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PCR test positive cases, total of 11,200 official new infections, with 138 of those from prison and 11,062 from the community. 113 official covid deaths recorded. Second day of triple digits Rapid tests positive cases, 4,783 bringing the unofficial total to 15,983 https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/ Last 7 days Ventilator Capacity: 01/10/21 = 709 02/10/21 = 725 03/10/21 = 712 04/10/21 = 719 05/10/21 = 701 06/10/21 = 720 07/10/21 = 715 Rolling 7 day average (up to 5th Oct) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

I think most countries are holding off for the under 12’s at the moment but for over then I’m fine with as is she.

Yep Sunday morning for my daughter!

86% positivity rate from that police station. then there will be all the other family members and friends, quite a cluster there in Issan

From the CCSA slides today a perspective on covid infections distribution in Thailand Blue = Bangkok & its 5 vicinity Provinces Green = Upcountry 67 Provinces Orange = Southern Provinces https://media.thaigov.go.th/uploads/public_img/source/061064.pdf

Merck has just announced a signed contract with Singapore for these, hopefully Thailand will drop some of its bureaucracy and get its order in sooner rather than later

Chonburi Governor orders more Covid-19 related temporary targeted closure of work camps and company The Chonburi Governor, Phakkhrathon Thianchai, has announced last night (October 5th) the temporary closure of work camps and a company in Mueang Chonburi. The order was posted by the Chonburi Public Relations office last night. The orders conclude, “Many Covid -19 confirmed cases were being found at worker camps and a company in Mueang Chonburi.” “In order to control the spread of the virus, the Chonburi communicable disease committee has ordered the following temporary closure of the places below.” https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/06/chonburi-governor-orders-more-covid-19-related-temporary-targeted-closure-of-work-camps-and-company/

The health ministry will hand out 250,000 Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits to food markets, restaurants, food vendors, and food delivery riders nationwide in line with eased restrictions. https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1445623322176200707

I see TAT had a hand in the article also.........555 "We have strong potential -- with health care professionals and the unique Thai hospitality -- to be ready to be the medical hub," a senior official at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) told Nikkei Asia.

None because that would change the narrative. The excess death figure for Thailand would also change the narrative

The PPHO no longer issues an updated map showing the locations of COVID infections across the island. More details: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-175-new-covid-cases-no-new-deaths-81616.php

As WHO said last month “As the experience with this pandemic shows, no country can let down its guard. Complacency can be as dangerous as the virus itself.

PCR test positive cases, total of 9,866 official new infections, with just 45 of those from prison and 9,821 from the community. 102 official covid deaths recorded. Back into triple digits Rapid tests positive cases, highest for previous 14 days, 5,652 bringing the unofficial total to 15,518 https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/ Last 7 days Ventilator Capacity: 30/09/21 = 717 01/10/21 = 709 02/10/21 = 725 03/10/21 = 712 04/10/21 = 719 05/10/21 = 701 06/10/21 = 720 Rolling 7 day average (up to 4th Oct) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

In the UK both boys and girls 12 - 15 yrs are only getting a single dose of Pfizer. Not saying that's the correct thing to do just a comparison.

The US advised not to buy kits from this manufacturer in China due to them being so ineffective. The Rural Doctors Society in Thailand did the same, Prayut at one point indicated that they would not go ahead with the order, low and behold, Thailand purchased 8.5 million of these kits that are not worthy of being used with such a high rate of inaccuracy.

High-quality tourism dream may be making the COVID-19 crisis for the industry even worse The Phuket sandbox only achieved 38,000 visitors in its opening three months, nearly 20% of whom were returning Thais while the scheme has generated a large amount of criticism and negative reaction from both the international travel industry and tourists taking part for being too regulated, complicated and in particular, for the excessive cost and frequency of Covid 19 PCR tests for already fully vaccinated visitors. Small business owners on Phuket say the scheme only benefits expensive hotels and resorts on the island In Phuket itself, this has very much become a political issue with thousands of small entrepreneurs and unemployed workers in the island feeling excluded from the Sandbox scheme which they say only benefits a tiny coterie of expensive hotel properties and wealthy investors on the island. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2021/10/05/high-quality-tourism-goal-makes-crisis-worse/

A public health doctor in Nakhon Si Thammarat warned hospitals that they should not use Lepu's ATKs because it was found to be largely inaccurate. The same Chinese made ATKs that US's FDA had warned of ineffectiveness before but the Thai government still bought 8 million of them. https://twitter.com/erich_parpart/status/1445346645097402372

Probably yes

They were advised against this purchase of Chinese ATK's and this is the result. Incompetence.

All international schools in Phuket opened for in class learning yesterday, there's 4 or 5 large ones and a number of smaller ones, no jabs yet but they start at the weekend

Benefits of Pfizer far outweigh the risk, says DDC chief, as vaccination drive for students continues The Public Health Ministry said it will continue giving male students their first Pfizer jab but will monitor them for side effects in line with recommendations from Thailand’s Royal College of Paediatricians. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), said symptoms of myocarditis and pericarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle and pericardium, were detected in some of the 12 to 17-year-old boys who had received the mRNA vaccine. “In Thailand, four out of 130,000 boys who received two Pfizer jabs developed myocarditis, so we have decided to double-jab female students and give male students just one jab. We believe the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the side effects,” he said. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40007064

The actual study in the Lancet is here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02183-8/fulltext

Yea right.............. He said the fund isn’t intended to remediate financial losses suffered due to the pandemic, but rather to support long-term, local economic growth. "The additional cost won't have an impact on tourists, as we want to focus on the quality market," said Mr. Yuthasak. https://www.travelpulse.com/news/impacting-travel/thailand-to-impose-new-tourist-tax-next-year.html

The report marked that of the COVID patients in care only 35 were designated as ‘Red patients’ (zero change since Sept 15 report) More details here https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-177-new-covid-cases-three-more-deaths-81605.php 11,834 covid cases to 83 deaths leads to a current CFR of 0.07%

Gaining traction on some travel websites now also: Thailand’s timing out on welcome tax BANGKOK, 5 October 2021: The timing is out on Thailand’s announcement that it will impose an additional THB500 fee on foreigners entering the country sometime next year. Someone has lost touch with the bellwether’s warning that travellers are fed up with the increased costs associated with a visit to Thailand. Yet it is about to add another cost, and it won’t go down well with leisure travellers keen to keep travel expenses down in the wake of Covid-19. Thailand To Impose New Tourist Tax Next Year The extra capital is also intended to help the country restructure its industry from mass tourism to a high-value economic model and environmentally concerned type of tourism. It’s also meant to help bankroll budget insurance offerings for foreign visitors and other development initiatives run by the government, rather than the private sector.