Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases - health ministry

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases - health ministry

 

FILE PHOTO: Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's public health ministry reported seven new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, including three Thais and four Chinese.

 

The new cases brought the total reported in the country to 32, among the world's highest number of infections outside of China.

 

"The seven new cases are all in hospital," said Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director-general of the Disease Control Department.

 

One of the Thai cases was part of the group of 138 evacuated from China's coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan on Tuesday, Suwannachai told reporters.

 

The other two Thais had exposure to tourists, he said.

 

Among the four Chinese, three are members of the families of previously reported cases, while the other is a tourist from a "risky area" in China, said Suwannachai.

 

Among the 32 cases Thailand has reported so far, 23 are Chinese while nine are Thais.

 

As of Saturday, one more patient was allowed to go home, bringing the count of discharges to 10, said Suwannachai.

 

Twenty-two other patients remain in hospital, he said.

 

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-08

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[DrTuner]

And how many in the diagnostics backlog? Not that it matters, the virus is spreading already. Prepare for outbreaks.

[ExpatLife]

23 hours ago, DrTuner said:

And how many in the diagnostics backlog? Not that it matters, the virus is spreading already. Prepare for outbreaks.

Prepare for outbreaks, it's everywhere in Thailand already. At this juncture China had started to close down cities and festivities etc, Thailand is doing nothing at all, and still accepting Chinese tourists all the while. Mai bpen rai, everything is ok 
 

 

Edited February 9, 2020 by metisdead
Trolling meme removed.

[JHolmesJr]

weird report....how about more info?

are these a fresh batch of local transmission cases...did any thais

visit china and return?

 

[Tayaout]

1 minute ago, JHolmesJr said:

weird report....how about more info?

are these a fresh batch of local transmission cases...did any thais

visit china and return?

 

 

[JHolmesJr]

I fear we are at a stage where social distancing needs to be practised immediately.

This means no unnecessary contact with others....

[CNXexpat]

33 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

including three Thais and four Chinese.

The minister should criticize Thais not Farangs for not wearing masks. 

[MikeyScars]

41 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

I fear we are at a stage where social distancing needs to be practised immediately.

This means no unnecessary contact with others....

I just found this article.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-year-old-hospitalized-in-israel-over-fears-got-coronavirus-in-thailand/

[khunpa]

6 minutes ago, MikeyScars said:

I just found this article.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-year-old-hospitalized-in-israel-over-fears-got-coronavirus-in-thailand/

 

Yes, it is so bad that they are now exporting cases. But still around 615 cases unresolved and nobody really doing anything. Wonder how long, before BKK looks like Wuhan. 

 

Anyway, now we have to wait 3-4 more days for the next small batch of tests results to be verified. So we should be around 40 official cases on Wednesday and over 1000 suspected pending cases. Thailand seems to be the only country in the world where testing is very very time consuming. 

 

Edited February 8, 2020 by khunpa

[samuttodd]

The point is,  you can not stop living to avoid death.   The show must go on. 

 

The bad guys are all going to their deep underground bases.    They will come out when it is over.    Be waiting for them when they emerge.

[smedly]

how many in Thailand right now are sick and not reporting it

[DannyCarlton]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The other two Thais had exposure to tourists, he said.

No doubt farang tourists according to ai Anutin.

[DannyCarlton]

9 minutes ago, samuttodd said:

The point is,  you can not stop living to avoid death.   The show must go on. 

 

The bad guys are all going to their deep underground bases.    They will come out when it is over.    Be waiting for them when they emerge.

I'm bunkered up now. Does that make me a bad guy?

[DannyCarlton]

11 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Thailand seems to be the only country in the world where testing is very very time consuming. 

Unfortunately those doing the testing are mostly Thai women. During their working day they need to eat, sleep and check their mobiles then rinse and repeat. Doesn't leave them much time for testing.

[Creasy]

I just found this article.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-year-old-hospitalized-in-israel-over-fears-got-coronavirus-in-thailand/

If that wall was Thailand, and the zombies Chinese . You just know that the Health Minister would let them in to make a baht or two

[Thian]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Among the four Chinese, three are members of the families of previously reported cases, while the other is a tourist from a "risky area" in China, said Suwannachai.

 

See they still let chinese from risky area's in....i thought they were not allowed to leave china but they can..

[khunpa]

Current situation. Wonder why they stopped updating: https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php

 

[Felt 35]

25 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Wonder how long, before BKK looks like Wuhan.

When the wet season kicks in????

[samuttodd]

I'd bank on getting the bug,  and then do everything you can to get over it as quickly as possible..    There is a pretty good chance you'll muscle through, but some will not. The already sick and the old are probably going to hae a worse time than the rest... No surprise there.
 

 

 

[SkyFax]

48 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Wonder how long, before BKK looks like Wuhan. 

What's your hurry? Right now there aren't even any cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, and Chonqing that look like Wuhan.

[yokat]

1 minute ago, samuttodd said:

I'd bank on getting the bug,  and then do everything you can to get over it as quickly as possible..    There is a pretty good chance you'll muscle through, but some will not. The already sick and the old are probably going to hae a worse time than the rest... No surprise there.

You're right that someone getting it now will have a way easier time than someone getting it once hospitals are full, but the risk of complication and death is not 0 so I would not chance it.

