More than 100 patients under coronavirus watch in Krabi

By THE NATION

 

 

The Krabi Provincial Public Health Office is monitoring more than 100 patients suspected of carrying the Wuhan coronavirus, and five of them must get additional blood tests, Wittaya Watthanuengkowit, the office’s doctor, said on Friday (January 31).

 

 

“Currently, we are monitoring over 100 patients who came from China; 10 per cent of them were Thai people,” he said.

These people had fever or other symptoms and were treated in several hospitals in Krabi province.

 

Presently, they have been allowed to stay in hotels, under close monitoring of the hotels’ managers and medical teams from both government and private organisations.

 

However, five patients must go through more tests. The province has quarantined them in the hospitals, while their blood test results are awaited.

 

“This time we have ordered all hospitals to provide more than 100 rooms to exclusively monitor suspected cases of infections in the future,” the doctor said. “The 100-plus tourists from China will be monitored for another 14 days, he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381422

 

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When is this madness of allowing planeloads or potential carriers going to stop?

 

Its the minister of tourism calling the shots over the minister of health.

Bit crazy that most countries are taking this outbreak seriously yet LOS is still bringing in plane loads of potential carriers.....Seems LOS is more interested in selling trinkets than the health security of its citizens...????

Everyone who sneezes or coughs is currently being watched. The number 100 sounds high but in the end there will be nobody of them with the virus.

That’s what happens when you allow 5 flights a day come into krabi airport from china????

20 minutes ago, transam said:

Bit crazy that most countries are taking this outbreak seriously yet LOS is still bringing in plane loads of potential carriers.....Seems LOS is more interested in selling trinkets than the health security of its citizens...????

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

3 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

But each infected person can infect 3.8 other people and those 3.8 another 3.8....do you not understand the seriousness if this..even the Spanish flu was only 2.9...killing millions worldwide, and not to mention viruses become stronger and immune to medication

7 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

So, as you are Thai, you are OK with Thai weak and old being taken out..... ?  ????

58 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Presently, they have been allowed to stay in hotels, under close monitoring of the hotels’ managers and medical teams from both government and private organisations.

 

Every day now we hear of more cases of Corona Virus.

Today its Krabi that is monitoring 100 suspected cases.

There are cases of the Virus almost everywhere now, but the one place that has no reported cases is good old Pattaya, or have I missed a report or two.

With the number of Chinese Tourists the City hosts on a constant basis, i would have thought it would have been the number one place for infections.

Really, really lucky I guess.

9 minutes ago, transam said:

So, as you are Thai, you are OK with Thai weak and old being taken out..... ?  ????

Taken out where?

Better the old people stay home. 

Be careful na.

 

No thai people die from Corona. Only foreigner.

58 minutes ago, sungod said:

Its the minister of tourism calling the shots over the minister of health.

Minister of Tourism was unavailable for comment

19 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

There are cases of the Virus almost everywhere now, but the one place that has no reported cases is good old Pattaya, or have I missed a report or two.

Pattaya is safe. Too many other viruses competing,  no room for another one ????

35 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

But Yinn a strong person can get it and then give it to his/ her grandma or baby or stranger. You really have to look at the WHOLE picture. Not just how it may affect just one.  ????

14 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Better the old people stay home. 

How old are we when we are old?

Not to worry. Thailand is very good with numbers and you can be sure that only very few will be infected and it is under 100% control.

Now go and shop!

1 hour ago, baansgr said:

But each infected person can infect 3.8 other people and those 3.8 another 3.8....do you not understand the seriousness if this..even the Spanish flu was only 2.9...killing millions worldwide, and not to mention viruses become stronger and immune to medication

At the moment that infection rate is hardly existent.

Who is paying these hospital bills????

So if those  being monitored have similar symptoms but are diagnosed with a variant of influenza which also can and does kill  why are people less concerned about that? A single sneeze can infect a small room full of people.

Wearing a mask is no real protection if you do not add goggles anyway.

 

 

2 hours ago, sungod said:

When is this madness of allowing planeloads or potential carriers going to stop?

 

Its the minister of tourism calling the shots over the minister of health.

Maybe because NOBODY has died of this virus in Thailand yet.

