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Mass testing best
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020
» The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.
Ban on mass gatherings
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2020
» Public New Year celebrations and crowded events have been prohibited in Bangkok and many provinces.
Ban on mass gatherings
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/12/2020
» Public New Year celebrations and crowded events have been banned in Bangkok and many provinces.
Mass transit vow reaffirmed
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 12/01/2021
» The government has vowed to continue infrastructure and electric rail development projects in Bangkok and adjacent provinces covering a total of 559 kilometres with 336 stations by 2029.
Mass parole no solution
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2021
» The rapid Covid-19 transmission in state prisons, like any cluster infections in Thailand, might have been expected.
Retail faces mass layoffs
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 07/08/2021
» Thailand's retail market is expected to contract by 12% this year, with a million workers likely to lose their jobs if the government fails to accelerate the provision of financial aid measures to operators as well as offer domestic consumption stimulus, warns an industry body.
DSI probes 'mass kickbacks'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is intensifying its probe into a suspected money laundering operation involving kickbacks and fees illegally collected from Cambodian migrant workers seeking to renew their work permits.
Mass ordinations support princess
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2023
» Some 7,813 people entered the monkhood nationwide between Jan 8 and 15 to pray for the quick recovery of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, who is unconscious due to a heart problem.
Mass slaying shocks Germany
Published on 10/03/2023
» HAMBURG: A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people at the community’s centre in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said on Friday.
Mass exodus on the road
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/07/2020
» More than 2 million people used public transport to travel to their provincial homes and for leisure trips on the eve of the Asahna Bucha Day and Buddhist Lent weekend on Friday, according to the Transport Ministry.