webfact Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Officials give blanket assurances over impact of virus in Phuket By The Phuket News Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong at the 'daily update' meeting yesterday (Feb 3). Photo: PR Dept PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday (Feb 3) at Phuket Provincial Hall told a meeting of key figures in Phuket’s tourism industry that the government was already supporting the local businesses by implementing control measures to curtail the spread of the virus and apparently by still promoting tourism to Phuket. Present at the meeting to hear the assurances were Phuket Vice Governor Suphoj Rotrueang Na Nongkhai along with the heads of government agencies and representatives from the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, Phuket Tourism Industry Council, Phuket Tourism Business Association, Thai Hotels Association Southern chapter, Phuket Professional Tourist Association, Phuket Old Town Tourism Community, hotel business operators, tour boat operators and airlines. “Phuket has implemented strict measures to prevent pneumonia from the new virus on Jan 5 with disease surveillance measures, disease prevention and control measures, tourism measures and measures on public transport and to reduce the impact of the virus, which includes both fiscal and fiscal remedies,” the Governor said. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/officials-give-blanket-assurances-over-impact-of-virus-in-phuket-74669.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-02-04 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, webfact said: by implementing control measures to curtail the spread of the virus and apparently by still promoting tourism to Phuket. They know that a very low influx of tourists will totally screw this country so they still want the Chinese to come regardless of the risks as we know transmission of the virus can be done without any symptoms showing . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DannyCarlton Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 43 minutes ago, webfact said: supporting the local businesses by implementing control measures to curtail the spread of the virus Without saying exactly what measures. Very reassuring, not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post holy cow cm Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 57 minutes ago, webfact said: by implementing control measures to curtail the spread of the virus and apparently by still promoting tourism to Phuket. Like saying it is ok to go walk in a mine field as long as you tip toe. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 being out and about in Pattaya Phuket Chang Mai or other tourist spots isn't a seriously big problem as Chinese and western tourists rarely frequent the same places The risks are plane bus train taxi and general public transport services were you have no choice but to mix with many nationalities I don't have an issue in Pattaya as westerners tend to have their own places to go and rarely mix with bus loads of Chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda13 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 The opera has only just begun, and it ain't over until the fat lady sings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mansell Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 A friend who is an infectious disease doctor agrees with The NY Times article that this is already a pandemic with hundreds of thousands already infected and with no end in sight. Even the Chinese now realize it is out of control, and other countries are already blocking travel. Thailand doesn’t seem to have a clue, maybe when their citizens start dying will they wake up. The lack of serious education here is scary and pathetic with their ridiculous lack of reality statements of everything is just fine. Time to start taking care of yourself and your families. Went to an huge outdoor market here and one man was standing with a hand cleaner for anybody passing by.....not many were availing themselves, and there were thousands of people. Also at a Mall yesterday they had the hand cleaners positioned around the place. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, smedly said: being out and about in Pattaya Phuket Chang Mai or other tourist spots isn't a seriously big problem as Chinese and western tourists rarely frequent the same places The risks are plane bus train taxi and general public transport services were you have no choice but to mix with many nationalities I don't have an issue in Pattaya as westerners tend to have their own places to go and rarely mix with bus loads of Chinese One sneeze or cough goes about 6ft without wind. So riding your motorbike you could get nailed, and actually they bus load the Chinese to malls and restaurants up here in CM. The Chinese are into everything. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Mansell said: A friend who is an infectious disease doctor agrees with The NY Times article that this is already a pandemic with hundreds of thousands already infected and with no end in sight. Even the Chinese now realize it is out of control, and other countries are already blocking travel. Thailand doesn’t seem to have a clue, maybe when their citizens start dying will they wake up. The lack of serious education here is scary and pathetic with their ridiculous lack of reality statements of everything is just fine. Time to start taking care of yourself and your families. Went to an huge outdoor market here and one man was standing with a hand cleaner for anybody passing by.....not many were availing themselves, and there were thousands of people. Also at a Mall yesterday they had the hand cleaners positioned around the place. Rome-fiddling-burning springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomy yupyup Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, smedly said: being out and about in Pattaya Phuket Chang Mai or other tourist spots isn't a seriously big problem as Chinese and western tourists rarely frequent the same places The risks are plane bus train taxi and general public transport services were you have no choice but to mix with many nationalities I don't have an issue in Pattaya as westerners tend to have their own places to go and rarely mix with bus loads of Chinese Unfortunately the westerners and the Chinese do have one thing in common they both deal with Thais. Don’t worry you can only catch it from the Chinese. