Popular Post webfact Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 No Thai law to mandate quarantine of Thais returning from South Korea – DPM Prawit Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today that Thailand has no law that can force Thais, working illegally in South Korea, into quarantine upon their return. There has been widespread concern expressed on social media about the returnees representing a risk of a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in Thailand. He said that it is necessary, however, for authorities to tell the returning workers to confine themselves at home for at least 14 days. According to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 5,000 Thai workers, who have overstayed their visas in South Korea, have registered to return home, after the South Korean government announced that it will not take legal action against them if they leave South Korea voluntarily by June 30th, 2020. According to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 5,000 Thai workers, who have overstayed their visas in South Korea, have registered to return home, after the South Korean government announced that it will not take legal action against them if they leave South Korea voluntarily by June 30th, 2020. Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/no-thai-law-to-mandate-quarantine-of-thais-returning-from-south-korea-dpm-prawit/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-03-03 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 I'm pretty sure the emergency dangerous disease declaration the government just enacted and published in the Royal Gazette gives health authorities the power to do pretty much whatever they want in the interest of preventing the spread of the coronavirus. 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, webfact said: Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today Only got that far and stopped reading ! Can't stand the <deleted>. 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Fatty, you can do woteva you want. You do want to dont you?..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 Thais might as well buy the used hospital equipment from Wuhan and tell people to lick them. They are so keen on maximizing the spread potential. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post christophe75 Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) He's reading his watch, backward. What about... korean, chinese, italian, french, german (endless list) individuals who arrive in Thailand ? As tourists, business or whatever ? The risk (if there is a risk) would be the same, no ? A Thai who lives in Korea, or a korean who lives in Korea... Same same ? Or different ? To solve this riddle you will need minimum 2 watches. Edited March 3, 2020 by christophe75 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 They hypocrisy: constantly harping on the dangers of foreigner overstays as 100,000 Thais work illegally - just in one country alone. A week ago:Ai farang! Kick you out if bad farang no wear mask! 100,000 Thais working illegally in S. Korea return home:No one needs mask. Just wash hand. All good! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 If there is a massive and widespread outbreak in Thailand this is the one event that could trigger it. It will give them something to blame it on and save face. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ventenio Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 Call me uneducated......but I'm sure they could get a law in place faster than I hit "submit reply" 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dumbastheycome Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 Give him a break on that ! Legal mandate or not in practical terms how could it be done? Where and in what facilities does Thailand have to quarantine any large number of people? What country does? Were any such country including Thailand to attempt such including all facilities on top of best medical provision it would be political suicide. Or would it be acceptable to inflict detention camp style incarceration on citizens to satisfy public paranoia? Mexican Border style, Syrian refugee style, etc? Get used to the fact that the acid test is already underway. Not as any measure of any attempts in interventionist controls. A measure of the tenacity of both this virus and people. China has experienced its pandemic. Thailand has to date only had localized epidemics which have been measurable. As an ongoing effect of the impact on business and employment there are already increasing numbers of people departing the generalized centres of those epidemic. Potential carriers of infection who despite never needing or requiring medical attention are dispersing out into wider areas or other provinces. Now is why I suggest the "acid test". If there is to be a significant pandemic it will start to appear soon. Or, as many are hoping, it will diminish with the weather. I wonder if UK Bookies are giving any odds? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Last week i read that a bunch officials swoop in on two illegal Cambodian Street fruit sellers. Fingerpointing and all that. While in Korea there are 100,000 alien Thais overstaying their visas ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said: Give him a break on that ! Legal mandate or not in practical terms how could it be done? Where and in what facilities does Thailand have to quarantine any large number of people? What country does? The U.S. put all of its evacuees from Wuhan into two week quarantines at a couple of military bases stateside. I think it's safe to say, Thailand probably has more than enough military housing available to use for the purpose if they wanted to use it. And they did the same thing with their Wuhan evacuees at a military facility in Chonburi, if memory serves. Or just boot out all the retired generals still living in military houses and use those in addition. The former sex workers from South Korea probably would enjoy living in generals' houses for a few weeks. Plus, AFAIK, they're not likely to be bringing back all 5000 at once. It sounds like it's going to be a gradual daily influx as allowed by available air transport limitations. At the rate mentioned in the other article, it could take them up to two months to bring back the entire group. In other words, they very likely wouldn't need to arrange housing for the 5000 number all at one time, since different individuals would be entering and exiting quarantine over time. Thus the actual amount of housing needed would be considerably less than the total returnee group. Edited March 3, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 So ole Fatty managed to stay awake long enough to make that statement, WOW. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: The U.S. put all of its evacuees from Wuhan into two week quarantines at a couple of military bases stateside. I think it's safe to say, Thailand probably has more than enough military housing available to use for the purpose if they wanted to use it. And they did the same thing with their Wuhan evacuees at a military facility in Chonburi, if memory serves. Or just boot out all the retired generals still living in military houses and use those in addition. The former sex workers from South Korea probably would enjoy living in a general's house for a few weeks. Plus, AFAIK, they're not likely to be bringing back all 5000 at once. It sounds like it's going to be a gradual daily influx as allowed by available air transport limitations. At the rate mentioned in the other article, it could take them up to two months to bring back the entire group. 