A healthcare worker administers a nasal swab at a temporary Covid-19 testing site set up on Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, April 19, 2021. Thailand banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and closed schools for two weeks to stem the nation’s biggest outbreak of coronavirus, likely delaying plans to further reopen borders to foreign tourists. - Bloomberg BANGKOK, April 19 (Bernama): A fresh wave of Covid-19 infections is sweeping across Thailand, with 1,390 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths reported over the last 24 hours, giving rise to concerns that there may not be enough hospital beds to treat those infected.
Big Mountain Music Festival fiasco prompts warning
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PM threatens to use emergency decree
published : 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00
110 Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday. (Photo from the festival organisers)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday threatened to enforce the emergency decree and prohibit the assembly of more than five people should the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country get any worse.
Speaking to media after the controversy surrounding attempts by authorities to bring the curtain down early on the Big Mountain Music Festival over the weekend, Gen Prayut refused to rule out once again using the sweeping powers afforded to him by the decree to curtail or prevent large public gatherings.
PM threatens emergency decree if COVID worsens
PM threatens emergency decree if COVID worsens
THAILAND: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (Dec 14) threatened to enforce the emergency decree and prohibit the assembly of more than five people should the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country get any worse.
Tuesday 15 December 2020, 09:02AM
Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday (Dec 12). Photo from the festival organisers.
Speaking to media after the controversy surrounding attempts by authorities to bring the curtain down early on the Big Mountain Music Festival over the weekend, Gen Prayut refused to rule out once again using the sweeping powers afforded to him by the decree to curtail or prevent large public gatherings.
Big Mountain Music Festival fiasco prompts warning
110
PM threatens to use emergency decree
published : 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00
110 Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday. (Photo from the festival organisers)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday threatened to enforce the emergency decree and prohibit the assembly of more than five people should the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country get any worse.
Speaking to media after the controversy surrounding attempts by authorities to bring the curtain down early on the Big Mountain Music Festival over the weekend, Gen Prayut refused to rule out once again using the sweeping powers afforded to him by the decree to curtail or prevent large public gatherings.