Phuket virus checks still ongoing: Officials

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong at the press briefing yesterday (Feb 10). Photo; PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- In the latest mandatory daily update of the coronavirus situation in Phuket, leading officials yesterday (Feb 10) again gave no information about the current state of the 10 tourists last reported to be under observation, or any account of whether any new suspect cases had been identified.

 

Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong presided over the press briefing held at Phuket office of Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) in Phuket Town yesterday.

 

Present at the meeting was PPHO Chief Thanit Sermkaew, Deputy Chief Dr Krit Sakulpat, Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-virus-checks-still-ongoing-officials-74782.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-02-11

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Well d'oh. MoPH stopped publishing the diagnosis backlog days ago. It's probably a week or two just to clear the ones from back then. Don't hold your breath waiting for the results.

Surely Thailand must realise that telling lies or withholding the truth is not in the public interest or very cleaver - not saying that is what is going on but something just doesn't sit right IMO

The chief of the Commercial Affairs Phuket office, Sasiwimon Mongkhon, last Thursday reported that her office had investigated 250 complaints of retailers overcharging for face masks, but found none of them guilty enough to be charged. They were “just increased prices”, she said.

 

Thai logic does sometimes confuse me!

I flew into Phuket last week and saw no checks upon arriving.  Only check was on departure where they put a thermstat on everyone's forehead.

 

>>>“The Phuket Government, the PPHO and other relevant officers are still screening people’s body temperature at Phuket International Airport

19 minutes ago, steelepulse said:

I flew into Phuket last week and saw no checks upon arriving.  Only check was on departure where they put a thermstat on everyone's forehead.

 

>>>“The Phuket Government, the PPHO and other relevant officers are still screening people’s body temperature at Phuket International Airport

Which is what they do at most airports. Either IR scan with camera or an individual IR thermometer.

Not much else they can do in a practical sense.

17 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Which is what they do at most airports. Either IR scan with camera or an individual IR thermometer.

Not much else they can do in a practical sense.

Shouldn't they be doing this on arrivals also?  There were zero checks on arrival.

None of these "checks" are really any good.

They do nothing to find someone who has the virus in it's incubation stage, which could be two weeks.

 

Far sad the disregard for trying to actually do something.

Checking in Central yesterday

On 2/14/2020 at 8:20 AM, ChipButty said:

Checking in Central yesterday

Yup saw it today. Madness on new level.