Chinese tourist in Hua Hin confirmed as Thailand’s sixth case of coronavirus

 

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A 73 year old Chinese tourist who had undergone tests having fallen ill with flu-like symptoms has been confirmed as having coronavirus, health officials have said.

 

The tourist travelled from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak to Suvarnabhumi Airport on January 19, 2020, before traveling to Hua Hin. The tourist reported a high fever on January 23 and was admitted to hospital.

 

The new case in Hua Hin brings the total coronavirus cases in Thailand to six. 

 

Following the announcement, all hotels in Hua Hin have been instructed to check the passports of any Chinese tourists arriving at the hotel, with staff told to immediately inform health officials if any tourists appear sick or show flu-like symptoms. 

 

Hua Hin district chief Thanon Panphipat, who made the announcement, said that monitoring arrivals at hotels was a precautionary measure needed to help prevent the possible spread of the coronavirus given that large numbers of Chinese tourists are expected in Hua Hin during the Chinese New Year festival. 

 

Officials have also announced that passengers arriving at Hua Hin Airport will be screened. 

 

The news comes as Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced he will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday with senior officials from the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Tourism and Sports to discuss how to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Thailand. 

 

More preventative measures will then be submitted for cabinet approval on Tuesday. 

 

Via Thairath & Daily News 

Thanks to Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn

 

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The solution is simple.....Ban All Chinese.......

If there's any confirmed outbreaks in Thailand then I would expect a quarantine just like in China.

9 minutes ago, ukrules said:

If there's any confirmed outbreaks in Thailand then I would expect a quarantine just like in China.

 

The Thais are really good at organising things like this, so no problems there.

 

 

Edited January 25, 20206 yr by partington

This is just going to get much, much much worse I'm afraid to say. I hope I am wrong.

OMG.... wait until a lady in Pattaya gets it...

 

OK, back to my book, "Wuhan, Ranked Top Destination in 2020 by Chinese Culinary Cuisine"

 

The over/under on this Virus (according to Vegas) is 50 million.  I took the over, but I'll never collect

 

The PM will solve this in 5 days.

4 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

OMG.... wait until a lady in Pattaya gets it...

 

OK, back to my book, "Wuhan, Ranked Top Destination in 2020 by Chinese Culinary Cuisine"

 

The over/under on this Virus (according to Vegas) is 50 million.  I took the over, but I'll never collect

 

There are leaked videos coming in from Wuhan hospital claiming there are already 100,000 infected. If this is true, it’s about to get really ugly world wide. 

1 minute ago, dcnx said:

The PM will solve this in 5 days.

I'm sorry, I think you have a typo.

 

I'm sure you meant 5 hours or 5 minutes or even 5 seconds is certainly possible by the PM.  

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

with staff told to immediately inform health officials if any tourists appear sick or show flu-like symptoms. 

hilarious, thats  if  their faces  can be removed from their  phone

Going to be a pretty full forum if they announce each one. The real figure is probably in hundreds already.

Just now, NCC1701A said:

None o f  this wouldve  happened if you had been POTY

there is word on the internet the Chinese tourist in Hua Hin that has Corona virus rode the bus from Bangkok to HH potentially exposing almost  two dozen people.   

2 minutes ago, Chazar said:

None o f  this wouldve  happened if you had been POTY

damn straight. there would be flame throwers and mass graves at Hua Hin's city limits.  

 

Coronavirus UPDATE: 15 Chinese cities are now in lockdown

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/world/coronavirus-update-15-chinese-cities-are-now-in-lockdown

1 hour ago, fforest1 said:

The solution is simple.....Ban All Chinese.......

Way too late for that. Even you did it now, it would be too little too late. And what are you going to do with all the visitors to China that are bringing virus back home? Ban them too?

11 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

there is word on the internet the Chinese tourist in Hua Hin that has Corona virus rode the bus from Bangkok to HH potentially exposing almost  two dozen people.   

Pretty soon the incubation time for the first infected is over and case count will explode. If the R0 is really over 3 and it's infectious when asymptomatic, expect exponential rise in the count. The virus has been released into Thailand and now it's too late to slam the China door shut.

and those are the ones we catch....many more we don't...here cometh pandemic...

21 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Source please.

2 minutes ago, Chrysaora said:

Source please.

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28 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

damn straight. there would be flame throwers and mass graves at Hua Hin's city limits.  

 

Just how bad can it get?

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The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet's population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 millionvictims, including some 675,000 Americans.Oct 12, 2010

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Sorry everyone but I am the first to get the vaccine. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

large numbers of Chinese tourists are expected in Hua Hin during the Chinese New Year festival. 

And in Bangkok. I wonder if it's crowded in Yaowarat tonight, cough cough, a place i would avoid in any case.

Edited January 25, 20206 yr by RotBenz8888

16 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Just how bad can it get?

 

 

it can get pretty bad.

 

it seems this outbreak will dwarf SARS numbers from 2003.

 

 

4 minutes ago, manarak said:

 

it can get pretty bad.

 

it seems this outbreak will dwarf SARS numbers from 2003.

 

 

See post #9 for a forecast. Minimum 130,000 by 4 Feb. 2020, possibly as high as 270,000 by 4 Feb..

 

Some are saying it will be worse than SARS, and the Spanish Flu. The world has been over due for horrendous virus for decades. Maybe this is the big one.

20 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Sorry everyone but I am the first to get the vaccine. 

I'm waiting for the enema

Just now, Roy Baht said:

I'm waiting for the enema

I'm sure either one will be equally effective.