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Samut Sakhon locked down as new cases top 500
Published on 19/12/2020
» Samut Sakhon has been put under lockdown with a curfew from 10pm to 5am in effect until Jan 3 following a surge of more than 500 Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
Italy braces for Christmas lockdown
AFP, Published on 19/12/2020
» ROME: Millions of Italians braced for Christmas and New Year under tough new coronavirus restrictions announced Saturday as Europe battled a winter surge in infections and Switzerland became the latest country to approve a virus vaccine.
Samut Sakhon locked down as 548 new cases found
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/12/2020
» Samut Sakhon has been put under lockdown for 14 days following more than 500 Covid-19 cases.
Samut Sakhon goes into lockdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2020
» Samut Sakhon has been put under lockdown with a curfew from 10pm-5am in effect until Jan 3 following a surge of more than 500 Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
First local election in six years due Sunday
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2020
» Voters across the country, except in Bangkok and Pattaya, will get to elect local representatives on Sunday, the first glimmer of hope for decentralisation in six years.
Raid nets B10m in illegal e-cigarettes
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/12/2020
» Four people have been arrested and 10 million baht worth of e-cigarettes and related items seized in Bangkok following an investigation into illegal online sales of the banned products.
Central African rebels form coalition
AFP, Published on 19/12/2020
» BANGUI, Central African Republic: Leaders of the three main armed rebel groups occupying large areas of the Central African Republic announced a coalition Saturday, ahead of next week's elections and as UN peacekeepers deployed in response to fresh attacks.
France charges Epstein ex-associate for sex crimes
AFP, Published on 19/12/2020
» PARIS: French prosecutors said Saturday they had charged and imprisoned a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, over alleged sex crimes.
Sesame Street adds Rohingya puppets
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 19/12/2020
» DHAKA, Bangladesh: The children’s television show Sesame Street has introduced its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the impact of the pandemic in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Singapore probes 13 infections at quarantine hotel
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/12/2020
» SINGAPORE: Singapore is investigating 13 cases of Covid-19 infections among people who served their quarantine at a hotel along the city’s Orchard Road shopping strip.