Immigration officer on duty at Suvarnabhumi airport contracts Covid-19, reports Thai media

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

In a breaking news item Thai Rath has just reported that a hospital in Lat Krabang said an immigration officer has come in with symptoms of Covid-19.

 

Thai Rath said sources suggested that the officer was working on a booth in the international arrivals/departures at Bangkok's main airport Suvarnabhumi.

 

Sources said the officer had contracted the virus while on duty despite taking precautions like wearing a face mask.

 

Cleaning of the area and quarantine measures were taking place.

 

Attempts to clarify the news with the Immigration Bureau, Public Health Department and airport authorities had been met with tight lipped responses.

 

Thai Rath said a press conference would be held to announce the details on Wednesday.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

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Suvarnabhumi immigration official contracts Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

An immigration staff at Suvarnabhumi Airport has tested positive for the new coronavirus or Covid-19, deputy Bangkok permanent secretary Dr Pichaya Nakwatchara said on Wednesday (March 11).

 

“The Immigration Bureau is investigating whether he contracted the virus from working at the airport immigration checkpoint or through contact with other persons outside of work,” he said. “Preliminary report revealed that the staff had fever and went for a physical exam at Lat Krabang Hospital, where he tested positive for Covid-19.”

 

According to Pichaya, the staff who works at the outgoing passenger screening checkpoint is now in quarantine at the hospital.

 

“The hospital informed me that they have full equipment to maintain safe quarantine for Covid-19 patients, and they have instructed all staff treating the patient to wear protective suit to prevent the spreading.”

 

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Oops. That is not good.

Im surprised it's taken this long for some to get infected or are they not telling us?

hopefully they can track and quarantine everyone he processed

11 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

hopefully they can track and quarantine everyone he processed

That could be a lot of Immigration officers

15 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

hopefully they can track and quarantine everyone he processed

One positive point of keeping track of foreigners

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

In a breaking news item Thai Rath has just reported that a hospital in Lat Krabang said an immigration officer has come in with symptoms of Covid-19.

Nothing breaking with that! They deal with people everyday, and was sooner or later bound to get infected.

10 March 2020

Tracy Daszkiewicz, Director of Public Health for Wiltshire Council, said: "I can confirm that a fourth adult in Wiltshire has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to Thailand, and they have self-isolated. This means we still only have four cases of coronavirus in Wiltshire. 

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/fourth-confirmed-covid-19-case-in-wiltshire

 

5 March 2020

Two new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Queensland.

The first case is an 81-year-old male who is in a stable condition in the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. He has recently returned from Thailand.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/doh-media-releases/releases/queensland-coronavirus-update15

 

Remind me again - how many cases here ...

 

 

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Edited March 11, 20206 yr by 4MyEgo

3 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

10 March 2020

Tracy Daszkiewicz, Director of Public Health for Wiltshire Council, said: "I can confirm that a fourth adult in Wiltshire has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to Thailand, and they have self-isolated. This means we still only have four cases of coronavirus in Wiltshire. 

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/fourth-confirmed-covid-19-case-in-wiltshire

 

5 March 2020

Two new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Queensland.

The first case is an 81-year-old male who is in a stable condition in the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. He has recently returned from Thailand.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/doh-media-releases/releases/queensland-coronavirus-update15

 

Remind me again - how many cases here ...

 

 

Yes, isn´t it funny that more people that return home from Thailand have COVID19, than cases in Thailand? It just must be a very lucky country.

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

Attempts to clarify the news with the Immigration Bureau, Public Health Department and airport authorities had been met with tight lipped responses.

You know the old saying, the less you say, the less you have to report.

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

You know the old saying, the less you say, the less you have to report.

It is all over TV news already.

6 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, isn´t it funny that more people that return home from Thailand have COVID19, than cases in Thailand? It just must be a very lucky country.

No ploblem, they all went to the wrong place

13 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

10 March 2020

Tracy Daszkiewicz, Director of Public Health for Wiltshire Council, said: "I can confirm that a fourth adult in Wiltshire has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to Thailand, and they have self-isolated. This means we still only have four cases of coronavirus in Wiltshire. 

