VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories May 7

VIDEO: This Week’s Top Stories May 7 published : 7 May 2021 at 13:41 Digital nomads, Klong Toey Covid, Chiang Mai plans and Thaksin’s claims Bangkok is the most popular city in Asia for digital nomads and ranks fourth globally. A study revealed that digital nomads – who can work anywhere – chose Bangkok for its cheap living costs and warm weather.             Bangkok’s Klong Toey district has seen a Covid outbreak this week.             The infection cluster in the slum community came after the government claimed the Covid third wave was under control. Chiang Mai is hoping to follow Phuket and welcome international tourists in October. The sandbox plan needs 400,000 vaccine doses for local residents before it can begin. The government denied claims by Thaksin Shinawatra that the Pfizer vaccine was already being used in Thailand. The ex-prime minister made the claims on the Clubhouse app. Vocabulary claim: to say that something is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it – อ้าง cluster: group of people, animals or things close together – กลุ่ม cost of living (noun): the amount of money that people need to…
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