The word Corona will always have a bad aftertaste
On television, in newspapers and on all kinds of websites, reports, reports, reflections, columns and other ways rightly pay a lot of attention to that damned Coronavirus crisis. I'm slowly starting to hate the word corona.
KLM hit hard by the corona crisis
The global corona crisis has hit the KLM group hard. With 30.000 people, 700 flights a day, a well-oiled operation for the benefit of our customers, we have now had to park almost everything – literally – in a very short time. The global economic impact is enormous and it is unclear when KLM's global network will be back to its original size.
The Thai government reports 54 new corona infections and 2 deaths on Thursday. This brings the total to 2.423 infected patients and 32 fatalities. The two new deaths concern an 82-year-old Thai man and a 74-year-old French man.
The Thai government announced that 111 new corona infections were registered on Wednesday. Among them 42 Thai who returned from Indonesia. This brings the total to 2.369 patients. Three deaths bring that number to 30.
Pattaya is closed to outsiders
Those who still want to travel to Pattaya should be quick because the seaside resort will be partially locked from Thursday afternoon to prevent further spread of Covid-19.
The Thai Ministry of Health asks the population not to visit parents and elderly relatives during Songkran. There is a chance that they will become infected with the corona virus.
More and more Thai nationals stuck at foreign airports
At least 197 Thai nationals are detained at a number of foreign airports. They try to return to Thailand but are unsuccessful because the airport authority (CAAT) has banned all commercial passenger flights to Thailand until April 16.
The cabinet has agreed to a proposal from the Ministry of Education to postpone the reopening of all schools for the new semester until July 1, in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
KLM offers an overview of direct flights from Bangkok to Amsterdam. These flights are intended for Dutch/Belgians and other Europeans who want to leave Thailand.
Joseph in Asia (part 19)
The journey home. Our flight KL874 departs today Sunday April 5 at 22.30:16.00 PM. The taxi wants to take us from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi airport no later than XNUMX pm.
Message 6 April from the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok
The Dutch embassy once again urgently advises all Dutch travelers to return to the Netherlands as soon as possible. International flights depart from Bangkok.
The number of infections confirmed by the Thai government increased by 38 to 2.258 on Tuesday and the number of deaths by 1 to 27. Another 31 people have recovered from the corona virus.
The Thai Ministry of Finance confirmed on Thursday that foreign visitors to Thailand can claim the cost of COVID-19 treatment in Thai hospitals. This also applies to foreigners who have been examined and are awaiting COVID-19 test results.
The richest in Thailand are also getting financial blows
The latest Forbes 2020 list of the 50 richest Thai people shows that there are also major financial blows in that group due to the Coronavirus crisis. Not that any of them will turn to the government for support, but it will happen that your wealth is suddenly estimated to be 2,2 billion US dollars lower.
Thailand recorded 51 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Monday, including 13 health workers. Three persons have died. The total number of confirmed virus infections in the country now stands at 2220. A total of 26 patients have died.
Thailand's Covid-19 mortality rate averages 0,97 percent
Thailand's Covid-19 death rate is quite low at an average of 0,97 percent of the total number of patients, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the government's Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Sunday (April 5).
The Immigration Bureau (IB) plans to ask the cabinet for approval of a new package of measures for three different categories of foreigners in Thailand affected by the Covid-19 crisis.