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Day: July 14, 2020

Property

Tired of working from home? Upgrade to a luxury hotel suite for the day

A one-bedroom deluxe suite at Intercontinental New York Barclay. Photo: Intercontinental New York Barclay By Monica Buchanan Pitrelli, CNBC WITH occupancy rates now at 44% in the US, and European hotels not expected to fully recover until 2023, hotels are reaching out to a new crop of clientele — local residents who are tired of […]

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PM Prayut slams Egyptians soldiers, apologises to the people

IN LAMBASTING the Egyptian soldiers who stayed in Rayong without bothering about the coronavirus quarantine Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said they did not respect the rules, lacked discipline and ignored common good but in the end the responsibility for this incident lay with him as head of Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Sanook.com reported this afternoon […]

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394 Rayong shoppers told to go into quarantine, rules being changed

THE government and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) took various steps to control the spread of Covid-19 infection in Rayong today (July 14) after an infected Egyptian soldier went shopping at Laemthong plaza at this coastal province last Friday with all 394 shoppers called in for 14-day quarantine, Naewna newspaper reported. The Cabinet […]

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Egyptian soldiers had refused to be tested for Covid-19

A VIDEO clip posted on the Facebook page of Ch3ThailandNews shows an Egyptian soldier arguing with Thai officials and refusing to undergo the Covid-19 test at a hotel in Rayong but the whole delegation later agreed to be tested after embassy officials and the police stepped in, Sanook.com reported this morning (July 14, 2020). The […]

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