‘Linkage centre’ aims to detect virus concealment

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok granddad who repeatedly denied having been to Japan and turned out to have picked up a Covid-19 infection there has triggered the establishment of a “surveillance data linkage centre” by the Immigration Bureau and Public Health Ministry.

 

Pol Maj General Surapong Chaijan, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said on Thursday (February 27) that the centre would help prevent people from lying about having visited a high-risk locale.

 

It will offer hospitals nationwide a database to prevent such concealment.

 

“We will check the system to see how much data can be linked today and start using it officially tomorrow,” he said.

 

He said ministry and bureau officials had accompanied a medical team in examining 1,765 Chinese tourists from Wuhan and Guangzhou who don’t wish to return home yet and confirmed they were all clear of virus infection.

 

“At the same time, tourists from other Chinese cities have cleared the incubation period for the disease and no new victims have emerged,” Surapong said. 

 

“The reason they haven’t gone home yet is that they’re afraid of the contagion there.”

 

The ministry’s Suwich Thammapalo said the linkage centre’s data will also be useful in analysing the overall situation and preventing the contagion from reaching the third stage in Thailand – mass infection.

 

“Everyone will be monitored closely,” he said. “In the future, we will develop data linkage as a mobile application to allow citizens to access the information and check their symptoms by themselves,” he said. “All personal information will be kept confidential.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382951

 

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Would it not be easier just checking their passports.

regards Worgeordie

6 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Would it not be easier just checking their passports.

aha; you are one of those people who think logically , bit of a super-minority here....

This seems to have been triggered by the 63 year-old Thai who denied he had returned from a high-risk country - Japan.

IIRC the original report said that he managed to evade immigration checks at the time. I'd have to assume that meant the apparent hit-and-miss body temperature checks rather than passport control.

What about hotels in Thailand concealing cases? 

I’d feel much safer if I saw more over-priced smart BMWs driving around. The coronavirus would be no match for them. 

Edited February 27, 20206 yr by rkidlad

How about not charging around 5,000 baht to get tested, that would be a start

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said ministry and bureau officials had accompanied a medical team in examining 1,765 Chinese tourists from Wuhan and Guangzhou who don’t wish to return home yet and confirmed they were all clear of virus infection.

 

Intersting that they can clear 1,765 Chinese tourists - are they all in the same place? - quickly, but they can't clear the 712 (as of 26 Feb report) "under treatment".

 

"Linkage Centre"? Really?

 

Incompetence is exposed during a crisis.

 

 

 

Chinese tourists still streaming into the country though. Typical of this government, react to a problem with uniformed scowling blokes with black hair dye. Should people report coming into contact with the Chinese in Thailand, I mean, it’s Prayut that refused to close the borders to them.

Edited February 28, 20206 yr by lemonjelly

16 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Would it not be easier just checking their passports.

regards Worgeordie

It would indeed .

But hey ! TIT and nothing is done easily

Another example of Thai ruthless inefficiency

2 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

How about not charging around 5,000 baht to get tested, that would be a start

Apparently thats just for the Blood test.

Extra added for a MRI scan of the Lungs

total nearly 20 K

"Center", "app", "database".... the usal keywords for clowns in uniform.

 

PR. Press conference. They love do to that. Add a few "posters" behind with a few words in english (it's so coooooool, so excitiiiiiiiiiiing).

 

Rince repeat.

 

The guys from Immigration didn't want to be left on the virus side(show) so here they are.

 

"center", "app", "database".

 

Yeah.

 

We are waiting for just of one common sense and bold decision (i mean linked to Immigration) : CLOSE THE BORDERS ! All of them.

 

Everything else is just hot air and fuzzy bubbles.

 

Oh and by the way... we a have a new giant petri dish... First official case in Lagos ! ... Nigeria... 21 millions people... dirt poor.... living on top of each others... with... poor medical infrastructure...

 

You were in shock by the virus on the cruise ship (3700 passengers) ? Wait for Lagos...

12 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

Oh and by the way... we a have a new giant petri dish... First official case in Lagos ! ... Nigeria... 21 millions people... dirt poor..

Yes -- Italian citizen working in Nigeria recently returned from Milan 3 days ago.

 

"The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms, and is being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos."

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/nigeria-confirms-covid-19-case-first-in-sub-saharan-africa-12479660

there is a rumour that a staff member of the international school just around the corner from our house attended the Bangkok campus where this man was and returned here so they have closed down the international school as a precaution. No idea if this are factual but makes you wonder if we are being given real reports from the govt  on covid 19 and the numbers involved if it is

 

Edited February 28, 20206 yr by seajae

22 hours ago, seajae said:

there is a rumour that a staff member of the international school just around the corner from our house attended the Bangkok campus where this man was and returned here so they have closed down the international school as a precaution. No idea if this are factual but makes you wonder if we are being given real reports from the govt  on covid 19 and the numbers involved if it is

 

Rumors are not helpful here. If it's just around the corner, stop by & ask then post verified information.  There is a big problem in Thailand of unsubstantiated rumors flying all over the place.