17 minutes ago, legend49 said:

Who is paying these hospital bills????

expats and foreigners with long-term stays through overpriced insurance.. its joke, ofcourse,,, but!!!! what difference and discrimination !! Chinese tourists enter without problems (even with the wuhan virus),, these are welcome,,,, but, expats/foreigners from EU, USA, AUS and next, we are not welcome - TM30 + visa problems + scannig at airport +  400000/800000 baht if marry visa, retirement visa,  + double prices in the hospital, sights and next..

1 hour ago, transam said:

So, as you are Thai, you are OK with Thai weak and old being taken out..... ?  ????

Nobody has taken out so for, don't get a heart attack for nothing. 

46 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Maybe because NOBODY has died of this virus in Thailand yet.

 

how many need to die before they do Frits?

 

 

30 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

how many need to die before they do Frits?

 

 

Globally half a million people die of malaria every year. Then there are loads of other deceases you can get or getting killed by traffic. Even if you get it you have less than 3 % chance you die. People are getting panic attacks and make each other <deleted>ting themselves. There are controls enough for the amount of people infected here. 

2 hours ago, Yinn said:

Taken out where?

Better the old people stay home. 

Be careful na.

 

No thai people die from Corona. Only foreigner.

Thainess at its best

Priceless 

3 hours ago, Yinn said:

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

No. Currently the deathrate is over 50%. Every second dies in china.

 

259 death vs 252 recovered cases.

Close to 50% fatality rate.

Over 11k people have been diagnosed and have it.

It takes around 11 days till death sets in, there's a lag in the data and every journalist reports the rate wrong.

Those idiots simply look at the amount of infections vs deaths - which makes no sense as it takes 10-15 days to die. 

 

Recovered rate vs death is the only meaningful metric, the sample size is small tho. Will likely go down - but we won't know after another 10k people are either recovered or dead. Will take around a week i would estimate to see the real numbers. 

 

However it's nowhere near the 2% fatality rate spread by bs media.

 

So far half of them died.

2 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

How old are we when we are old?

Irrelevant. 

Pneumonia kills young and old. Of course it's even harder for old and really young ones, but pneumonia can also easily kill a 25 year old fit dude.

 

The worst is that in a real outbreak there are NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH breathing machines available ANYWHERE in the world.

1 hour ago, fastplus said:

expats and foreigners with long-term stays through overpriced insurance.. its joke, ofcourse,,, but!!!! what difference and discrimination !! Chinese tourists enter without problems (even with the wuhan virus),, these are welcome,,,, but, expats/foreigners from EU, USA, AUS and next, we are not welcome - TM30 + visa problems + scannig at airport +  400000/800000 baht if marry visa, retirement visa,  + double prices in the hospital, sights and next..

I don’t see any discrimination unless you are talking about discriminating against the Chinese. The Chinese need a visa to visit Thailand whereas most westerners can come in visa exempt for 30 days or more. 
Since you’re a newbie,  I guess you can be excused for not knowing the facts. 

3 hours ago, Yinn said:

Most the people who catch Corona will be ok. Just the fever.

Is the weak and old people who die because have Corona. 

 

Hope you be ok. Be careful na. 

Do you know how horrible and selfish you sound?

 

Don't you care if your children / baby or grandparents got sick and died?  You would just be happy for yourself that you were OK?

 

 

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“Currently, we are monitoring over 100 patients who came from China; 10 per cent of them were Thai people,” he said.

These people had fever or other symptoms and were treated in several hospitals in Krabi province.

 

Presently, they have been allowed to stay in hotels, under close monitoring of the hotels’ managers and medical teams from both government and private organisations.

Thai style control... 

39 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

No. Currently the deathrate is over 50%. Every second dies in china.

 

259 death vs 252 recovered cases.

Close to 50% fatality rate.

Over 11k people have been diagnosed and have it.

It takes around 11 days till death sets in, there's a lag in the data and every journalist reports the rate wrong.

Those idiots simply look at the amount of infections vs deaths - which makes no sense as it takes 10-15 days to die. 

 

Recovered rate vs death is the only meaningful metric, the sample size is small tho. Will likely go down - but we won't know after another 10k people are either recovered or dead. Will take around a week i would estimate to see the real numbers. 

 

However it's nowhere near the 2% fatality rate spread by bs media.

 

So far half of them died.

 

The above is 100% complete and utter rubbish.

 

These numbers are talking about those admitted to hospital with pneumonia like symptoms.

 

The vast majority of people are slightly inconvenienced by this virus and then go about their business like anyone else but with immunity.