#CoronaVirusUpdate: #Thailand#Coronvavirus#COVID19#โควิค19
NEW CASES: 19
TOTAL CASES: 2,811
NEW DEATHS: 1
TOTAL DEATHS: 48
Number of new cases are slowly coming down in country. Many hope this may prompt the government to consider relaxing some of the preventive measures
#Thailand highlighting #Singapore#COVID19#coronavirus#โควิค19 experience especially with rising number of cases detected in the foreign workers' domitories. #Bangkok is stepping up checks on such migrant worker facilities in own nation. Singapore now has more than 8,000 cases
#Thailand adds it's also reminding #migrant workers in country about the importance of #SocialDistancing & is training some of the migrant workers in different provinces as volunteers to disseminate information about #COVID19#โควิค19 to their fellow countrymen
#Thailand emphasizes that today, it may see lower number of cases of 19. But warns that if not controlled, #Bangkok may end up experiencing a similar experience like #Singapore with a massive surge in #COVID19#โควิค19. Urges all to remain vigilant & comply with rules in place
#Thailand says no plans to completely lift all #COVID19#coronavirus#โควิค19 preventive measures. But there're plans to possibly relax rules going forward. The aim is to reduce number of new cases to below 10 daily for 2 weeks. Only then can Thailand consider revising rules
After the daily #Thailand government presser with #COVID19#coronavirus updates, there's an impromptu band singing a new song about the importance of #SocialDistancing & that "all need to keep apart for now and we will soon be able to hug one another again"
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In the #Thai invite letter to @ASEAN foreign ministers, which I've also seen, @MFAThai minister Don says the "meeting is intended to be an informal dialogue that could be part of the initial steps of the #Myanmar peace process" #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Victims buried in a mass grave after #Myanmar#military launched air strikes on a #Kachin Independence Organization #KIO anniversary celebration Oct 23. At least 80 people said to be killed, 100s more injured. Fatalities may rise over hindered medical aid #whatshappeninginmyanmar
Despite atrocities committed, #Myanmar#military remains defiant by calling air strikes & killings of civilians in #Hpakant#Kachin "fabricated" & "rumours". They've now cited own "sources" saying only ethnic #Kachin Independence Army #KIA personnel & resistance fighters killed
#Myanmar#military again takes issue with foreign embassy/UN statements condemning air attacks, insisting comments made "without proper verification" & can be seen as "intentional dissemination of rumours" & "meddling of the internal affairs" of Myanmar. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
#Myanmar#military's air attacks on #Hpakant#Kachin during a Kachin Independence Organization #KIO concert Oct 23 killed at least 80 people & 100s more injured. #KIA says the army carried out a "mass killing" which is "1 of the most cruel & deplorable action" against civilians.
#Myanmar's #ethnic armed group #KIA/#Kachin Independence Organization #KIO adds that the #military regime's latest attack only "encourages stronger revolution against" the Myanmar army. KIA has been clashing with the military for over 60 years. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Some prominent singers/artists said to have been killed/injured in #Myanmar#military air attacks aimed at #Hpakant, Kachin. #Kachin Independence Army has upped its clashes with military since Feb 2021 #coup. #KIA had rejected army's offer of peace talks #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Videos of aftermath of #Myanmar#military air strikes on #Hpakant#Kachin sent to me for use. Increasingly, Myanmar military has been/will be using air attacks to target #ethnic territories controlled by ethnic armed groups/civilian resistance forces #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
🧵In less than 2 months, #Myanmar & #Russia met at least 3 times via high-level physical visits. #Military chief now making 2nd trip to Russia with his last one only in mid-July. Attending Eastern Economic Forum, he'll likely engage Russian defence again #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Russia's Vladivostok Eastern Economic Forum's aimed at attracting investments into Russia. Unclear if Russian President Putin will attend. Since #Moscow attacked #Ukraine 5 months ago, nations like #US & #EU have introduced/expanded sanctions on Russia #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
But in latest rebuttal to @ASEAN, #Myanmar#military remains obstinate & defiant as it objected to #ASEAN's accusation that military has shown "lack of progress" in implementing 5-point plan to resolve crisis. Military staged #coup on Feb 1, 2021. 2/5 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar#military in turn accuses @ASEAN of making "1-sided assessment" of its 5-point consensus implementation efforts & that bloc was not appraising results in an "objective and fair manner based on the factual updates and situations on the ground" 3/5 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar