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April 27, 2021 Thai Enquirer Summary General News • the Rift in The April 27, 2021 Thai Enquirer Summary General News The rift in the coalition partners seems to be widening and late last night Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charvirakul came out to defend his action of handling the vaccine procurement and the management of the hospital beds etc related to Covid-19 though his Facebook page blaming the Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the culprit for the mismanagement. Anutin came out to blamed Prayut for his lack of consultation, under Gen Prayut “single-command” management model. Anutin took his own defence after facing mounting calls for resignation from health professionals and the general public. Read the story in Thai Enquirer by clicking on https://www.thaienquirer.com/26807/health-minister-anutin-throws-prayut- under-the-bus-in-public-self-defense/ Meanwhile today’s data (unofficial) is as follows The shocking thing is 15 new deaths (8 deaths yesterday) The new infection is up slightly from yesterday at 2,179 (2,048 yesterday) An online petition called “Mor Mai Thon” on www.change.org was calling for the resignation of health minister Anutin Charnvirankul had garnered over 196,000 signatures in 2 days. “I have to take this move as a way to improve myself,” Anutin said adding that there are other doctors who are still happy with his work and none had openly expressed their desire for me to leave the position. “People who do not like me can always write what they want, and I too can create a page to kick someone out with my friends but that is not the way things work.” Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed to boost the government’s inoculation plan to cover 30 million people within 3 months, Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), revealed after a meeting of the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) with representatives of the private sector at Government House. The government scheduled talks with the private sector to speed up the vaccine distribution plan on April 28, Danucha said, adding that a big lot of 26 million doses of vaccines will arrive in Thailand in June. The new “Single-Command Covid-19 Vaccine” Centre---which is chaired by Gen Prayut himself---is set up to forge cooperation between the government and the private sector to manage alternative supplies of vaccines by the private sector, arrange inoculation facilities for the general public and workers in the tourism and manufacturing sectors. The Prime Minister later announced on his Facebook page after this meeting that the government will procure more vaccines, with the goal of making 10-15 million doses available per month. The vaccine inoculation plan is not an urgent national agenda. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has introduced a fine of up to 20,000 baht for not wearing masks in public, with even the prime minister falling foul of mask- wearing rules. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was slapped with a 6,000 baht fine for flouting BMA rules aimed at containing the coronavirus by not wearing a face mask when chairing a meeting at Government House, according to the Bangkok Governor. Social media was buzzing with the question on why it was just 6,000 baht not 20,000 baht Some jokes were that he got a ‘senior citizen’ discount for his failure to wear mask in a meeting. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang wrote on his official Facebook page that he had informed the prime minister this was a violation of rules. The fine was imposed on the Prime Minister after a photograph of him appeared on his Facebook page showing him not wearing a mask in a meeting. The photograph was later removed. The news about Prayut flaunting the mask made it across the world with Washington Post carrying a story as well https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/26/thailand-prime- minister-coronavirus-mask-fine/ On its official Facebook page, the BMA announced that people in Bangkok are required to wear face masks at all times when out in public - even if they are in their own car. The post said that the rule regarding face masks also applies to people who are in their own cars with at least 1 other person, regardless if that other person is a family member. The BMA said children under 2 years of age are exempt from wearing face masks. Wearing a face mask is mandatory in all public spaces, both indoor and outdoor, regardless of the distance between people. Violators face a fine of up to 20,000 baht under the Communicable Disease Act. The Ministry of Public Health said it would propose to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s subcommittee today to increase restrictions in 6 “Dark Red Zone” provinces where cumulative Covid-19 infections have made up around 60 per cent of total cases in the country since April 1, Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, director-general of Disease Control Department, revealed. These 6 provinces are Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan. In Bangkok alone, additional restrictions become effective from yesterday and will remain for the next 14 days. The CCSA reported 2,048 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and 8 more deaths. Cumulative infections in Thailand, since early last year, are 57,508, with 148 deaths. 25,767 are still being treated, with 20,461 in general hospitals and 5,306 in field hospitals. There are, currently, 563 severe cases, with 150 of them on ventilators. Political News Rumours are floating that Bhumjai Thai party lead by Anutin Charnvirakul, has reportedly decided to step out of the coalition and Pheu Thai party is set to join the coalition. This rumour goes further to say that Pheu Thai party is joining the coalition without any precondition. Pheu Thai has come out to deny those rumours and has in the past also denied and categorically said that it would not join hands with Phalang Pracharat party at any cost. Pheu Thai secretary-general Prasert Chanthararuangthong has come out to deny news reports of the party’s plan to join the coalition government in place of the Bhumjai Thai Party. Pheu Thai has designated 4 teams to coordinate with local MPs in all districts across all regions to provide assistance to local people in combating the outbreak, Prasert said. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, Pheu Thai’s deputy leader, slammed such a report as fake news in order to divert public attention from political conflict and instability inside the coalition government. He said there is no need for Pheu Thai to be a spare party of anyone. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, chairman of the Progressive Movement, has come out to criticise Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s latest move to assign each cabinet minister to take care of provincial development by rewarding them with big budget allocations. Thanathorn said Gen Prayut’s allocation of the massive budget allocations to ministers is to help them shore up their base of support in their electoral. It is said that Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has received a budget of 803 million baht to take care of Buri Ram, Culture Minister Ittipol Khunpluem 1.257 billion baht to take care of Chon Buri, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-archa 599 million baht to take care of Suphan Buri. Thanathorn said he is talking about a budget of as much as 45 billion baht being allocated to ministers to revitalise provinces. He said it is clear that a big cake is being shared among ministers to further the cronyism system amid the ongoing outbreak. He criticised the idea of these budget allocations as being a waste when the country needs funding to combat the Covid-19 outbreak crisis. Thepthai Senpong, former Democrat Party MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat, has come out to urge the public to keep a close watch on the Ministry of Public Health’s budget spending after it was allocated more than 20 billion baht budget from the 1-trillion-baht borrowing plan to combat the outbreak crisis. Thepthai has noted that the Public Health Ministry has been slow to disburse the budget as he claimed that merely 5 billion baht (25 per cent of total budget) has been allocated from the ministry to fight the outbreak while a mere budget of 159 billion baht out of 170 billion baht, accounting for 93.58 per cent, has been allocated to fund relief measures for the public. Meanwhile, the government disbursed merely 735 million out of 9.408 billion baht, accounting for 7.82 per cent, to finance local and community economic development projects. As for emergency funding for the Covid-19 outbreak, the government has disbursed merely 55 million out of 11.5 billion baht approved funding, Thepthai said, pointing that the slow disbursement reflects the government’s failure to manage the outbreak crisis. He called on the government to revise budgets for unnecessary projects and siphon remaining funds to fight the resurgence of the outbreak instead including purchases of more Covid-19 test kits, vaccines and medical equipment to fight rising infections for hospitals nationwide. Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), the operator of the local buses in Bangkok, seems to be cutting back its services during non-rush hours, as demand has fallen the BMTA said. The 20-40 per cent cut would be effective from May 1st. Economic News Amid a surge of daily Covid-19 cases, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow remains adamant with the government’s plan to reopen the country, starting from Phuket, to foreign visitors on July 1 and that the government has sufficient funds to finance aid measures to alleviate economic and social impacts of the outbreak.
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