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When the land of a thousand smiles of 70 million people that shares porous borders with four countries, with 4,000-plus corona cases and 60 deaths so far, is now seeing an outbreak among hundreds of its Myanmar migrants, who work at the Mahachai market—the heart of Thailand's multi-billion-dollar seafood industry.
Will Thailand’s attempts to revive its hard-hit tourism industry, by easing restrictions to allow more foreigners to visit the kingdom, be put on hold again due to the latest Covid-🇹🇭 crisis?
by Covido December 21, 2020
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by Covido February 27, 2022
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Blah-blah-blah math talks among politicians or publishers are cheap or music to the ears, but hardly ever translate into actions, because keeping their jobs or being profitable prevents them from rocking the mathematical boat.
by Covido November 21, 2021
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A CEO was about to donate $50,000 to the hospital prior to getting a briccine, but withheld the money when told that he wouldn’t get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 or the Moderna dosage, but the Sputnik V shot instead—a proof that not all Covid-19 vaccines are treated equal.
by Covido December 22, 2020
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How many billion dollars would the cruise sector be losing worldwide, and how many million jobs in the global tourism industry would be lost, since Covid-🚢 came to the world attention, when most countries refused to let the passengers disembark?
by Covido November 9, 2020
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A number of African and Asian nations are keen to emulate Singapore’s model of governance in helping their oft-undisciplined or unmotivated population out of poverty, by reducing red tape to promote business entrepreneurship and meting out heavy penalties for lawbreakers—and bankrupting or/and jailing those who try to “pollute the minds” of an oft-apathetic or petrified electorate.
by Covido January 25, 2022
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Just when the world thought that no head of state could match ex-President Trump’s failure in containing the pandemic crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could prove everyone wrong by his serial mishandling of Covid-🇮🇳.
by Covido May 7, 2021
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