Thailand records first coronavirus death - health official

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Thailand records first coronavirus death - health official

 

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

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) -  A 35-year-old Thai man who also had dengue fever has died from a coronavirus infection, Thailand’s first death from the COVID-19 disease, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Sunday. 

 

Thailand has recorded 42 coronavirus cases since January, with 30 of those recovering and 11 still being treated in hospitals, according to the department. 

 

Thai health officials said the dead man had worked in the retail sector, where he had come into contact with many tourists during the early stages of the outbreak. 

 

“This was a case of local transmission, and he was at risk because he had exposure to Chinese tourists,” Suwanchai said, speaking at a news conference. 

 

The patient was first admitted to a private hospital for dengue fever on Jan. 27. He was later diagnosed with the coronavirus and transferred on Feb.5 to the government’s main treatment center, Suwanchai said. 

He died from multiple-organ failure late on Saturday. 

 

New measures to deal with the spread of the coronavirus - earlier introduced by Thailand’s National Committee on Communicable Diseases - came into effect on Sunday. 
 

Health officials can now order those suspected of being infected to be quarantined and to undergo treatment. Officials can also order the closure of venues and public areas to contain the virus.

 

(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Tom Houe)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-01

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[zydeco]

That is a pretty strong blow, dengue and the virus. Meanwhile, it appears the logjam is starting to clear with the official numbers. Now that there are plenty of countries above Thailand in the coronavirus rankings and Thailand can fly under the radar while the world (and would-be tourists, in particular) focus on China, South Korea, Italy, and even the US. Might seem as if that was the plan all along.

[christophe75]

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

Edited March 1, 2020 by christophe75

[tgw]

8 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [add all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

wrong.

 

it has low mortality rate and weakened people are more likely to die of course, BUT a small number of young and healthy people seem to have a weakness vs. the virus.

[Seismic]

38 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

Currently the death rate without any preexisting conditions is 0.9%, the death rate for ages 10-39 is 0.2%, the death rate for males is significantly higher than females (2.8% vs 1.7%). On children under the age of 10 have died.

[TopDeadSenter]

3 minutes ago, Seismic said:

the death rate for ages 10-39 is 0.2%,

So either this first death, the fit and healthy 35 year old that perished from it out of 42 people that caught it is a statistical fluke and anomaly, or your figures are inaccurate. Maybe it's time to wait until more reliable stats are available. 

[colinneil]

This news report cannot be true, Ole Prayut said they had it completely under control.

So either Prayut is telling porkies or the disease control department are.

[welovesundaysatspace]

 

56 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.
 

It seems the only “BS” is the “it kills only very old people full of conditions” made up by you. 

 

4 minutes ago, colinneil said:

This news report cannot be true, Ole Prayut said they had it completely under control.

So either Prayut is telling porkies or the disease control department are.

I don’t see how this news report shows that anyone “is telling porkies”. 

[christophe75]

15 minutes ago, Seismic said:

Currently the death rate without any preexisting conditions is 0.9%, the death rate for ages 10-39 is 0.2%, the death rate for males is significantly higher than females (2.8% vs 1.7%). On children under the age of 10 have died.

 

Please, spare me your weird mathematics.

 

For disease we talk about CFR : Case fatality rate.

 

And with figures coming from China, it's impossible to make serious calculations.

 

As for the other countries... we need to wait. It's way too early.

 

So see you in one year, and then we will be able to calculate this famous CFR...

 

I wrote it already : humility.

[4MyEgo]

That's pretty young RIP.

 

Wondering if he was misdiagnosed for Dengie, later they found out that he also had Corona or they just said he had both to cover their a$$es ?

Edited March 1, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, colinneil said:

This news report cannot be true, Ole Prayut said they had it completely under control.

So either Prayut is telling porkies or the disease control department are.

Prayut telling porkies - our esteemed leader? How could you even suggest such a thing?

 

Now don't forget, our esteemed leader also said the high-speed railway will be up and running by 2021. I can hardly wait.

source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1016957-construction-bids-for-high-speed-train-project-in-coordination-with-china-to-be-completed-in-2018/

OK, be fair, that's only Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima, the remainder to Nong Khai will be another couple of years after that.

Do you know where I need to queue for advance tickets - the last I heard there was talk of 500 Baht for the price.

I'm sure it will be a wise investment - not sure for who though.

[metisdead]

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[khunpa]

Wow! Dengue Fewer and Corona Virus at the same time. What are the odds of that? 

 

Especially considering there are no outbreaks in Thailand and only around 40 people infected. And of course, the whole thing is 100% under control.
 

Would be easier to win the lottery, I guess.

 

RIP young man.

Edited March 1, 2020 by khunpa

[bannork]

2 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Wow! Dengue Fewer and Corona Virus at the same time. What are the odds of that? 

 

Especially considering there are no outbreaks in Thailand and only around 40 people infected. And of course, the whole thing is 100% under control.
 

Would be easier to win the lottery, I guess.

I think it was misdiagnosed as dengue fever the first day which led to the nurse getting the Corona virus. The nurse eventually recovered though lung tissue was damaged.

[Selatan]

5 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Wow! Dengue Fewer and Corona Virus at the same time. What are the odds of that? 

 

Especially considering there are no outbreaks in Thailand and only around 40 people infected. And of course, the whole thing is 100% under control.
 

Would be easier to win the lottery, I guess.

 

RIP young man.

