webfact Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Change in evaluation criteria bumps number of suspected virus cases to 615 By The Nation Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Friday (February 7) there were now 615 people in Thailand suspected of carrying the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. The number of confirmed cases remained unchanged at 25, with 16 being treated in hospital and the other nine recovered and released. Suwannachai attributed the rise in suspected cases to updated criteria generating more details and redefining the term “suspected”. The Thais flown home this week from China’s central Hubei province, where the virus outbreak began, fall into two categories, he said – four people suspected of being infected but awaiting lab tests to verify earlier indications they were safe, and the rest, by far the most, who appear healthy but will remain under observation for more than another week. Two of the returnees have begun showing signs of infection and now occupy isolation rooms at hospitals in Chonburi and Sattahip, he said. Mental Health Department chief Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit said the 138 returnees were all feeling stress and three were showing symptoms of depression. The mental condition of all returnees is being continuously monitored, he said. Suwannachai said an infected Chinese tourist being treated at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok has improved, while a 70-year-old Thai bus driver remains on a ventilator because he also has tuberculosis. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381762 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-02-07 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Assurancetourix Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 615 today and with open borders maybe more than 1,000 tomorrow ... Other than that, everything is 100% under control 23 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ourmanflint Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 Some honesty at last! 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 minute ago, ourmanflint said: Some honesty at last! Don't get excited...it won't last ! 6 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAFO Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 Not seeing the correlation with their numbers. But whatever. It doesn't matter. 25 to 615. Fact is, they all BS about it. Its all about the bottom-line. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 that is one giant step up and a giant leap for Thailand China had similar numbers a week ago and now in the tens of thousands anybody now starting to pay attention - you should be 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ozz1 Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's those pesky farangs not wearing those cheap face masks spreading this just ask the health minister is it me or there is a lot more infected than that they are saying looking on the Chinese website is spreading very quickly that is before they shut it down 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) And in the other thread about the virus lab at Chula in the video they mentioned processing 1500 sample already. The figures are being manipulated. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147141-video-meet-the-thai-virus-hunters-working-247-to-fight-coronavirus/?tab=comments#comment-15034727 Edited February 7, 2020 by DrTuner 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 'isolation rooms at hospitals in Chonburi' For the geographically challenged, that's the province where Pattaya is. It's arriving. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 Yes just waiting for them to announce "a Thai woman who works in a bar in Pattaya as being under observation". Amazing it has not happened yet. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 They need to get their terminology straight. And one, single person or organization should be issuing public information. Is this 615 "suspected carrier" ffigure different from the previously reported "PUI" figure(s). Where are these 615 people? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 30 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: Yes just waiting for them to announce "a Thai woman who works in a bar in Pattaya as being under observation". Amazing it has not happened yet. Chinese don't frequent beer bars, safe havens. Better stay in one for a few months or barricade in your condo. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kemp87 Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 When China confirmed 800 cases they quarantined 11 million people and locked them in their house. Going to need abit more transparency than - we think 615 people may have the virus ????????♂️ By the time they confirm 800 here they’ll be 42,000 suspected cases by then ????????♂️ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Creasy Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 The entire government should be blindfolded and put against a wall for dereliction of their duty to the Thai people 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 The Thai numbers never made any logic. Now, due to correcting a convenient semantic loophole, they may be held accountable for the real numbers. This could get really interesting...really fast. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Is this why they still did not publish the official report for yesterday ? Have some mercy for the poor intern that have to make a coherent report out of this mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nausea Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's probably endemic in Thailand already, given the number of Chinese visitors. The real problem will arise when they start quarantining returning tourists. That will put the kabosh on Thailand's tourism industry totally. Get out now. I'll take my chances, survived most stuff - measles, mumps, all the usual childhhood diseases; if this does for me then my time has come; hopefully, my immune system is still resilient enough to deal with some stupid Chinese disease. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophe75 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's 8 PM.... and they are late for the daily report. The last entry is for february.... 