Popular Post webfact Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2020 Special buses will take Thai workers home when they return from South Korea Special transport has been arranged, by the state-run Transport Company, to take returning Thai workers from the airports their homes once they land from South Korea, as a precautionary measure to avoid close contact with other people during their 14-day mandatory home quarantine period. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob told a news conference Wednesday morning that involving the bus company is to ensure orderly travel from the airports for the returnees, who will have gone through a stringent screening process at arrival airport. The minister said that the returning workers who will be allowed return home will have passed through three screenings, namely prior to boarding the flight from South Korea, at the arrival point in Thailand and the immigration checkpoint. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/special-buses-will-take-thai-workers-home-when-they-return-from-south-korea/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-03-05 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post champers Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2020 No slinking off to a tourist resort to earn a living or joining in with Songkram activities. Good luck enforcing self isolation. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, webfact said: Special buses will take Thai workers home when they return from South Korea Special buses .! Is that code for ones that the brakes work on .. Edited March 4, 2020 by Justgrazing Sp 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabas Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Ah yes 'special' buses. Why didn't I think of that? "The minister said that the returning workers who will be allowed return home will have passed through three screenings, namely prior to boarding the flight from South Korea, at the arrival point in Thailand and the immigration checkpoint. " Might as well walk them out of the airport with a thermal gun to their heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) Mass quarantine in a guarded and specially prepared, monitored hotel / apartment block or even military base would be more appropriate and in my opinion much more likely. Does anyone really think that these special buses are going to tour all around the country for many 100's of miles over multiple days dropping them all off in one by one at their respective homes? If they've been there for years then there might not be a home where they can be isolated, more like a shared family home where they will be exposed to multiple generations of family members. That ain't gonna happen. Not a chance. Edited March 4, 2020 by ukrules 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 It's a toss up as to which is more dangerous, Thai busses or the Corona Virus! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted March 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2020 Welcome home, if the corona dont get you, chances are the crazy bus driving will.???? 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On a one hand panic is ensuing in the land but on the other, it's like Que Sera Sera and she'll be right mate attitude, or is it the can of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing?... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockyv7 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 i dont have a home so just drop me off at the pub thanks ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I've been away that long I've forgot where I live 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aussieroaming Posted March 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2020 Go home to their family homes, where the other home residents are subject to transmittal of the virus but aren't bound by any quarantine regulations. The virus will spread faster than butter on a hot day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, PatOngo said: It's a toss up as to which is more dangerous, Thai busses or the Corona Virus! More like hitting box cars in a game of craps. No contest, no toss up IMO. Buses more dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tops Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: 14-day mandatory home quarantine period Change death island Koh Tao to a quarantine zone and bring them there for 14 days on their own expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Or more likely this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventenio Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 will those buses be quarantined after? they just renamed the Diamond Princess Cruise ship and painted it purple. New name, "Don't ask, Don't tell." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Special buses will take Thai workers home when they return from South Korea Yellow and short...something they are probably used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: The minister said that the returning workers who will be allowed return home will have passed through three screenings, namely prior to boarding the flight from South Korea, at the arrival point in Thailand and the immigration checkpoint. So when they arrive home after "3 stringent temperature checks" they will be advised to stay at home in a self imposed 14 day incubation period. But does this include "isolation" from family friends at the home, as they will be living working as normal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 555 Too late over 1000 have already missed the bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted March 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2020 "Sorry you on wrong bus. This is special bus. We need to take your temperature now." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted March 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2020 It's good to be an illegal worker nowadays: amnesty, free plane ticket, tender triple screening on arrival, private bus to drop you off at the very homestead that you once so willfully abandoned to illegally seek your fortune abroad. How about a banquet, a welcoming reception at the prime minister's office, perhaps even a festive parade through the village street? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) ... this their latest trip, has turned out quite fruitful for them! i.e No Overheads to take their profits and its too late to be now organising Buses... as the horses have already bolted Edited March 5, 2020 by tifino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Does the Thai government run the country in accordance with the plot from "Alice in wonderland"? Cos they sure come up with some funny ideas! 21 days of quarantine in a isolated facility would be the best option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 It's all blowing up today, these people went home, stayed with their family, went out for meals, etc. Now they're disinfecting restaurants, etc. This example was from Chiang Rai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, ukrules said: Does anyone really think that these special buses are going to tour all around the country for many 100's of miles over multiple days dropping them all off in one by one at their respective homes? Especially that in another post we are told that the authorities do not know where are more than 1000 Thai working in Korea and returned to Thailand ... It’s messy, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, ukrules said: Mass quarantine in a guarded and specially prepared, monitored hotel / apartment block or even military base would be more appropriate and in my opinion much more likely. The separate thread today on the formation of a CV management center headed by the PM seemed to say the Korea returnees from the virus outbreak areas were going to serve their 14 day quarantine time at some state-selected facility in each province. Now we have this seemingly totally contrary report. More conflicting/contradictory B.S. from these guys. The part below, posted here earlier today, is from an NNT news release dated today. Quote He has assured the public that Thai workers, who are returning to Thailand from Daegu and North Gyeongsang in South Korea, will be placed in 14-day quarantine at state facilities. They are not allowed to return home, to prevent the potential spread of the virus. ... North Gyeongsang province and Daegu city in South Korea have been severely affected by COVID-19. Thai workers traveling from these two locations will be placed in 14-day quarantine at state facilities immediately. Workers who return from at-risk countries will be taken straight to hospitals, if they have a fever. If they have no fever, they will be quarantined in their respective provinces. The Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 hours ago, champers said: No slinking off to a tourist resort to earn a living or joining in with Songkram activities. Good luck enforcing self isolation. They really expect Thais who break immigration law in other countries to come home on a S. Korean amnesty and then obey the law and self-isolate? The pattern is break the law in S. Korea; break the law in Thailand. In the meanwhile, vilify all foreigners as potential criminals to draw the public's eye away from true criminality within their own ranks. Hypocrits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted March 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2020 It's all over the Thai language TV news today, they even interviewed one of the women who returned from Korea and went to the all you can eat barbecue. She said she's sorry and just wanted to have some food with her family, she clearly doesn't give a crqp about not only her family but everyone else. If people like this do turn out to be infected it's not going to be nice when the elderly villagers start dying, things will turn nasty very quickly. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookondee Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, lockyv7 said: i dont have a home so just drop me off at the pub thanks ???? yep, preferably a pub at soi Cowboy, where can get a cheap room upstairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 A couple of smart BMW's would do the trick. These cars know where they belong to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, ukrules said: It's all over the Thai language TV news today, they even interviewed one of the women who returned from Korea and went to the all you can eat barbecue. She said she's sorry and just wanted to have some food with her family, she clearly doesn't give a crqp about not only her family but everyone else. If people like this do turn out to be infected it's not going to be nice when the elderly villagers start dying, things will turn nasty very quickly. You're so right. There's a time when I thought that they only act like that when they see a foreigner. But I'm certain now that they do the same with their own folks. They don't give a flying Somtham about anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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