Must Read Thailand announces compulsory quarantine for arrivals from six places

[sahibji]

10 hours ago, clearance said:

Not a problem to stay at home for 14 days, but what about the food? Even if we order it online, we need to go meet delivery guy.

wear a mask when you receive your deliveries over and above the usual practice of washing hands and not shaking hands.

[Grumpy John]

10 hours ago, clearance said:

Not a problem to stay at home for 14 days, but what about the food? Even if we order it online, we need to go meet delivery guy.

Obviously delivery guys are immune from the virus...or don't really matter anyway! ????

[dougiemac52]

10 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

What about all the Chinese and Korean tourists already here, pottering around Bangkok? 
 

The Chinese Government is telling its citizens everything is under control and they believe it’s ok to venture out. 
 

The whole handling of this episode has been a shambles. There should have been an immediate block on any arrivals from risk counties.

So travelling through Hong Kong you must self quarantine?

[moto77]

1 minute ago, dougiemac52 said:

So travelling through Hong Kong you must self quarantine?

Yes. That's what it says. 

[Dukeleto]

9 hours ago, CRUNCHER said:

South China Morning Post gives a different version

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3065266/coronavirus-thailand-disinfects-mail-received-abroad-cases

 

Thank you very much for that link. I honestly gained much more knowledge in the last 20 minutes on this virus by reading all the articles under the one you linked to.

 

Also, it was refreshing not to be bothered every two seconds and the article blocked in order to get you to sign up or purchase a subscription as always happens when you follow a link to a UK or US tabloid. Can’t abide the UK and US ones which are the worst so when I see it come up or can see it in the link I simply don’t bother anymore, they get enough revenue from the minefield of advertisers on their pages to be preventing you reading an article in order to get you to subscribe....NEVER! Sorry slightly off topic morning rant!

[kamahele]

Confused. I thought just yesterday there was announcement saying the opposite, no quarantine necessary and now quarantine is required....

[Dukeleto]

7 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Italian tourists must be flocking in after this. A lovely thing for Thais, just put them in a sardine can for 14days right after arriving at swampy, charge them through the nose for tests and after 14 days if they have any money left, leave them at the mercy of Thai tourism industry. Almost as good as them sending the money without ever coming in.

“Almost as good as them sending the money without ever coming in.”

 

Hasn’t thats always been the goal of the Thai tourism end game!

[barryofthailand]

Thailand should stop the flights to these six countries.  I was in Big C Extra I'm Pattaya full of Chinese tourists shopping.  Scary

[Grumpy John]

Great!  Now I know the post office is disinfecting all incoming mail I will sleep easier at night...but I will still keep leaving my packages in the sun and after a few hours open them and leave the contents in the sun...just in case somchai misses a few.

[DoctorG]

Report this morning of older guy returning to Australia FROM Thailand testing positive.

(no more details, sorry)

[Ventenio]

10 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

mosquitoes are not a vector.

OF COURSE they ARE a vector, but apparently not of COVID-19.

 

btw, you do have the funniest posts.  

[Megasin1]

no doubt the disinfection process includes opening the parcels to check for highly contaminated valuables.....

[mfd101]

Thailand. Disaster prevention an unknown concept.

 

Disaster recovery a specialty.

[DannyCarlton]

9 hours ago, SAINT THOMAS said:

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Is this the same bloke that rained Covid-19 down on us? He did create all creatures great and small, including viruses, didn't he? Someone should stick the nut on him.

 

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by DannyCarlton

[petedk]

35 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

I do worry about the very low figures released by Thailand for this virus . In the U.K. we have now over 100 cases as well as the first reported death yet in the Kingdom the figure has been less than 50 for weeks and yet millions of Chinese visit the country.

"It is because you don't wear masks in England and you attack Thais who do. Som nam na"

 

Sorry those aren't my words, but my Thai friend's. We had a big argument about this. I think it is because  they do more tests in UK. I am sure there are many people here carrying the virus, but haven't been tested.

[DannyCarlton]

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

England reports 25 new cases of coronavirus, taking UK total to 115

+ 1 dead. Go on, put us on the list, I <deleted> dare you!

[petedk]

24 minutes ago, kamahele said:

Confused. I thought just yesterday there was announcement saying the opposite, no quarantine necessary and now quarantine is required....