5th. https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php Now, since this press conference happened today we could assume that the "615 suspected" are... the "PUI" ("People who met the criteria of patients under investigation") ? Those PUI were... at 595 on the report of february 5th... So is that a "bump" ( a mere... +20 in one 1 day) ? in that case, why the director would talk about "updated criteria" ? Or should we understand that the thai authorities have created yet another sub-group... "suspected cases" ? ???? So we would have "confirmed", "suspected" and then "PUI" ? Anyway. Here are the past data. Date.... confirmed... PUI added.... total PUI February 5 25 46 595 February 4 25 57 549 February 3 19 7 492 February 2 19 103 485 February 1 19 38 382 January 31 19 64 344 January 30 14 78 280 January 29 14 44 202 January 28 14 22 158 January 27 8 13 136 January 26 8 18 102 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, christophe75 said: It's 8 PM.... and they are late for the daily report. The last entry is for february.... 5th. https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php Now, since this press conference happened today we could assume that the "615 suspected" are... the "PUI" ("People who met the criteria of patients under investigation") ? Those PUI were... at 595 on the report of february 5th... So is that a "bump" ( a mere... +20 in one 1 day) ? in that case, why the director would talk about "updated criteria" ? Or should we understand that the thai authorities have created yet another sub-group... "suspected cases" ? ???? So we would have "confirmed", "suspected" and then "PUI" ? Anyway. Here are the past data. Date.... confirmed... PUI added.... total PUI February 5 25 46 595 February 4 25 57 549 February 3 19 7 492 February 2 19 103 485 February 1 19 38 382 January 31 19 64 344 January 30 14 78 280 January 29 14 44 202 January 28 14 22 158 January 27 8 13 136 January 26 8 18 102 Interesting. But the maths are soon not going to make any sense. Where are all these PUI's going - they either move to Confirmed cases or they are clear of the virus... ...they need another column, PUIWANLUI - People Under Investigation Who Are No Longer Under Investigation. And how long does someone stay on PUI - 14 days maximum technically - so that ones from the 26th need to find a column to go under soon and that PUI needs to start being allocated and going lower... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerN Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Right now doesn't seem like the ideal time to re-define the word 'suspected'. Seems like counting how many angels are dancing on the head of one particular pin. Still, I don't know why I should be surprised. I don't think I should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkcanuck8 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, nausea said: It's probably endemic in Thailand already, given the number of Chinese visitors. The real problem will arise when they start quarantining returning tourists. That will put the kabosh on Thailand's tourism industry totally. Get out now. I'll take my chances, survived most stuff - measles, mumps, all the usual childhhood diseases; if this does for me then my time has come; hopefully, my immune system is still resilient enough to deal with some stupid Chinese disease. I will be staying put, getting on an airplane is a bad idea IMHO (if not now, very shortly). You might have to pay for healthcare though since it is very likely if it gets to expensive or threatens to be it won't be covered as it is an act of god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkcanuck8 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, ParkerN said: Right now doesn't seem like the ideal time to re-define the word 'suspected'. Seems like counting how many angels are dancing on the head of one particular pin. Still, I don't know why I should be surprised. I don't think I should be. probably a poor translation. It likely is 600+ that the model indicates is a likely number of people infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarFlungFalang Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, nausea said: my immune system is still resilient enough to deal with some stupid Chinese disease. I dunno but I think this disease is pretty clever look what it's done to China and Thailand.Almost like it was engineered that way. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 27 minutes ago, ParkerN said: Right now doesn't seem like the ideal time to re-define the word 'suspected'. Seems like counting how many angels are dancing on the head of one particular pin. Still, I don't know why I should be surprised. I don't think I should be. I think Anutin thinks different according to his recent outburst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkcanuck8 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said: I dunno but I think this disease is pretty clever look what it's done to China and Thailand.Almost like it was engineered that way. Well, I don't know about the medical science behind it but from what I gather there is a difference in ACE2 - not gender or race based but higher in those that smoke... and 48% of Chinese men smoke... which because of lower initial oxygenation and this ACE2 thing (again I have little knowledge of) put them at higher risk. Also, it is beginning to look like it is also out in the wild in the US (but the numbers are not reflecting that - maybe lost traceability on some). Edited February 7, 2020 by bkkcanuck8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 30la Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 The Corona virus is becoming a pandemic on this forum as has already happened with the "TM30"! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 thailand wants more INDIANS.... where what is HOT in india : TUBERCULOSIS and that one really spreads much worse than nCOV and it is quarantine and antibiotics for MONTHS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yadon Toploy Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 15 hours ago, NCC1701A said: Yes just waiting for them to announce "a Thai woman who works in a bar in Pattaya as being under observation". Amazing it has not happened yet. Dunno, I was busy observing a few personally last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 16 hours ago, NCC1701A said: Yes just waiting for them to announce "a Thai woman who works in a bar in Pattaya as being under observation". Amazing it has not happened yet. It may have already happened but they will be careful not to say it ... until the next day when it will be known anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 37 minutes ago, 30la said: The Corona virus is becoming a pandemic on this forum as has already happened with the "TM30"! except that we can laugh on the TM30; which is not the case with coronavirus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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