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/fourth-confirmed-covid-19-case-in-wiltshire

 

5 March 2020

Two new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Queensland.

The first case is an 81-year-old male who is in a stable condition in the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. He has recently returned from Thailand.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/doh-media-releases/releases/queensland-coronavirus-update15

 

Remind me again - how many cases here ...

 

 

50, or thereabouts. If you have other information please post a link.

 

Rooster

Oh how lovely now.. that's making things worse by the hour, how do you trace all those people he handled their traveling documents and get them to check themselves.. what a pickle now...  

And how many people over the 14 days + did this IO infect? 

Hmm...headline 'CONTRACTS CORONA VIRUS'

 

Underneath...came in with symptoms of corona virus. I.e. might have a common cold.

15 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

f you have other information please post a link.

Nah, that´s just the whole point that you obviously missed. That information is out of unknown reason missing.

 

Just think like this. Thailand was from start pointed out to be the most vulnerable country outside China, due to it´s big connection with China.

After that it is suddenly more people that are dying in a lot of other countries more far away and with much smaller connection to Chinese people. Doesn´t that make you wonder?

15 minutes ago, Traubert said:

Hmm...headline 'CONTRACTS CORONA VIRUS'

 

Underneath...came in with symptoms of corona virus. I.e. might have a common cold.

Exactly! It's not Covid 19 until he's been tested and confirmed.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Attempts to clarify the news with the Immigration Bureau, Public Health Department and airport authorities had been met with tight lipped responses.

 

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Im surprised it's taken this long for some to get infected or are they not telling us?

The above quote from the article should shed(pun intended) some light on your query.

18 minutes ago, Traubert said:

Hmm...headline 'CONTRACTS CORONA VIRUS'

 

Underneath...came in with symptoms of corona virus. I.e. might have a common cold.

Being an upstanding member of the media they will have checked their sources to avoid fake news or defamation.

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Im surprised it's taken this long for some to get infected or are they not telling us?

I'm certain that they are not telling us the truth. Or what they think is the truth.

 

  

26 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

50, or thereabouts. If you have other information please post a link.

 

Rooster

How sweet to be so naive.

You probably believe the last election results, Prawit's watch story and the heroin dealer's complete and utter unadulterated bollðcks!

Just like Cambodia and a few other 3rd world places; it's the lack of testing, not the lack of people who are infected.

Thousands of Thais are infected across the country

Yet I've yet to see one case of a Thai passing it on to another Thai

What super beings!

Edited March 11, 20206 yr by Canuck1966

1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said:

hopefully they can track and quarantine everyone he processed

sorry no.  just the people who leaked the story.

The article doesn't say he was infected by an Italian... strange...

 

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Just like Cambodia and a few other 3rd world places; it's the lack of testing, not the lack of people who are infected.

Thousands of Thais are infected across the country

Exactly. That's what I think too, and I'm sure of it.

The Thai authorities are lying about the numbers, probably, to try to contain the economic damages and to maintain a worldwide reputation, but, maybe, it's just the typical arrogance. 
In doing so, they can always blame the foreigners, as they have been doing with the Italians in the recent days. 
From what is read and heard in the media, it seems that it is impossible to get infected in Thailand...

Edited March 11, 20206 yr by zhounan

5 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

sorry no.  just the people who leaked the story.

No doubt, they will be tested via a thorough rectal swabbing.

1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said:

hopefully they can track and quarantine everyone he processed

Not to mention everyone of his work colleagues who attended their prestart meeting.  

34 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Oh how lovely now.. that's making things worse by the hour, how do you trace all those people he handled their traveling documents and get them to check themselves.. what a pickle now...  

Its more than a pickle.

Its a complete Cluster F^^^

How many Thousands of people that he processed will be running around now with the Virus, and even worse, just One may be a " Super Spreader "

30 minutes ago, Traubert said:

Hmm...headline 'CONTRACTS CORONA VIRUS'

 

Underneath...came in with symptoms of corona virus. I.e. might have a common cold.

He is listed as having corona virus in today's list.

 

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Immigration officer at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Worker at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Office worker, doesn’t know how he got it

Thai woman returned from South Korea

Thai man returned from Japan

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