Yes, unbelievable bad luck. Same with this case:

Woman becomes first Singaporean to be diagnosed with both dengue and coronavirus

[bluesofa]

As a poster quoted the BK Post, and it has been deleted as per forum rules, I think it's worthwhile to explain (not quote) what our esteemed leader said back in June 2015.

 

He said wouldn't prolong staying in office, and that his plan was to resign after a general election.

 

Perhaps he changed his mind, under the impression that a general election was to elect him, a general?

[Isaanbiker]

41 minutes ago, colinneil said:

This news report cannot be true, Ole Prayut said they had it completely under control.

So either Prayut is telling porkies or the disease control department are.

How about both are telling porkies? It wouldn't surprise me.

 

Even a high number of infected/dead people would be considered a loss of face.

 

It's always better to keep the folks calm than telling them the truth. 

 

One infected prostitute who had sex with a guy from Wuhan could change the whole picture.

But wait, prostitution doesn't exist here. 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

[AlexRich]

The message is that a person died who was already sick. I don’t believe this person is the first to die in Thailand, nor do I believe only 42 people have had it. 

 

You are more likely to find honest numbers in Singapore. Indonesia have no cases, but a population of over 250 million. Novel Coronavirus obviously doesn’t host in people with Indonesian DNA?

 

[Enoon]

*Removed post edited out*

 

All data on the site and in the text of their latest release refers to investigations of suspected COVID sufferers, and has done so since at least No 11 release.

 

The address has apparently not changed since the virus first appeared and was unidentified and unnamed, thus it was referred to by what it did.......gave you viral pneumonia.

 

At this address the document is titled "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation":

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no56-280263.pdf

"On 28 February 2020 at 18.00, Thailand announced 361 additional people met the criteria for patients under investigation, raising the total to 2,798 PUIs as shown in Table 1."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DrTuner]

Now sue the "government" for criminal negligence because they didn't stop the Chinese from coming in:

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/03/01/breaking-thailand-confirms-first-death-from-patient-with-novel-coronavirus-35-year-old-thai-man-with-medical-complications/

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The man was a salesman who worked directly with Chinese tourists 

 

It's just a matter of time before bodies start piling up here.

[BestB]

2 hours ago, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

He also had dengue fever , not only it’s bad enough to kill on its own, but can not administer any medication other than paracetamol and person does not eat for days worst possible condition to have, dengue on its own weakens you to a point wheee one can hardly move 

[DrTuner]

35 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

Indonesia have no cases, but a population of over 250 million. Novel Coronavirus obviously doesn’t host in people with Indonesian DNA?

Indonesia has no reference laboratory needed for a confirmed analysis: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-appointed-2019-ncov-referral-laboratories-7-february-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=c3fa3ec3_4

 

Closest is in Singapore or Thailand, they'd have to send the samples there. Hard to confirm when you don't have the equipment (or will).

[DrTuner]

3 minutes ago, BestB said:

He also had dengue fever , not only it’s bad enough to kill on its own, but can not administer any medication other than paracetamol and person does not eat for days worst possible condition to have, dengue on its own weakens you to a point wheee one can hardly move 

Hmm, should I believe a professor from Chula that stated no underlying condition (the matichon link) or MoPH .. well I think I'll trust the prof.

[thequietman]

Now that a death is confirmed, this is another reason to not allow people to come together as a large group. (read students)

Is it a coincidence that this has been announced now - I think not. ????

[DrTuner]

2 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Is it a coincidence that this has been announced now - I think not. ????

He died of a multi-organ failure after they kept him on external ventilator for weeks. Obviously they wanted to postpone the inevitable as long a they could. Out of the bag now.

[AlienHermit66]

2 hours ago, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

Well, other news stories insist that he also had dengue, which if true, means that "no underlying conditions" is mega-b.s. As someone who has had dengue and malaria, I can assure anyone that when your body is being ravage by one of those diseases, you can have trouble standing up, never mind fighting off a flu or cornonavirus. 

[Orton Rd]

It's very easy to have this under control in Thailand-  just don't test many for covid 19 and call it something else, like they way they fix the road death numbers. The Chinese may be lying about the numbers but they have not taken the extraordinary measures they have to contain just another flu variation. They have damaged their economy and lost billions for a reason, they know how serious it can be.

[Mung]

2 hours ago, bannork said:

I think it was misdiagnosed as dengue fever the first day which led to the nurse getting the Corona virus. The nurse eventually recovered though lung tissue was damaged.

Don't worry it's just the flu, recovering from the flu with permanent lung tissue damage is normal. Man up lol

[bannork]

34 minutes ago, Mung said:

Don't worry it's just the flu, recovering from the flu with permanent lung tissue damage is normal. Man up lol

Nobody said it was the flu. The Matichon article said when the patient was admitted he was misdiagnosed as having dengue fever, later they realised it was the corona virus but by that time the nurse treating him had caught the virus, (no need to protect from dengue fever). The nurse survived but with lung damage.

[Mung]

6 minutes ago, bannork said:

Nobody said it was the flu. The Matichon article said when the patient was admitted he was misdiagnosed as having dengue fever, later they realised it was the corona virus but by that time the nurse treating him had caught the virus, (no need to protect from dengue fever). The nurse survived but with lung damage.

My post wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed at all of the people who claim this situation is no worse than a case of the flu. It was an attempt at sarcasm. I've been seeing from multiple sources over the past 2-3 weeks the talk of pneumonia in people within Thailand, random TV posters referring to people they know who have it, news articles of people with it and so on. Pneumonia is no joke and especially when you see healthy young people coming down with it. 

Edited March 1, 2020 by Mung