Fire rages at rubber factory in Samut Sakhon
A BIG FIRE broke out at a rubber product manufacturing and distribution factory in Samut Sakhon City district at 10.17 a.m. this morning (July 7) with firefighters battling the blaze, TV Channel 7 and Fire & Rescue Thailand said. Initial investigation revealed that the fire had started at an oil pipeline within the factory […]
Read MoreRelatives take Rama II road victim’s body back to their hometown for funeral
THE LATEST victim of debris falling and killing people on Rama II road who suffered a ruptured liver after two chunks of concrete fell on his pickup truck as he was passing beneath a flyover to Samut Sakhon where he worked early yesterday morning (Apr. 29) died last night with this wife and relatives […]
Read MoreOver 2,000 accidents on Rama II road in six years
AFTER yet another construction accident occurred on Rama II road before dawn today (Nov. 29) with a steel launching truss of an elevated road being built near Mahachai market in Samut Sakhon collapsing and killing five people and injuring 10 others, statistics show that there have been 2,244 accidents on this road over the past […]
Read MoreMourning the death of an angel in white
THERE is deep mourning at Samut Sakhon Hospital today (August 2) for a 45-year-old professional nurse who worked at the male internal medicine building and died of Covid infection last night, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Anukul Thaitanand, the hospital’s director, said Ms. Uraiwan Chantraplin started having symptoms on July 25, coming down with […]
Read More787 Covid cases emerge in Samut Sakhon
THE Covid Centre of Samut Sakhon province this morning (Feb. 2) stated that 787 cases of this feared infection emerged up to midnight yesterday taking the provincial total to 12,130, Thai Rath newspaper said. Altogether 688 cases were found through proactive search in this province, from where the ongoing outbreak sprang, with 59 being Thais […]
Read MorePM extends Samut Sakhon closure amid 369 new Covid cases
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (Jan. 18) ordered the extension of closure of risky places such as restaurants in eight sub-district of Samut Sakhon province to February 1 while the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced that over the past 24 hours there were 369 coronavirus cases, Sanook.com reported. Gen. Prayut together with […]
Read MoreCoronavirus cases soar over 500 in Samut Sakhon
THE situation in Samut Sakhon province from where the new Covid-19 outbreak started turned shaky again after a big jump of 541 cases today (Jan. 3) with 86 being Thais and 455 migrant workers, Sanook.com reported. At 2 p.m. today the Facebook page, Covid-19 Samut Sakhon, reported the latest figures while also stating that the […]
Read MoreCovid-19 cases surge by 328 with 360 being foreign workers
THE spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced late this morning (Dec. 21) that the number of Covid-19 cases climbed by 382 over the past 24 hours with 14 of them being Thais, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said proactive screening of foreign workers uncovered 360 more cases […]
Read More10,000 people will likely be tested for coronavirus in new superspreading case
As many as 10,000 people may have to be tested for Covid-10 in Samut Sakhon province after a shrimp vendor at a local market contracted the deadly disease and among them will all those who had high-, medium- and low-risk exposure to this superspreader, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (Dec. 18, 2020). Deputy […]
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