On March 1, the Potala Palace in Lhasa welcomed a record-breaking 1 million-plus tourists. But all of these “visitors” to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tibet arrived via their smartphones.
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A Chula Research Team has invented a spray, Shield+ Protecting Spray, to make fabric masks waterproof and more effective in protecting against viruses and germs. The spray is an alternative innovation to make fabric masks more useful for the public, especially at a time when surgical masks become more difficult to find.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the norm, Chulalongkorn University is dedicated to look for solutions and develop research and innovations. In collaboration with the university departments and external partners, the university is dedicated to support the public and alleviate the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lives of many restaurant owners have changed in the blink of an eye during COVID-19, as many people now choose to stay home and order food in. Despite the popularity of food delivery, not everyone has access to such platforms. Therefore, many local hawkers are not able to list their restaurants on delivery platforms like Grab or Foodpanda.
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China has been gradually recovering from the high mortality rates of COVID-19, with lockdowns and travel bans being lifted across its cities.
To continue monitoring the virus, epidemic prevention and control officers have been equipped with next level “smart helmets” that can detect potential patients without them even needing to get close – something straight out of a sci-fi movie like Robo-Cop!
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Elephants are the biggest victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, literally. There is a danger that many elephants may starve to death with no tourists visiting camps and sanctuaries across South East Asia. The warning from the World Elephant Foundation.
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Now one Vietnamese restaurant in Bangkok has found a more fun way to make sure people are sitting apart but still marking the seat spacing. Big, stuffed panda bear toys are placed in the vacant seats instead.
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During the current Covid-19 pandemic, Nicolas Vivin the entrepreneurial founder of VIVIN Grocery / VIVIN Food along with his business partner wife, were faced with losing the greater part of their business due to hotels and restaurants closures on top of facing the challenge of the Government imposed curfew only months after opening their stand-alone boutique grocery store. Although the regulations are slowly being relaxed, customers are naturally cautious and afraid to leave the house or go to high risk, populated enclosed areas such as major supermarkets. The aftermath of Covid-19 is expected to last for the rest of the year, both in health risk and financial hardship.
The enterprising couple came up with a solution that could help customers to discover their products with minimal effort and risk and the brand could get some cash flow for their small business, impacted by Covid-19. What they did first was look to their immediate resources. The idea then came about to supply the bakery, organic vegetables, cheese and charcuterie to the people by way of a transport vehicle. It took two weeks to remodel their old transportation delivery truck which was originally purchased to send supplies to hotels, into a refrigerated mobile Grocery on wheels.
VIVIN Grocery Food Truck plans to move from one key location to the next every weekend, in order to reach different communities who can benefit from healthy, organic, natural grocery. The truck will be parked at locations which are open-air and shaded, some with even a place to sit so customers may enjoy their purchase, like freshly baked croissants with a coffee or cool beverage. They are also reaching out to their peers and public to help them find more suitable, private locations.
VIVIN Grocery will reveal weekly on their social media pages, where they will pop-up their operations. VIVIN Grocery Food Truck will be trading every Saturday mornings, and occasionally both Saturday and Sunday. The VIVIN Grocery Food Truck team will open up the back of their truck which will supply shelves and crates filled with quality essentials and delicacies; free-range eggs, certified organic vegetables, jams and chutneys, bread and pastries (baked that morning) along with plenty of local Thai, artisanal cheese and cold cuts. Look out for the announcement on their @vivinmaison facebook / @vivinmaison instagram / LINE: @VIVINGrocery pages for updates!
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a new TVC “Best Wishes (Pla-Ta-Pian)” sending tender, loving and care (TLC) to cheer up the world that we shall all overcome all difficulties and hardships from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic together.
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The Thai government will launch a new mobile phone app to facilitate disease-control tracking of customers as shops reopen with the easing of the coronavirus lockdown.
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