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) I have an idea. Let every official wanting to make a statement put 2M baht in an escrow account. If their statement proves to be false, that money will be spent investigating where that 2M baht came from. Wind blowing, crickets. Silence at last. Edited February 4, 2020 by DrTuner 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 When a few Thais die, i think he will find himself lynched by the fearful and howling Thai mob if he keeps up the rhetoric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Quote:- "curtail the spread of the virus and apparently by still promoting tourism to Phuket" Totally irresponsible, in my opinion. It is all, about MONEY, MONEY, MONEY and even more MONEY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Stupidity now has a name, Governor Phakapong. Learn to hedge your bets Gov. It is not a sure thing that this minor coronavirus will turn out like SARS or MERS.....it still might turn out like Spanish flu that killed 50 million. And it might cost you a lot of money as the tourist, the source of your wealth disappears from Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Well that's sure a blanket of measures sounds more like a duvet???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Mansell said: A friend who is an infectious disease doctor agrees with The NY Times article that this is already a pandemic with hundreds of thousands already infected and with no end in sight. Even the Chinese now realize it is out of control, and other countries are already blocking travel. Thailand doesn’t seem to have a clue, maybe when their citizens start dying will they wake up. The lack of serious education here is scary and pathetic with their ridiculous lack of reality statements of everything is just fine. Time to start taking care of yourself and your families. Went to an huge outdoor market here and one man was standing with a hand cleaner for anybody passing by.....not many were availing themselves, and there were thousands of people. Also at a Mall yesterday they had the hand cleaners positioned around the place. Don't worry so much. The Thai government is waaaaaay smarter than the rest of the planet. Everything is fine! https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2020/02/04/thailand-confirms-six-new-cases-of-coronavirus-including-four-thais---health-ministry Edited February 4, 2020 by BobinBKK Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It has been mentioned in another thread that Thailand doesn't have the rapid test kits which have been developed so it takes days to get a confirmation, and there are 400 people still waiting for tests ..... so far about 25% of tested people have been found to be positive. So probably at least another 100 cases to go .... that's the optimistic scenario. The less optimistic is that this is like Wuhan 2 months ago..... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwood Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Run out of masks so give em a blanket, the least they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 7 hours ago, rickudon said: It has been mentioned in another thread that Thailand doesn't have the rapid test kits which have been developed so it takes days to get a confirmation, and there are 400 people still waiting for tests ..... so far about 25% of tested people have been found to be positive. So probably at least another 100 cases to go .... that's the optimistic scenario. The less optimistic is that this is like Wuhan 2 months ago..... . They should buy as many of these tests as possible because they're definitely going to need tens of thousands of them over the coming months. There appears to be multiple versions of flu doing the rounds in various animals this year on top of this new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is this real Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 12:51 PM, Panda13 said: The opera has only just begun, and it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Or passes away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is this real Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 12:09 PM, smedly said: being out and about in Pattaya Phuket Chang Mai or other tourist spots isn't a seriously big problem as Chinese and western tourists rarely frequent the same places The risks are plane bus train taxi and general public transport services were you have no choice but to mix with many nationalities I don't have an issue in Pattaya as westerners tend to have their own places to go and rarely mix with bus loads of Chinese Is your head firmly planted in the sand? Have you EVER been in a 7-11 or any other convenience store? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 43 minutes ago, Is this real said: Is your head firmly planted in the sand? not something I've tried - how is it for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Officials give blanket assurances over impact of virus in Phuket Hmm...... yes same song as the topgun official song a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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