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18 hours ago, webfact said:

“Ten large factories in Thailand can together produce 100 million masks a month,” he said. “Domestic demand is usually 30 million, but we would have no problem even if that rose to 40 million or 50 million.”

Yesterday my local Big C had no masks, 3 pharmacies within Big C had also sold-out.

I visited tesco lek on the way home: sold out, CJ-stores up the road: sold out, family mart: sold out... plus two pharmacies near my home both sold out!!!!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“But as long as you’ve traffic between two places, you are inevitably going to have some imported cases”.

Chinese New Year may yet prove to be a "Trojan horse" scenario.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The prime minister emphasised that the committee should consider this matter carefully because China had prohibited its nationals from traveling abroad which has already affected the Thai tourism sector ,” she said.

So at least we now know where his concern lays!!!

17 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The first patient to contract the virus inside Thailand is a Thai taxi driver, said Tanarak Pipat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control.

I wonder how many other people the "carrier" managed to infect while enjoying themselves on holiday?

5 hours ago, Antiparovian said:

Cheaper to use Lao Kao

Disinfect from the inside out--- nice idea!

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Shot execution style in the head was 25 year old Sukit Sangkaew. Charnnarong, also 25, was shot in the back. 

5 minutes from my home, heard the commotion, scary as I sometimes use a bar/restaurant just across the road from where this happened.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“What Thai society is facing today are the risks confronted by the country, which is under the administration of an incompetent government in which the majority of people have lost confidence,”

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is now beset by several crises. Some were caused by external factors while others were caused by the Government’s incompetence in handling crucial problems, such as drought, economic problems, the PM2.5 dust pollution and the novel coronavirus

In a nut-shell I'd say that's correct.

Was the perp riding a Scoopy?

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Ten foreigners arrested in Phi Phi area for illegal dive work

No mention of what happened to the captain or boat owner then?

Just a Wai & carry on

Just your average day out on the roads... incompetent drivers and motorcycles with kids on!

8 hours ago, webfact said:

No one in charge was arrested - just the little old lady.

And the employer once again gets away scott-free....

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Sasirin asked anyone who happened to be passing the scene at that time in a vehicle with a dashboard camera to contact her via Line ID 'thunderxxx' so she could try and determine how the accident happened.

So the vehicle that hit him didn't hang around?

15 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Like a Chinese depression? 

I like the sound of that

15 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

"If we focus too much on the effect of the outbreak on tourism, it would mean we are too preoccupied with money.."

 

 

and of course you aren't...

He's as much concerned about revenue as the tourism sector is sh**ing itself.

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has cancelled all this appointments and activities today (Thursday) because of sickness.

my god... all of those amulets he wears must be failing to do their job.... or just got heavy to carry around!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Amie's company usually operates 21 to 30 boats on the Andaman Sea in the peak season, ferrying tourists out to spots on the coast of Phang Nga province and the island of Phuket.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The government is considering suspending the visa on arrival facility for Chinese tourists due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday (January 30).

That's the Thai master plan????

Anutin is so far out of touch he's in a league of his own, health minister they call him!!!!!

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The department of public health in Chiang Mai said that there is no evidence that a young Chinese woman who died at a resort in Mae Rim was suffering from the coronavirus.

Prior to the autopsy being conducted?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The student’s parents explained that a sugarcane plantation was set fire to on Tuesday (January 28) and the fire spread and destroyed their house as well as the neighbouring house of the student’s grandmother.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The 10th-standard student, Chanchira Henthongdee, was visited later on Wednesday (January 29) by the principal of Prathandongrungwittayakarn School, accompanied by the school’s teachers.

So where is the ****** useless district governor ?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Wonderful! Netizens praise Chinese man handing out free face masks at airport

An old Chinese proverb says "beware of man bearing free gifts from China" [cough cough]

bless the "netizens" 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that operators need to seek out new markets like the Indians and Koreans to take up some of the slack.

Yeah like they're going to come to a place to catch a virus.... or stay well away?

My monies on the latter!

8 hours ago, webfact said:

77kaoded reported that with travel bans on tour groups now in place by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in China, boat restaurants, regular restaurants and shows that cater to the Chinese are simply calling it quits until at least the end of February.

That's gonna sting.... But I'm sure T.A.T will be informing us tomorrow that the Eskimos are coming to save the day.