entrance to Ban Wang village in Nakhon Ratchasima s Non Thai district, which has been placed in lockdown after five people there were infected with Covid-19. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The village of Ban Wang in Non Thai district has been placed in lockdown until May 24 after five members of one family were infected with Covid-19 at a sausage factory in Muang district.
The lockdown order, signed by governor Wichian Chantaranothai, was effective from 6pm on May 11.
The five infected people had been in close contact with 74 people, who were ordered into isolation and also tested for the virus.
First Covid death in Nakhon Ratchasima
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published : 23 Apr 2021 at 11:24
6 People wait for Covid-19 tests at the provincial hall of Nakhon Ratchasima in Muang district on Friday morning. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: This northeastern province reported its first Covid-19 fatality on Friday, a hotel employee in Pak Chong district.
Nakhon Ratchasima governor Wichian Chantaranothai said the victim was an obese 35-year-old employee of Pool Villa Resort hotel.
The man, who weighed 140 kilogrammes, was diagnosed with the disease on April 14 and admitted to a local hospital, and referred to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital on April 15.
The governor said the man was highly vulnerable to the virus because of his weight. Medical personnel tried their best to save him, but he died on Thursday evening.
4 The Nakhon Ratchasima communicable disease control panel on Friday reports 11 new more Covid-19 cases. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Eleven new Covid-19 cases were reported in Nakhon Ratchasima on Friday morning, many linked to entertainment venues in Bangkok and Chon Buri.
This is in addition to the six new Covid-19 cases, four of them linked to nightspots in Bangkok, reported late on Thursday night by the Nakhon Ratchasima communicable disease control committee.
Provincial public health chief Narinrat Pitchayakhamin said on Friday that most of the 17 new infections were linked to entertainment venues in Ratchada and Thong Lor areas in Bangkok and in Chon Buri province.
Waste burning in a paddy field in Nakhon Ratchasima (file photo)
Concentrations of PM2.5 dust have risen across 18 provinces in the North and Northeast, as farmers begin to set fire to their agricultural waste to prepare for next season s crops, the Pollution Control Department said yesterday.
The department said that higher-than-average levels of the harmful, ultra-fine pollutants were reported in Chiang Rai, Phayao, Nan, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Tak, Phetchabun, Saraburi, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Khon Kaen, Roi Et, Chaiyaphum, Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces.
One of the major contributors to the increasing dust pollution, the department said, is open burning by farmers who are preparing their land for planting.
December 15, 2020
The Nation/Asia News Network
Netizens have questioned the order to shut down the weekend’s Big Mountain music festival, saying it may be linked to the government crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
On Sunday, Nakhon Ratchasima’s governor told the organisers to call off the festival, citing lax Covid-19 preventive measures.
Wichian Chantaranothai said organisers had failed to limit the number of festival-goers or enforce mask-wearing, leading to shouting and singing among crowds which could transmit the virus.
However, less than an hour after organisers closed the show at 10pm, social media users began sharing footage of pro-democracy content at the festival.