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3 hours ago, Denim said:

The holidays themselves should be deferred and people discouraged from traveling home to visit elderly relatives.

The current venue shut-down is giving the people a chance to go home... the Songkran national holiday was being mentioned as a possible target for postponement.

Most Thai in the entertainment industry will use this closure until the end of the month to go home.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“Each day, we accept 70 patients severely injured from road accidents and die”, Mr Rungruang said.

 

“Each day, 700 road accident cases require intensive care,” he added.

Plus the dead at the scene... 50-70 people... per day  WOW!

That's one hell of an admission.

The transport minister should be up there in number one spot with the CM governor for doing sod-all!

12 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

He is home !!

Hindsight is wonderful.. 
I was responding to the original post which stated he was a tourist.... 

As Thais wouldn't do such a terrible thing... In this case I'm happy to be wrong.

25 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

And a deafening silence from the 'esteemed' Health minister!

Lost for words unless you're from the west!

13 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said:

What is it with these deputy ministers and crime? 

prerequisite

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Two Thai men arrested for raping American tourist on Koh Phangan

Back room... injection.

Next case!

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A compromise solution, agreed between the CAAT and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is that the health certificates can be issued by Thai doctors, said Sarada, adding, however, that the certificates are not proof that the person, for whom the certificate is issued, is clear of COVID-19.

????

17 hours ago, webfact said:

“The magnitude of the economic impact will depend on how the outbreak evolves, which remains highly uncertain,” it said, adding that a “range of scenarios” had to be considered.

And rising !

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-o-cha, has appealed to all people in the country, especially in Bangkok and metropolitan areas, to avoid travelling to other provinces during the Covid-19 outbreak.

So after closing all the resorts amenities he expects people to stay in their rooms?

With Songkran holiday possibly being cancelled many Thais will take this opportunity to go home!

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Public Health Ministry spokesperson Taweesin Visanuyothin said on Friday (March 20) that, while many of the 55 fans found have tested positive, the number of infections that day could be as many as 500.

Hindsight would suggest that this event should have been postponed... being such a large gathering, but money talks as usual.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If we receive full cooperation from people and concerned parties, we might not have to go to that extent,” he said.

So it looks like a lock-down sometime soon.

15 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He is an individual <deleted>. It does not really matter what's his nationality.

Police should find him, arrest him, and throw him in jail. Case closed.

Unfortunately idiots exist in every country.

Next flight back home... blacklisted for life.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

A Chinese woman was arrested on Thursday (March 19) by officials after she was allegedly found spitting repeatedly inside a bus that she took from Bangkok to Saraburi before she rode a train to Bangkok and started spitting again.

Next flight home... blacklisted for life!

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

contradictory information, is it 5 or is it 3 whom can we trust...... and they wonder why we don't trust them

Trust yourself...

8 minutes ago, James26 said:

A professional football team staying in Hua Hin. Beyond the issue of the hotel, how many and which restaurants did they eat at? Where did they have drinks. If one teammate tested positive, you have to assume other teammates are or will become infected as well.

It's just downright irresponsible and stupid not to make more information available, especially the name of the hotel. Facts publicly disseminated can save lives. 

And empty hotels... hence the secrecy!

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Why so many infections from an event where spectators spent a relatively short time?

But the "brown nosing" continued for a long time after.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He signed off urging the public to stay safe.

A bit late for that and many of his friends... who have subsequently gone on to spread it further still!

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Chiang Mai was once again the world's most polluted city, with air quality level at 346, the AirVisual application reported at 9.58am on Friday (March 20).

The governor must be proud of his achievement.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The governor said that he was among 225 people who were in close contact with the PAO mayor, who is believed to have contracted COVID-19 at Lumpini boxing stadium in a Bangkok suburb.

That's starting to prove it was a very bad place to be... so many have been infected and gone on to spread it even further after the event.. almost the highest figures have come from a connection from that single event.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Amnat Charoensri and his teams had been out spreading the news about the ban and he said some claimed to have not heard about it.

Deaf and blind to everything !

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Hundreds more were under close observation or waiting for the results of tests. People who had close contact with those infected are of particular interest

That's worrying, when you consider what a couple of people at the boxing stadium managed to do!

5 hours ago, stuhan said:

Such a pity to see this happening.

 

Actually it's the best thing to happen.... a couple of weeks of forced separation from crowds might just slow down the infection rate. Thais/tourists won't do it voluntarily so it has to be this way.