 

I see a trend with the official case reports, they are very slow and it it's always just enough to not step up in the ranking of most affected countries. With 32 they are still behind Japan and Singapore, you can expect that the next update will put them behind Hong Kong.

[ExpatLife]

5 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

What's your hurry? Right now there aren't even any cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, and Chonqing that look like Wuhan.

That's because China currently has 400million people on lock down and or quarantined. What is Thailand doing to prevent the spread?? Blaming white people for not wearing masks, and that's about it 

[SkyFax]

13 minutes ago, ExpatLife said:

19 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

What's your hurry? Right now there aren't even any cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, and Chonqing that look like Wuhan.

That's because China currently has 400million people on lock down and or quarantined. What is Thailand doing to prevent the spread?? Blaming white people for not wearing masks, and that's about it 

OK so then when will BKK look like Wuhan?

Edited February 8, 2020 by SkyFax

[ExpatLife]

Just now, SkyFax said:

OK so then then will BKK look like Wuhan?

No idea, but it should be quite easy to see that the way things are going, it's going to be a similar situation. Wuhan has a population of 11 million, Bangkok has 8 million. The outbreak in Wuhan started with 1 person, there is at least 1 infection in Bangkok. Thailand is doing very very little to stop this outbreak, or moreover they are not implementing effective strategies, while letting in potentially infected people daily. How many people are currently walking around Bangkok with the virus without symptoms in the incubation period, passing it onto people? Nobody knows but it is probably in the thousands.. How many people will have the virus without symptoms in 2 weeks? Nobody knows, but again it's going to be a lot. 

[DLock]

The numbers still make little sense.

 

Thailand has 595 people under observation and 32 confirmed cases, a ratio of approximately 18:1.

 

China has 34,575 confirmed cases, and if the ratio is somewhat accurate, China must have around 622,000 PUI.

 

Either China doesn't know that PUI number (likely) or Thailand are not being timely and truthful about concerting PUI to confirmed (also likely).

 

If we had the China PUI approximation, we could calculate the probably ratio that should be converting to confirmed in Thailand. The delay of information, the growing list of PUI and tests yet to be completed...it just feels very dodgy.

 

The numbers will become clearer over time.

 

 

 

[SkyFax]

36 minutes ago, ExpatLife said:

41 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

OK so then then will BKK look like Wuhan?

No idea

Agreed. I only responded because the question posed was not "IF BKK will ever look like Wuhan" but "How long before BKK looks like Wuhan".

Edited February 8, 2020 by SkyFax

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, MikeyScars said:

I just found this article.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-year-old-hospitalized-in-israel-over-fears-got-coronavirus-in-thailand/

The sole basis is that she has fever and diarrhea and was recently in Thailand. A precaution only. Highly, highly unlikely she has CN.

[Sheryl]

21 minutes ago, DLock said:

The numbers still make little sense.

 

Thailand has 595 people under observation and 32 confirmed cases, a ratio of approximately 18:1.

 

China has 34,575 confirmed cases, and if the ratio is somewhat accurate, China must have around 622,000 PUI.

 

Either China doesn't know that PUI number (likely) or Thailand are not being timely and truthful about concerting PUI to confirmed (also likely).

 

If we had the China PUI approximation, we could calculate the probably ratio that should be converting to confirmed in Thailand. The delay of information, the growing list of PUI and tests yet to be completed...it just feels very dodgy.

 

The numbers will become clearer over time.

 

 

You cannot calculate a "ratio" for suspected to actual cases to calculate anything. Not even in the same country let alone across countries.

 

How many people are categorized as suspected cases depends on the croteria used -- which is constantly changing and dictated by a host of facrors, some if them practical - and how readily people meeting the criteria can be found which varies greatly from place to place and over time.

 

Israel just categorized a child as suspected simply because she had a fever and diarrhea (as children often do) and had recently been in Thailand.  So few people meet such criteria that they can afford to do this. Thailand is NOT categorizing every child within its borders with fever and diarrhea as a suspected case; that would be wildly impractical. 

 

 

[Tayaout]

28 minutes ago, DLock said:

The numbers still make little sense.

 

Thailand has 595 people under observation and 32 confirmed cases, a ratio of approximately 18:1.

 

China has 34,575 confirmed cases, and if the ratio is somewhat accurate, China must have around 622,000 PUI.

 

Either China doesn't know that PUI number (likely) or Thailand are not being timely and truthful about concerting PUI to confirmed (also likely).

 

If we had the China PUI approximation, we could calculate the probably ratio that should be converting to confirmed in Thailand. The delay of information, the growing list of PUI and tests yet to be completed...it just feels very dodgy.

 

The numbers will become clearer over time.

 

 

 

If you check the stats on BNO the number of suspected and confirmed stay always around 50/50 for China. It's hard to compare since they are obviously overwhelmed compared to Thailand. 

Edited February 8, 2020 by Tayaout

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, khunpa said:

 

Yes, it is so bad that they are now exporting cases. But still around 615 cases unresolved and nobody really doing anything. Wonder how long, before BKK looks like Wuhan. 

 

Anyway, now we have to wait 3-4 more days for the next small batch of tests results to be verified. So we should be around 40 official cases on Wednesday and over 1000 suspected pending cases. Thailand seems to be the only country in the world where testing is very very time consuming. 

 

Its all to do with the Thai ability to do things with ruthless inefficiency.