New coronavirus infection in Thailand takes tally to 42

[Gee Ku]

It could be just fake news but a hospital staff in Wang Neua, Lampang province told friends there were 5 cases of the virus in her hospital. This should be investigated by the health authorities for further action if true, and non-action if false.

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, Elzear said:

Kuweit 45 - Thailand 42 .. We’re catching up. 

But here in Cambodia - 1 reported.

[Burma Bill]

5 minutes ago, Gee Ku said:

It could be just fake news but a hospital staff in Wang Neua, Lampang province told friends there were 5 cases of the virus in her hospital. This should be investigated by the health authorities for further action if true, and non-action if false.

Interesting, but alarming. I was a diabetic out-patient in this provincial hospital and know it well. There is, as I recall, an isolation ward.

[sambum]

2 hours ago, bagheera65 said:

A friend working in Patpong told me this week that there is plenty of Chinese tourists in Patpong. As i was surprised as i thought they were stopped she told me "they're all around". So, as she is reliable, i suppose there is still more Chinese tourists in Thailand than we can think. Which doesn't mean that all of them are infected by the virus, of course.

Organised tours have been stopped but not self booking travellers.

[natway09]

Mr Kemp 87

Please do not spread untruths on this forum.

Obviously yoyr lack of understanding Thai brings on these comments.

Radio, TV & other media are pushing that if symptoms are shown go to a hospital as soon as possible

where you WILL be tested regardless of being a pauper or a millionaire

[Aspaltso]

All of these tourists who this man came into contact are no doubt becoming "Super spreaders". There's got to be hundreds, if not thousands of people who are either in Thailand, or have come here and left who are in intermission, or infected already.

[dallen52]

3 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I give it a month and everything will be almost back to normal, the panic served it's purpose and the rich just became richer, make of that what you will.

 

Yes fear creates panic, but what is the panic about, nothing more than another strain of influenza which kills 500,000 plus people a year worldwide, but we don't hear of that, do we.

 

If your old, 80+ and have a weak immune system, or have a pre-existing respiratory condition or diabetes, I would be worried to go out until a vaccination is made, as for the rest of us, soldier on as tomorrow you could get bitten with a mosquito and get Malaria which kills around a million, yes a million people a year, or if you get influenza it kills 500,000 + a year, road deaths 1.25 million a year. Now do you feel better ? 

Fair call. 

When 60+ die daily in road accidents, which can be prevented in many cases, one has to put some perspective on the coronavirus and its ability to selectively infect people. 

 

It will be interesting to see how the government handles a full blown pandemic. 

 

It fails miserably every day/week/year on the road toll.

 

[allexx]

3 hours ago, MikeyScars said:

When is the wet season in Thailand?

Not looking forward to it.....

July to October 

[elliss]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

You are correct.

On the big picture, this could be the end for every Soi dog in the country.

Must be a million of them all have to be put down.

 

 

Add the farlang overstayers .

Welcome to the kingdom..

 

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by elliss
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[sambum]

19 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Am I right in saying out with China there are less than 3000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, I appreciate it can spread very quickly but the media attention given is way over the top it’s not like ebola, yes people die but the majority have other ailments.

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Active Cases	Total Recovered	Serious, Critical
China	79,257	+433	2,835	+47	37,264	39,158	7,664

[crazykopite]

How’s that Thai Government minister doing you know the one who was spewing out a load of verbal while sweating profusely in front of the TV cameras it seems to have all gone quiet on his condition.

 

[FarFlungFalang]

8 minutes ago, sambum said:

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Active Cases	Total Recovered	Serious, Critical
China	79,257	+433	2,835	+47	37,264	39,158	7,664

I think he means outside of China.

[Kemp87]

20 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Mr Kemp 87

Please do not spread untruths on this forum.

Obviously yoyr lack of understanding Thai brings on these comments.

Radio, TV & other media are pushing that if symptoms are shown go to a hospital as soon as possible

where you WILL be tested regardless of being a pauper or a millionaire

I have no intention of spreading fake news so I apologise if I’m ill informed but I’ve seen this image on various platforms quoting hospital prices to get tested in Bangkok? 

[Redline]

It can’t be stopped.  Period.  There is nowhere to put all of the infected people, and people will not report their illness because they don’t want to be quarantined.  Health systems worldwide are not set up for this, especially where medicine is a money-making venture, such as the USA.  There are not thousands of empty hospital beds.  It’s time to start planning longer term

Edited February 29, 2020 by Redline

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

it's starting to coming out now.... we should expect regular daily increases on infected people.... but I could be wrong, Prayut said that all was under control

Been saying it for a while now

Face saving exercise

[Megasin1]

As many deny die hard ridicule I would recommend that it is at least sensible to prepare against the knock on effects... for those of you who have a car start to run it with a full tank. for those of you who ride a motorcycle in thailand dont bother reading any further. for the rest stock up on drinking water, tinned and long life food, a big bag of rice etc. effectively enough for at least a month. If you expect the paralysis that China has experienced you will at least be prepared. The motorcycle riders will die eventually anyway so why delay it, leave the resources for those with smarter Gene's ????????????

[dash]

40 minutes ago, Tayaout said:

Coronavirus is only the family of the virus. To be more precise the dog tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and the chance that your vet has a test for this strain is zero. 