It's like watching a Christmas pantomime

 

" There is a quarantine"

"Oh no there isn't"

"yes there is"

 

and so on

[cardinalblue]

They are doing temp screening at Makro in CM yesterday....

 

if I have a temp, 100B and we will let you in...

[TheFishman1]

Me think this self Corentine <deleted> would be like if they live with a bunch of people in their house those people are going to go out and go to work and do things it’s all BSTIT

[Aussie999]

"will have to go through self-quarantine for 14 days at home or in a hotel room, where they have to report themselves to the authorities every day," I don't think they thought this through to well.

[herwin1234]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

This is a good first step, it should have been done a month ago but we have idiots running the country.

no you dont have idiots running the country bc its not your country so you dont "have" anything here. to think that you, a temporarely visitor, have any say in political affairs in yr guest country is desilusional, in the sense that you behave its yr own country while its not. 

furtermore, economy doing great year after year, public safety safe as ever (as oposed to the safety in most wrstern cities), strong baht while yr currency nosedives, you and many other westerners chosing this country instead of yr wonderful homecountry, i guess these idiots must be doing something right!! lmao.

[bstafford214]

What the hell took them so long?  Thai government received package from China and someone got sick?

Thought they only cared about themselves in government and not the Thai people.

[Aussie999]

10 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

*With the apparent caveat that, the quarantines they're talking about here are SELF quarantines. So in the case of foreign tourists who presumably want to visit Thailand for tourism purposes, you kind of wonder if they're really going to spend two weeks sitting in their hotel rooms?

On top of that, do they expect Thais to "self" quarantine, for 14 days, it will never happen. 

[colinneil]

1 minute ago, herwin1234 said:

no you dont have idiots running the country bc its not your country so you dont "have" anything here. to think that you, a temporarely visitor, have any say in political affairs in yr guest country is desilusional, in the sense that you behave its yr own country while its not. 

 

There is non so blind as them that cannot see.

Maybe better had you gone to Spec Savers.????????

[Aussie999]

5 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

no you dont have idiots running the country bc its not your country so you dont "have" anything here. to think that you, a temporarely visitor, have any say in political affairs in yr guest country is desilusional, in the sense that you behave its yr own country while its not. 

furtermore, economy doing great year after year, public safety safe as ever (as oposed to the safety in most wrstern cities), strong baht while yr currency nosedives, you and many other westerners chosing this country instead of yr wonderful homecountry, i guess these idiots must be doing something right!! lmao.

  are you being paid to say such rubbish?

Edited March 6, 2020 by Aussie999

[misterphil]

Thais and foreigners who came from these places will have to go through self-quarantine for 14 days at home or in a hotel room, where they have to report themselves to the authorities every day or officials will come to check on them,"
 

What is it? Stay in hotel room for 14 days or report themselves to the authorities every day. 
 

Total morons

[Millcx]

Stupid is what stupid does

[todlad]

11 hours ago, rkidlad said:

What happened to Germany? I guess it’s just one of those things that make you go hmm. 

Take a look at the numbers and you will probably answer your own question.

The top four of the list, China, S Korea, Italy and Iran, have thousands of cases and have many deaths.

 

Germany has reported 545 cases and no deaths.

 

By contrast, Hong Kong reports 105 cases and 2 deaths while Macao has reported 10 cases and no deaths.

[spiekerjozef]

Italian arrivals have a nice 3 week holiday....

14 days quarantine in a hotel room and 1 week on the beach.

Marvelous...

[todlad]

11 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

What about all the Chinese and Korean tourists already here, pottering around Bangkok? 
 

The Chinese Government is telling its citizens everything is under control and they believe it’s ok to venture out. 
 

The whole handling of this episode has been a shambles. There should have been an immediate block on any arrivals from risk counties.

At first there was only one risky country! Thailand is 23rd on the list of infected countries, with just 47 reported cases and 1 death. This is in spite Thailand's proximity to China and its many Chinese visitors.

 

I think you should say, rather, that Thailand's plans for the future should be more certain now ... as is the case with all countries. The leader of the free world thinks this is all fake news: at least Thai politicians recognise it is a problem and have been working on it.