webfact Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 South Korean woman tests positive for coronavirus after Thailand visit FILE PHOTO: Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo A South Korean woman has tested positive for coronavirus after visiting Thailand, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, the first foreign tourist reported to have been infected after a visit to the southeast Asian nation. The 42-year-old, identified only as Patient 16, flew back to South Korea on Jan. 19 after traveling in Thailand, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a statement. Treated since developing chills and other symptoms from Jan. 25, the woman did not improve until Sunday, the KCDC added in a statement, and was confirmed positive on Tuesday. The statement did not explicitly rule out a visit to China by the patient, and KCDC Director Jeong Eun-kyeong declined to comment further. Tanarak Plipat, deputy director-general of the Thai Department of Disease Control, said the woman could have contracted the virus in Thailand. "It's possible because the virus is already spreading domestically in Thailand," Tanarak said. Thailand has reported 19 cases of coronavirus, among the highest number of infections outside of China. It confirmed the first case of human-to-human transmission of the virus inside the country on Friday, when a taxi driver tested positive. (Reporting by Sangmi Cha in Seoul and Panarat Thepgumpanat in Bangkok; Writing by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Jane Wardell) -- © Copyright Reuters 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 zydeco Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 Thailand now a sub hub? 8 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 I think people should be made aware of her movements authorities in Thailand should be retracing exactly what she did when and where 20 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 It just needs a few more like this, and a few Chinese going home in body bags to really put the exclamation mark on "Tourism is Dead" Thailand, you have a window to do something meaningful and be a leader...because right now, you aren't even a follower. Weak. 26 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkyFax Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Bye bye, tourism. From the OP: The statement did not explicitly rule out a visit to China, however. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarFlungFalang Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, webfact said: The statement did not explicitly rule out a visit to China by the patient, and KCDC Director Jeong Eun-kyeong declined to comment further. Shirely a quick check of her passport would clarify this.Why leave in the ambiguity? 23 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SpanishExpat Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 minute ago, smedly said: I think people should be made aware of her movements authorities in Thailand should be retracing exactly what she did when and where Yeah that was 2 weeks ago lol. So it`s close to impossible, even if there was a government which take that serious. So forget it. It just shows me, that there is a real risk (at least in BKK). The government may think that the people are stupid, but it`s an easy statistical approach. Thousand of tourists from Wuhan have landed in January, before the city was quarantined. Just 1-2 infected amongst those is enough the spread that stuff. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) The TFV folks here for whatever reason decided to not post the full version of the Reuters report on this story, nor even a web link to the full version... Or maybe Reuters subsequently added the additional Thai content/comments. Here's a link to the full version that includes comments from the Thai health authorities: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-thailand/south-korean-woman-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-after-thailand-visit-idUSKBN1ZY0HC Here's the remaining part that followed the part posted in the OP: Quote Tanarak Plipat, deputy director-general of the Thai Department of Disease Control, said the woman could have contracted the virus in Thailand. “It’s possible because the virus is already spreading domestically in Thailand,” Tanarak said. Thailand has reported 19 cases of coronavirus, among the highest number of infections outside of China. It confirmed the first case of human-to-human transmission of the virus inside the country on Friday, when a taxi driver tested positive. Edited February 4, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 Quote “It’s possible because the virus is already spreading domestically in Thailand,” Tanarak said. Really??? I thought everything was 100% under control! 7 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarFlungFalang Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 I was thinking how quickly things would turn bad if it got into the schools here or anywhere.I think the media reports will have a few days of lag before the reality of what is actually occurring hits the community. "it takes a worried man to sing a worried song". 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just now, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Really??? I thought everything was 100% under control! It is. They have the fake reported numbers 100% under control. 5 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tayaout Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Really??? I thought everything was 100% under control! Oups she probably said too much inadvertently. 2 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 9 minutes ago, SkyFax said: From the OP: The statement did not explicitly rule out a visit to China, however. Matters not. Reuters already put the headline out and that's what people will read. Expect it to go viral. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarFlungFalang Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Really??? I thought everything was 100% under control! Well it was until this bloody virus decided that he was full of it and did it's own thing,he should send this bloody virus for attitude adjustment. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said: Well it was until this bloody virus decided that he was full of it and did it's own thing,he should send this bloody virus for attitude adjustment. Very obviously not a Thai virus. A Thai virus would do what it's told to do. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zydeco Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Matters not. Reuters already put the headline out and that's what people will read. Expect it to go viral. That along with the "Bangkok Most at Risk for Spread" headline is what people will remember. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tayaout said: Oups she probably said too much inadvertently. A round of attitude adjustment and damage control is needed. Call Xinhua and let them handle it through their lackey Thai media outlets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Matters not. Reuters already put the headline out and that's what people will read. Expect it to go viral. It's a Reuters report, so it's already going far and wide on news providers' websites all around the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender92 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Where in Thailand did she go? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 In looking at some Korea news sources just now, I see that the South Korean government also as of today/Tuesday has enacted an entry ban on anyone who's been to Wuhan or Hubei province in the prior 14 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, webfact said: "It's possible because the virus is already spreading domestically in Thailand," Tanarak said. Personally I 'm not to worried about contracting the virus but if the administration are trying to show how clever they are it's doesn't seem to be working.Bit like trying to catch smoke with you're bare hands and saying you've got it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, bender92 said: Where in Thailand did she go? Just going through the airport is a gauntlet already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Meanwhile, the WHO director general once again pops up generally opposing China entry bans by other countries. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chief-says-widespread-travel-bans-not-needed-to-beat-china-virus-idUSKBN1ZX1H3 Quote WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in China. “We call on all countries to implement decisions that are evidence-based and consistent,” Tedros told the WHO executive board, reiterating his message from last week when he declared an international emergency. ... China’s delegate took the floor at the WHO Executive Board and denounced measures by “some countries” that have denied entry to people holding passports issued in Hubei province - at the center of the outbreak - and to deny visas and cancel flights. Thanks for the advice... Thanks, but NO thanks!!! Edited February 4, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, bender92 said: Where in Thailand did she go? Home?Oh you mean how many taxis/busses/tuk tuks she caught?Where did she eat what movie theatres she visited or how many school kids she came in contact with?That sort of thing? does it really matter?Do you really believe there's anywhere on this planet that you can go to avoid infection? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JHolmesJr Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 would you trust a man called tedross adhanayom ghebreyesus? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Meanwhile, the WHO director general once again pops up generally opposing China entry bans by other countries. Time to change the DG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It has to get worse before it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 30 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said: Shirely a quick check of her passport would clarify this.Why leave in the ambiguity? I would have though that was obvious but such largesse is frowned on here. Sounds like flicks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said: Home?Oh you mean how many taxis/busses/tuk tuks she caught?Where did she eat what movie theatres she visited or how many school kids she came in contact with?That sort of thing? does it really matter?Do you really believe there's anywhere on this planet that you can go to avoid infection? Those caves that they made a film about recently seem pretty safe ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Monomial Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 Expect every country that put quarantine measures in effect to China to now add Thailand to the list of countries disallowed for travel. Looks as if the Thai government just signed their own death warrants with respect to tourism. It is now going to be Chinese and Thai entry bans. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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