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8 hours ago, webfact said:

A new online campaign to save a prominent Thai virologist trended on social media Wednesday in response for calls to have him removed due to his views on vaccines.

 

More than 9000 people had previously signed a change.org petition to discharge Dr Yong Poovorawan, a prominent supporter of the chinese-made Sinovac vaccine, from his position as chief of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology.

 

Dr Yong is known as one of Thailand’s top virologists – and has gained more prominence when he was put in charge of handling the Covid-19 situation. He is head of the virology centre at Chulalongkorn University

Chinese brown envelope. The blokes been a clown since he opened his mouth.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand on Wednesday (June 30) reported 4,786 new COVID-19 cases and 53 additional deaths over the past 24 hours

Why does the thai media not concentrate on the useless thai government. Cambodia are far ahead of vaccinations. Stop reporting Cambodia and start telling the truth about the disaster that is unfolding in Thailand. It’s called deflection  

9 hours ago, webfact said:

PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will fly to Phuket on Thursday to preside over the opening ceremony of the Phuket Sandbox tourism scheme.

 

“We do not have any problems, and I guarantee that Phuket Sandbox will be open on July 1. I will go there too,” he told the press at Government House yesterday (June 28).

Head in the sandbox.

9 hours ago, smedly said:

well that covers yesterdays detectected infections - what about today

Here you are today.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Thailand’s tourism confidence plunges to all-time low ahead of reopening

 

40 minutes ago, HarrySeaman said:

 

My wife is living in a small town in Chainat province, which is in mid-Thailand, so she can take care of her ailing father.  I spoke to her this morning and she told me that several construction workers had returned to her small town from their work places in BKK after the work sites were shut down.  Worse yet, they are not isolating themselves but carrying on as normal, visiting markets, friends, and the temples

 

Yes, mass exodus from Bangkok construction sites. Inter provincial travel full on. I think chocolate teapot is a good description.

6 hours ago, rabas said:

Kongcheep says mass testing will be conducted in the camps and infected people will be further isolated."

The workers are already departing back to Cambodia and Myanamar.

6 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

You and me both know those numbers are 10 x

Yes, but why doesn’t the thai media do some real reporting rather than publish what is officially given to them.

Yes, it will be Thai, there casual throw away anywhere attitude is seen along every road and ditch, streets and pathways.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket governor Narong Woonciew said that everything was in place for the start of the eagerly anticipated Phuket Sandbox project

4 hours ago, webfact said:

However, the latest order issued includes many details not yet revealed and will be in effect from next Thursday, such as tourist arrivals must spend their first night at their hotel while waiting for the results of the COVID test taken at the airport on arrival.

Pick up at airport 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

This involves foreign tourists starting in Phuket for 14 days and then moving onto Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao (all in Surat Thani) after a flight on Bangkok Airways from Phuket.

Don’t go to Koh Tao, if the Covid doesn’t kill you the local mafia will.

6 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

These are terrible numbers. We’ll have to see the hospital walk-in admissions to see if hospitals have capped testing.

Hospitals are not testing, people are coming in to hospitals because they are sick, they are being diagnosed as suffering from the Covid virus. Testing is only being done when a cluster emerges. There are approx 5-8,000 tests being carried out. The figures are simple 10% of all people tested are found to have Covid. Now multiply that by the number of adults nationwide and you’ll get the figure That have Covid.

69 million people, so let’s be generous, 3.5 million people will have Covid. (Not including kids).

12 hours ago, webfact said:

"Let's implement this for a month. Things should improve then," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha told reporters.

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19 hours ago, The Cipher said:

Although I agree with your point in general, Western politicians didn't exactly do great on this front for most of the pandemic either.

And????

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The centre will be used, along with the “Mor Prom” and “Mor Chana” apps, to track the movements of foreign tourists on Phuket, in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19. Tourists will be required to install one of the apps upon arrival. If an infection is found, the information will be sent to health investigators so tourists can seek treatment.

You muppets can’t find your own infections. Over 4,000 today and 61 deaths.

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Just read that there will be 7 testing centers provided around the Island and the cost is 2,800 baht each test, the result has then got to be sent directly to the command center

Is this to test anyone or just tourists.

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Last week Thailand joined other 35 UN members in abstaining from a major UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Myanmar. The country did so with a heavy heart because it did not have any problem with the substance and demands in the resolution proposed by Liechtenstein. However, in recognition of the reality and current Thai-Myanmar relations as well as the ongoing efforts of ASEAN to find a durable solution there, Bangkok chose to stay away

Not surprising, one dictatorship to another.

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Siriraj hospital has announced the closure of its examination unit, on the ground floor of the out-patient building, until the end of June. The move is an attempt to reduce congestion and prevent the spread of COVID-19, after many people showing up for examinations are found to be infected

Headline in The Nation, ‘Daily caseload drops, deaths go up’

of course the numbers detected will go down if you stop people from going to hospital. 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

In the light of decisions to re-open the country to the Phuket Sandbox scheme on July 1st - and subsequent opening of three islands in Surat Thani - the PM accepted that the economy in Thailand was in a mess. 

 

It was therefore necessary to re-open the country before it was completely ruined.

 

In order to do this he admitted that some risks must be taken.

 

He based his comments on the state of the economy on his Digital Economy and Science ministry analysis

What a joke, let’s put visitors to Thailand at risk because we as the unelected rulers are really useless at running the country. Admitted above by the prime minister. They want the uk to change the listing from amber to green. Why do they want us dirty farrangs to come to their country and bail them out. What a sh!t show. 

7 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

 

The ministry said Delta plus showed increased transmissibility and advised states to increase testing

Increased testing ????????????????????

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s cabinet has confirmed that Phuket will reopen to fully vaccinated tourists on July 1st, under the “Phuket Sandbox” project, as planned. Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, in Surat Thani province, will follow a similar model on July 15th, said Government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri today (Tuesday).

Dear Anucha Burapachaisri, do you understand the real Covid situation in Thailand, 2392 walk ins tested positive and your woeful testing (how many tested?????) found 720. Your government are a disgrace and totally irresponsible. 51 deaths recorded as Covid, how many recorded as flu or something else.  I hope your chicken does not come home to roost.

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

These are also weekend numbers which makes me feel very uncomfortable with what's to come. Delta variant making inroads it appears. 

Only 900 proactive testing. 2,000 walk in. The government is a disgrace. There is no testing going on.