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Five new COVID-19 clusters found in Bangkok, as daily death toll reaches 41 Wednesday

13 Sept 21:30 Key points summarised by AI

Bangkok identified five new COVID-19 clusters, bringing the city's total to 38 active clusters across 30 districts.
Thailand recorded 2,455 new infections, including 479 among inmates, and a new daily high of 41 COVID-19 related deaths.
The new clusters were pinpointed in diverse locations such as shopping malls, a garment factory, a market, a government housing estate, and a construction worker facility.
Authorities are reassigning vaccine quotas to provinces with higher infection rates and prioritizing key economic and tourism sectors, while shifting Bangkok's vaccination registration to the “Pao Tang” app or www.ไทยร่วมใจ.com.

Today 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.