5000 registered out of a potential 100,000 desiring return. Monitoring even 1000 in dispersed residences would be no more practical than confinement to own house IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Well make a law, you can make any law you want e.g When one returns from another country on the at risk chart and you have been in close or very close or very very very close contact with an at risk person, you shall enter quarantine for a period not exceeding 14 days, there, easy as that sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Dumbastheycome said: 5000 registered out of a potential 100,000 desiring return. Monitoring even 1000 in dispersed residences would be no more practical than confinement to own house IMO. The Army has A LOT of concentrated housing units, including barracks, hotels, etc etc that they own/control. They could handle 1000 at a time for sure without any problem... except perhaps for maintaining order/discipline in the nearby uniformed ranks.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: The Army has A LOT of concentrated housing units, including barracks, hotels, etc etc that they own/control. They could handle 1000 at a time for sure without any problem... except perhaps for maintaining order/discipline in the nearby uniformed ranks.... Hmmm. Korean clap? A potential vaccine ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 38 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said: Give him a break on that ! Legal mandate or not in practical terms how could it be done? Where and in what facilities does Thailand have to quarantine any large number of people? What country does? Just send them on an island, the hotels there are now empty anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Is there a law stating that any student that returns from one of several countries must self-quarantine for 14 days? Don't think so, but there is a Government mandate requesting this. At times like this good, sensible governance is required and far too many countries in the world don't have the right people for this. Thailand is pretty close to the top of that list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted March 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2020 He is a leading player in a government that can make up arbitrary laws to stifle political opposition but they can't come up with laws to keep the Thai population a whole lot safer. This while so many other countries have easily introduced, coronavirus-specific emergency laws that mandate that foreigners from certain countries be denied entry and nationals returning from certain countries be quarantined so they can protect their population. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, jackdd said: Just send them on an island, the hotels there are now empty anyway. Koh Tao springs to mind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Please use discretion in your references to the government. Phrases which can be considered as anti-coup will be removed. Referring to Thailand or the government as a dictatorship, military dictatorship or other such terms will be removed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 The reality is simply that they don't have the ressource to potentially quarantine 100K peoples and test them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Wheeling out this old #### now to give Anutin a bit of a break. Poor thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said: Give him a break on that ! Legal mandate or not in practical terms how could it be done? Where and in what facilities does Thailand have to quarantine any large number of people? What country does? Go on, ruin a reason for us to "rant" over the incompetence that is in power with sound logic and facts! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, CGW said: Go on, ruin a reason for us to "rant" over the incompetence that is in power with sound logic and facts! ???? It is the distraction of the portrayed reactive incompetence as much as the reaction to it that causes me most concern in all seriousness. There is a pervading sense of derision and gloating over what is the inevitable failure in both the complacent expectations of salvation from bureaucrats and the paralysing adoption of paranoid participation in that! Is this virus the problem it is being made into? IMO yes....but not by virtue of being an infectious disease! It is by virtue of what is being enacted politically and economically ! The "masses" have already been duped into losing perspective of community disease incidence resulting in mortality. My only surprise is that religious organizations have not whole heartedly stormed the streets and social media with claims "Doom is nigh! Salvation can only be ensured via Paypal, Visa, Master C, etc" ! maybe they have but I do not subscribe to such vehicles of bs other than TVF. But! and it is a very important but.........it has provided very advantageous opportunity to excuse a dramatic change in global connectivity. An excuse to implement totalitarian control in various ways and degrees. Travel restrictions, shipping disruptions, increased mandatory priority level entry assessments, socio/economic risk group assessments etc in whatever form can be justified under the umbrella of " public health protection". Prioritization of medical intervention in favour of the same assumed elite that dictate the above. Pessimistic? Wait with me and see ! There is always flaw in the plan. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: No Thai law to mandate quarantine of Thais returning from South Korea – DPM Prawit Maybe Prawit did not read or understand the meaning of the CV emergency declaration that went into effect this past Sunday, described as follows: Quote The announcement empowers officials to order people suspected of being infected with Covid-19 to undergo treatment and put them in quarantine, and to close venues affected by the coronavirus, among other measures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I guess korea does not have BMW smart cars ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 20 hours ago, webfact said: Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said today that Thailand has no law that can force Thais, working illegally in South Korea, into quarantine upon their return. There has been widespread concern expressed on social media about the returnees representing a risk of a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in Thailand. Since when have the representatives of the government never been elected, respect for the laws? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 He should be sent to greet each and every returnee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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