Thats exactly my point. there are crossreaktion with antibodies and with PCR contaminated surfaces (from the nose). I think you understand. the test was weakly positiv....PCR is digital yes or no, antibodies are analog

[ukdave51]

And the tourist he caught it off is where exactly?

[Tony125]

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Probably an 0 missing off the end of 42, heard of two cases but might get done for spreading fake news if I went into it.

Bit of a problem with the flu comparison, this virus is at least 20x the death rate, lives a long time on surfaces and has a very long period with no symptoms while you can infect many others. It is more likely to kill you if you are older but not just the old, the Dr who discovered it and who had the best attention in his own hospital died in his 30's, as have many others. Everything is certainly not going to be back to normal in a month, no matter how many are killed on the roads or by malaria.

You are ill informed. This virus does not have a death rate 20 times that of yearly flu breakouts and where  young children and older  persons  seem high risks for reg flu  this virus has not killed anyone under 9 years old.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

Age of Coronavirus Deaths

COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:

*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentage shown below does NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.

AGE	DEATH RATE confirmed cases	DEATH RATE all cases
80+ years old	21.9%	14.8%
70-79 years old		8.0%
60-69 years old		3.6%
50-59 years old		1.3%
40-49 years old		0.4%
30-39 years old		0.2%
20-29 years old		0.2%
10-19 years old		0.2%
0-9 years old		no fatalities

Edited February 29, 2020 by Tony125

[TexFarang]

Strange they’re not mentioning the RTA doctor that works at the medical department HQ that’s just been quarantined with a confirmed case. But what would I know.... my wife works in the same office. ???? 

[mtls2005]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The victim is a 21-year-old Thai salesman whose job brought him exposure to foreign tourists

 

Be nice if they provided a bit more detail?

 

Salesman? Selling what? Where? When?

 

The lack of information provided by the "authorities" is mind-boggling.

 

991 patients "under treatment" (no clue how many can be confirmed) as of 27 Feb 2020 report.

 

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no55-270263.pdf

 

 

[meshborg]

If only 42 people have Virus in Thailand then I'm a Dutchman.haha...U.k 20,Italy and S.Korea 600 plus each.I'd say more likely hundreds if not thousands infected already.

[Partenavia]

Thai citizens who take a holiday in Japan, S.Korea, China etc when they return have to put themselves in quarantine for two weeks. However, Chinese tourists can come here direct and have a holiday. Logic clearly has gone out of the window.

[jimn]

3 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

"its just the flu" posters are rapidly turning into this years "get the correct visa" mob.

 

the ignorance is stunning

 

 

Cant help it if you believe what you read. You are one of the many who have been fooled.

[jimn]

4 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I give it a month and everything will be almost back to normal, the panic served it's purpose and the rich just became richer, make of that what you will.

 

Yes fear creates panic, but what is the panic about, nothing more than another strain of influenza which kills 500,000 plus people a year worldwide, but we don't hear of that, do we.

 

If your old, 80+ and have a weak immune system, or have a pre-existing respiratory condition or diabetes, I would be worried to go out until a vaccination is made, as for the rest of us, soldier on as tomorrow you could get bitten with a mosquito and get Malaria which kills around a million, yes a million people a year, or if you get influenza it kills 500,000 + a year, road deaths 1.25 million a year. Now do you feel better ? 

Agree 100%

[christophe75]

18 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

The lack of information provided by the "authorities" is mind-boggling.

 

991 patients "under treatment" (no clue how many can be confirmed) as of 27 Feb 2020 report.

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no55-270263.pdf

 

And "treatment".... what does it mean ? A paracetamol pill ? Or artificial respirator ?

 

Until february 10, the daily report gave the number for "isolation room" (15).

 

At least.... that was useful (isolation room =  serious cases or serious suspicions)

 

And of course.. they stopped to publish.

 

You can check it out.

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no38-100263.pdf

 

The trick is of course obvious, raw, even vulgar.

 

But it works ! People (small red fishes) do not care, do not pay attention to details, and have no memory...

Edited February 29, 2020 by christophe75

[mtls2005]

6 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

And "treatment".... what does it mean ? A paracetamol pill ? Or artificial respirator ?

 

Not sure, but all 991 are hospitalized, and that number has been growing rapdily. Was 712 on 26 Feb, then 991 on 26 Feb.

 

Seems like they should want to confirm the actual number of COVID19 cases?

 

 

 

 

[johnarth]

5 hours ago, Hook said:

#42 exposure to foreign tourists of coarse you think there going to say which foreign nationality.

 

the health minister is waiting for a forang to catch it

[Skallywag]

39 minutes ago, meshborg said:

If only 42 people have Virus in Thailand then I'm a Dutchman.haha...U.k 20,Italy and S.Korea 600 plus each.I'd say more likely hundreds if not thousands infected already.

This is a normal with influenza every year in every country. 

The recovery rate is still very positive, and the death rate is nowhere near pandemic levels...

Yet

Peace

[mberbae]

My guess is , it's Much Higher.  Closing the land border to Cambodia but allowing

Chinese tourists makes about as much sense as a bicycle with square tires.

Kuwait is doing the right thing - pulling its people Out of Thailand.