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5 hours ago, webfact said:

The mayor of Koh Samui announced today that the popular island will be effectively sealed off from tomorrow.

Going to be a lot of house parties going on!

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

we can at least hope for some sense of normality to return, as opposed to things getting tighter.

As a hairdresser friend of mine keeps saying, shes been ordered closed while every other of the 15 shops in her parade are allowed open as normal, these shops are full of customers, open from morning to night with no restrictions. Customers come and go, no social distancing, no gel at the doors nothing.

While she sits at home wondering why she has to suffer while others still make money. Just to rub salt into the wound the landlord phoned her at the beginning of this month, just to let her know he'd be round to collect the shop rent as normal!

30 minutes ago, patsfangr said:

That's what is done at Makro. Signs are posted on the shelves. Cashiers are aware of the limits, and will not ring up items over the limit. 

I was in my local CJ store which is a mid sized convenience store.
A women was literally clearing the shelves of dry mama packets, the large family packs of around 10 per pack.

She had about 20 packs at the check-out desk, they let her buy them?

4 people like her would have cleared the entire shelf, just ridiculous.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

with the aim of completing the project by the end of the year.

Dream land !

6 hours ago, ukrules said:

One room, one person or family.

After seeing the "tent city" set up for returning people from S.Korea I'd be a bit worried too!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Authorities are threatening to reveal the names of 24 Thais, who arrived at Suvarnabhumi international airport on Friday and returned home to avoid state quarantine, if they do not report in by 6pm today.

So far, 134 of them have reported to authorities, leaving 24 unaccounted for.

Interior Permanent Secretary Chatchai Promlert issued an urgent instruction yesterday to all provincial governors to track down all 158 of the passengers. They were also told to advise those in contact with the returnees to enter self-quarantine for 14 days as well.

You know who they are from flight information... get off your a**e and go get them... 

And then hit them hard with the maximum penalty to show every other inbound passenger this is no longer a game!

Abide by the rules or get hammered!

2 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

The wife's daughter has just been tested positive to the virus. Mild symptoms at this stage but sent home to self isolate with old and young people in the household.

We all know how "self isolation" works out here in Thailand.

Shared daily facilities, shared meal times, shared bathing facilities, shared sleeping arrangements.

Now the army field hospitals start to make sense!

18 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

She said working during this pandemic has been depressing because during every shift there were always 3-4 people dead. Before the dead body is taken away another infected patient is ready to take their place. Although it was a small hospital, seeing dead people there was like "watching leaves fall from a tree".

A far cry from a "luxury Bangkok hospital" no doubt, but wait till you get out into the smaller towns and villages, I bet the picture will soon look the same!

15 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Chon Buri province has ordered closure of more venues and business establishments as well as additional measures with immediate effect until further notice, as per the following:

Finally they get the message!

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

nor do they ever try to turn a negative into a positive.

T.A.T excluded..

3 hours ago, Farmerkev said:

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first you tell a lie

True, a lie to cover a lie to cover up another lie... trust is something you earn and are not given.

This government is covering up the truth, low infection rate and low death count... doesn't add up when you look around and see what other countries are saying or having to deal with.

Testing in Thailand is minimal so numbers will reflect that, people have been told to self isolate at home... well we all know how that works out, family, friends & neighbours will all get infected, then spread to co-workers etc etc..

All these measures of field hospitals etc etc are out of sync with the numbers that are being reported.

Prayut & Co know the real problems are yet to come.

18 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

The figures are low, but the figures on testing are low, so what would the real figure be if you did mass testing. ????

Very scary... like it is in the west.

The government know the testing rates is woefully low and also know the true number of infections are much higher.

Think of why they are leaking the news regarding measures of a complete curfew.

2 hours ago, Titan1962 said:

It’s the only option the PM has,too many people still showing total disrespect for the current laws. I see normal housing extensions going on,I see bubble tea shops open,small none essential businesses still open

In my market town west from Bangkok you'd think life was normal during the day, market areas covered or street affairs all operating as normal.

No social distancing, just the usual free-for-all.

Shops appear open as normal apart from the designated ones, all doing business.

On 4/5/2020 at 7:09 AM, baansgr said:

Just one infected person in that crowded office will have a dire effect on numbers in Samui.....it really is beyond a joke, curfews, booze bans etc, yet this scene is happening on a daily basis for over two weeks throughout Thailand..madness, total madness

Similar to Lumpini boxing stadium... they just can't work it out and evolve.

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Senior army officers to oversee passenger screening at Bangkok airports

So Khun Maj-Gen Kosol Chujai, a specialist attached to the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary is apparently not qualified enough to control 158 incoming passengers.... [rhetorical]

God help Thailand if there was ever a war!

38 minutes ago, offset said:

Should you wait till the numbers get high before you do anything, also not sure I believe the numbers but just hope they are correct

No I agree with some of the measures, but a nighttime curfew has limited affect but most disruption to society.

Better to educate people about how to self protect properly at home and in public, practice real social distancing and importance of personal hygiene.

My post was weighted towards the seemingly low number of infections against the government figures to date. 

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The province has already informed the airline and the van operator about this case. He added that the virus had now spread from the patient to the mother and aunt.

Good keep it in the family... another example of someone who doesn't understand what "self isolation" actually means!

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Given the amount of bad news we have been getting of late, nice to see that Thais, even though many of them are struggling to make ends meet, have the heart to assist those in need. Around the country I am sure there are many tourists way overdue to go home, who will also be having serious money problems. The sooner the virus problem is solved, the better for all concerned.

Agreed, I think at the end of this month they should test all tourists who are stranded waiting to go home. If they past the test get them on a plane out of here & home.

Home countries can provide commercial or military flights and if need-be quarantine them on arrival home if they so wish!

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thai army orders probe into General who allegedly let 152 Thais from US go home

I wonder how he would have reacted to 152 foreigners refusing to go into quarantine ???

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Some passengers reportedly had fever but left the airport, defying quarantine orders.

So how exactly did these people with a fever manage to get away, or even get on the flight in the first place?????