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Added on the 08/10/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bangkok, Mar 26 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand's new Red Line suburban railway Friday underwent a test run for service before it is scheduled to open in late 2021 with the Bang Sue Grand Station as a hub. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THE TEST RUN OF THAILAND'S NEW RED LINE SUBURBAN RAILWAY SYSTEM IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Dec 16 (EFE/EPA).- Bangkok inaugurated Wednesday the Gold Line monorail, which is expected to see over 40,000 commuters daily. The Gold Line is the first driverless Automated People Mover (APM) mass transit system in Thailand, which is operated by the Bombardier Innovia APM 300 self-driving rubber-tyred electric train imported from China. The electric train is expected to improve public transportation by reducing the capital's heavy traffic congestion as well as to help alleviate air pollution. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL)SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS RIDING THE GOLD LINE MONORAIL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Aug 20 (EFE/EPA).-Thai researchers from Chulalongkorn University collected Friday samples to test a device which detects Covid-19 from perspiration at a market in Bangkok. Researcher Assistant Professor Chadin Kulsing from the Chemistry Department, Science Faculty of Chulalongkorn University, who is working on the the portable device to detect Covid-19 told Efe the machine takes about 15 minutes to show a result with an accuracy rate of nearly 95 percent.Data collection showed Covid-19 patients have some chemicals that were very distinct that are likely to come from aromatic substances produced by certain bacteria in the perspiration of the coronavirus patients, according to professor Chadin.(Camera: NARONG SANGNAK)SHOT LIST: THAI RESEARCHERS FROM CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY COLLECTING DATA SAMPLES AT A LOCAL MARKET IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Bangkok authorities are converting 15 sleeper train carriages to accommodate about 240 patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms amid surging infections and overflowing hospitals.Officials of the capital, who on Tuesday visited Bang Sue Central Station where the sick will be sent, said that they are finalizing the conversion of the carriages and expect to receive the first patients on Friday."We need to install mosquito nets for windows, water and electricity systems and additional bathrooms," said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS THAI RAILWAY POLICE WALK INSIDE A PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE WAITING FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVING TO BOARD A TRAIN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE, AT THE RANGSIT TRAIN STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Banda Aceh, Jun 15 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian airports continued Tuesday to set up checkpoints where they run rapid COVID-19 tests on passengers before boarding planes.Indonesia has so far recorded over 1.9 million cases of COVID-19 and 53,116 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: PASSENGERS UNDERGO COVID-19 TEST BEFORE BOARDING PLANES IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.