Jumbo1968

We assume Thailand is incorrectly releasing the correct numbers re coronavirus but at the same time how many people have returned to their home countries after being in Thailand and have been diagnosed with the virus ?

I have found out over the years that booking direct with an airline is the better option as their refunds and change fees are more reasonable.

Book with an Agent and you whilst the fare is cheaper but if you cancel generally there is no refund. Cost to change if you can is expensive as I know, from experience they add the airlines fee then their admin costs.

How can you stop it, turn all the water off, ban the sale of powder and arrest anyone throwing water ?

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I've yet to see anyone in public actually wearing such a thing since the onset of the CV problem.

 

Yes, that mask may protect your breathing. But it won't protect your eyes. And, good luck in finding any replacement N95 filters for it these days.

 

Do they actually know if the virus is airborne or can the infection be passed from person to person by touching ?

6 minutes ago, WaveHunter said:

Do you live in Jomtien?  I live in Pratumnak, and I can tell you that Chinese tour groups flock to the area.  Every night outside of my condo are rows of tour buses, all containing Chinese tourists staying at the hotel next door.  Eight tour groups would not at all be out of the question...right on my street, let alone the entire area!

 

You walk into a 7-11 here and sometimes a group of 20 or more Chinese tourist from a tour group will all be in the store at once, so many, you can't even walk in the door.  They are tourists...here today, gone tomorrow.

 

My condo is a high-end high rise.  We have a fair number of Russian, European, and Australian owners; hardly any Chinese owners.

I thought China had banned Tour Groups, is this now or before the outbreak ?

3 minutes ago, WaveHunter said:

Well, the point is that it was published at the beginning of February, before hot spots broke out in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.  So, it forecasted these place as being in the Top 5 in their list.  That's pretty impressive.  I mean, a few weeks ago who would have guessed that these places would be in the situation they are in right now?

 

The important takeaway to me is that Thailand is ranked #1 yet would seem to be an outlier.  But perhaps that just due to ineffective screening and detection within the Kingdom; something that is being acknowledged by the Ministry of Public Health right now.

 

Look, I know it's just a modelling study, but I think it may have been taken seriously by a number of nations and airlines who are currently putting restrictions on travel to/from Thailand.

 

I don't know this for a fact, but I still have no idea why Thailand has suddenly been put in the crosshairs by nations like the UAE and many others in the last week, and why new restrictions are being announced by airlines almost on a daily basis lately.

 

I've been trying to figure out for days now why UAE did that, and still can find no definitive answer. 

I think there a quite a few countries through the world have a deep mistrust in Thailand in the past and probably can’t understand the figures being released re the Coronavirus Numbers.
 

UAE are probably being cautious possibly hypocritical even as they have aircrew who stay overnight in BKK, flying in and out of Thailand and other infected areas on a daily basis.

Lady been on phone BBC 5Live just now she and her husband have just returned from Kathmandu via Bangkok. He has developed flu like systems on his return to the UK, after several calls to 111 they were advised to go to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for tests, no results as yet.

8 minutes ago, Lemonltr said:

If a Westerner and indeed many other country's citizens are accused of lying they will be greatly offended. In Thailand you will mostly get a smile accompanied by a denial. It's just not considered a big insult. Lying is just part of the game here. 

5 moral precepts of Buddhism, think lying is in there !

1. to refrain from taking life, ie killing any living creature
2. to refrain from taking what is not freely given, ie theft
3. to refrain from misuse of the senses or sexual misconduct, ie overindulgence in sex or committing sexual offences
4. to refrain from wrong speech, ie lying or gossiping
5. to refrain from intoxicants that cloud the mind, ie drugs or alcohol

17 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

and how many of these 30 have been in contact with their families?

their kids going to school?

gone shopping at night market?

or to a Wat? 

rode in a bus or minivan?

works in a restaurant? 

endlessly on and on...

And his family, friends and where ever he has been since he developed the symptoms ?

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

"Immediately seek medical help"

 

I thought you were meant to stay away from hospitals etc

In the UK if you think you have the symptoms dial 111 on no account they say do you leave your property and you will gat a home visit.

Does Thailand have a Helpline and do Doctors do House Calls ?

A colleague travelled back to Heathrow today from BKK, nothing different apart from them announcing if you had flu like systems when you got back contact a Doctor

3 minutes ago, Farma said:

@bermondburi. If I was you I'd be double/triple  checking what you were told. I have a feeling you misheard when he said as long as they had been in Thailand for at least 2 weeks and were showing no signs of sickness they were fine to travel.

 

Going by the latest IATA and mofa info I would think he meant "not been".

 

As for Transit. Where's the transit hotel? It's not in the airport. They would need to clear immigration to go across from the airport to the closest hotel.

Major Airports have hotels within them therefore there is no need to venture outwith the airport.

3 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Well if the place your staying in has a large storage tank and the water is pumped from there, you won't. Neighbour next door ran out of water the other day when his tank emptied as it was filling so slowly.

Same here I live between 3rd Road and Soi Arunotai, water some times completely stops then runs very slowly into the tank.

So what you are saying anyone who has travelled from a country where there is Coronavirus will be immediately quarantined on arrival in their home country, plane loads 300/400o people met at airports will be taken away for quarantine ?

If the virus was only confined to one or 2 countries I think there would be restrictions on travelling or should I say I hope so as I am due to travel on the 9th of March.

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

You probably have never flown Bus. class.

A lot less people sneezing and coughing around you.

Less people using the toilet, etc.

Peace of mind.

I would choose it now definitely if I had to fly.

I always fly Business Class but prior to Boarding I have to pass through Check in, Security and wait in the Gate to Board surrounded by people coughing and sneezing.

i then sit on a plane where the air is recirculated, same air wether it be Business Class or Economy, think you need to have a rethink.

6 minutes ago, CGW said:

Thanks for the explanation ???? 

Do they throw ice cold water everywhere in Thailand or just in tourist areas where less than 8% of the population live?

PS I made up the 8% as don't have a clue of the real numbers ????

It doesn’t matter if ice cold water or not but throwing any form of liquid about when there is a virus must heighten the risks of passing infections Coronavirus or other

18 hours ago, CGW said:

It's an ancient ceremony, a holiday, its yearly, how can it not go ahead?

What would be said elsewhere if it was decided Christmas or Easter were not "going ahead"?

I think that the reasons for cancelling Christmas or Easter fall into a different category. For a start people don’t throw ice cold water over each other in a time when there is a major outbreak of a virus.

2 new cases, taxi driver, will there be any effort to trace all the people he has been in contact with to trace the source.

Similarly a Thai woman who has no history of being abroad she must have come into contact with some one and again will there be any effort to trace who she has been in contact with ?

I didn’t read anywhere of the location of the 2 new cases ?

3 minutes ago, Jaggg88 said:

39 now - 2 more reported since this article was written but I suspect the numbers are much higher.

I thought it was 37 ?

i think they will drip feed the number of cases at the same time releasing  the number of people cured.

3 minutes ago, amdy2206 said:

Finally a sensible government who recognises the problems that could be caused by travelling here. Well done!

How many people who have visited Thailand have returned to their home country and developed coronavirus ?

If the UAE were really concerned about the coronavirus they would be stopping all flights entering or leaving the country. They have said there citizens shouldn’t travel but apparently the staff on Emirates flights don’t come into the equation and they are the ones who could transmit coronavirus.