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Spanish lockdown latest drastic step: Virus update
Published on 14/03/2020
» Countries around the world are stepping up efforts to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
Hezbollah warms to IMF aid for Lebanon
AFP, Published on 14/03/2020
» BEIRUT: Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement, which has strongly opposed foreign interference in the country's crisis-hit economy, said Friday it could accept Beirut receiving an International Monetary Fund financial rescue package under "reasonable conditions".
Doctors issue Stage-3 warning
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/03/2020
» An association of chest physicians is calling on the government to prepare for Covid-19 to become a "Stage 3", full-blown epidemic in Thailand while slamming the authorities' slow response to the spread of the disease.
Federation of Thai Industries donates face masks to state hospitals
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 14/03/2020
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is giving away 100,000 washable cloth face masks to 10 state hospitals to help overcome mass shortages that are putting healthcare workers at high risk of contracting the coronavirus.
Can equity markets survive the coronavirus?
Business, Tisco Securities, Published on 14/03/2020
» Nightmare is the only word to describe the current state of global equity markets. The Dow Jones has now plunged more than 28% from its Feb 12 peak of 29,551.42, hitting 21,200.62 on Thursday, the day after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 an official pandemic.
Lessons from past outbreaks amid the Covid-19 crisis
News, Apichai Sunchindah, Published on 14/03/2020
» As the world faces the Covid-19 pandemic which is increasingly spreading, irrational human behaviour often exacerbates the situation with hysteria and panic adding to widespread havoc. The knock-on effects have seriously affected millions of people and predictions have been made that the world will likely head towards a recession -- if not a depression -- should the disease spread as the pandemonium continues unabated.
Paisarn dishes on his unlikely career in food
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 14/03/2020
» When we talk about successful professionals in Thailand's highly competitive food market, Paisarn Aowsathaporn's name inevitably emerges near the top of the list.