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Virus a wake-up call to change our bad habits
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» With Covid-19 infection cases soaring past 300 in a short time, we have now realised the battle with this disease will be much tougher than we thought. In other words, despite the predicament in Wuhan, we unforgivably underestimated the threat it posed.
Waiting for disasters is a risky game
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/03/2020
» They say every cloud has a silver lining. So, does the pandemic that is wreaking havoc across the globe have one too?
Activists threaten lawsuit over blasting at fresco site
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» A southern conservation network yesterday threatened to take the Fine Arts Department to court unless it restored the Khao Yala conservation zone in Yala province to protect its ancient cave paintings from industrial rock blasting.
A Wuhan in the making?
News, Editorial, Published on 21/03/2020
» The Chinese government may have closed down the wet market in Wuhan where the coronavirus is believed to have originated. But in the heart of Bangkok, a "Wuhan in the making" continues to operate as usual at Chatuchak Weekend Market, where trade in wild animals has taken place for years.
A vaccine against outbreaks: Ban wildlife trade
News, Steven R Galster, Published on 21/03/2020
» As Thailand and its neighbors scramble to contain the pandemic and panic, we urgently need to start building a response to the source of Covid-19, or risk having new outbreaks hit us even harder. There is good reason to believe that we know the source -- global wildlife trade -- and that there is a solution.
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.
Change at the top?
News, Published on 21/03/2020
» After the government decided to take sweeping measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 including postponing the Songkran holiday to limit the movement of people, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appeared on national TV in an attempt to reassure the country.
Ex-minister gets eight years for forgery
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2020
» The Bangkok South Criminal Court has sentenced former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn to eight years in jail for forging documents to transfer 263 million baht worth of shares to his two associates.
Many stranded by drastic measures
News, Thana Boonlert and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 21/03/2020
» Thai nationals in the United States and Sweden are crying foul after the government launched draconian measures requiring all travellers to obtain fit-to-fly health certificates before boarding flights back home.
Water to be diverted into Chao Phraya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2020
» The National Water Resource Committee has approved a plan to divert more water from the Mae Klong River into the Chao Phraya to reduce salinity and maintain the quality of raw water for tap water production.