Covid-19: Infected immigration officer - no lung problems just a fever

 

Picture: INN

 

Full details have emerged concerning the immigration officer at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport who has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. 

 

Spokesman for Region 2 immigration Pol Col Cherngron Rimphadee told INN that the officer was male, was on duty at the entry booths and is now being treated in a Bangkok area hospital. 

 

Pol Col Cherngron said that all immigration staff are checked before and after their shifts. 

 

On March 7th at 3pm at the end of his shift the officer concerned complained of feeling feverish and had a temperature of 37.5C.

 

He was taken to Lat Krabang Hospital and being deemed at risk of contracting coronavirus was then transferred to Klang Hospital.

 

Picture: INN

 

The officer met the criteria for a PUI (person under investigation) check and it was confirmed on the 9th that he had the virus. 

 

At this time the patient has a fever but it has not spread to the lungs because it was found quickly and treated, said the spokesman. 

 

The officer's roommate was checked and found to be free of the virus. 

 

Fellow staff members were all checked and found to be virus-free though they are all now in 14 day quarantine as a precaution. 

 

Cherngron stressed the IB has adopted stringent procedures in dealing with the virus over the last two months. Pictures on the INN site showed some of those taking place at the airport including the wiping of surfaces and mask wearing. 

 

Source: INN

 

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45 minutes ago, webfact said:

Fellow staff members were all checked and found to be virus-free though they are all now in 14 day quarantine as a precaution. 

 

So who's on duty at Swampy now ?? 

That's a very low fever. Most people won't even know they have the virus.

17 minutes ago, bender92 said:

That's a very low fever. Most people won't even know they have the virus.

It can/will go unchecked for the first 7/14 days, so how many people have this officer been around??..??..

The officer met the criteria for a PUI (person under investigation) check and it was confirmed on the 9th that he had the virus. 

 

At this time the patient has a fever but it has not spread to the lungs because it was found quickly and treated, said the spokesman. 

 

 

so he was tested and it came back positive. Just what are they saying here you test positive but because its early stages they dont count it as positive.  

Edited March 12, 20206 yr by lockyv7

47 minutes ago, lockyv7 said:

At this time the patient has a fever but it has not spread to the lungs because it was found quickly and treated, said the spokesman.

?  What is the treatment ?

If the Officer has the virus, regardless how sever or mild his symptoms are, he is capable of passing the virus on to other people.  They should have a record of all the passengers that passed through his desk through the tear-off slip of the boarding cards and Immigration have a duty to contact all these people to explain that they should get tested immediatley.  Since when are middle ranking police officers in a position to make medical decisions..........oh sorry, we are of course in Thailand.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

At this time the patient has a fever but it has not spread to the lungs because it was found quickly and treated, said the spokesman. 

Well thank cricky for that, for a moment I thought he might spread it to ever Tom, Dick and Harry that passed through immigration where he was checking their passports, because someone told me that once someone has it, it is highly contagious, like 10,000 times that of the flu.........

So Thais are spreading fake news now. Sort of a slap in the face after reading early story of farangs spreading rumors on the virus.

The Straits Times is saying that a second IMO has tested positive.

2 hours ago, Raven2 said:

The Straits Times is saying that a second IMO has tested positive.

 

The Thai DDC report the other day said one Immigration officer and another airport workers, but I don't believe it elaborated on details of the second person, and didn't describe that person as Immigration.

 

But here, the AFP report is saying two Immigration:

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-immigration-officers-at-bangkok-airport-diagnosed-with-covid-19

 

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BANGKOK (AFP) - Two immigration officers at Bangkok's main airport have the coronavirus and may have handled the passports of visitors to Thailand, a health official said on Wednesday (March 11).

The men, both working at Suvarnabhumi airport, fell ill on March 7 and 8 respectively and potentially came into contact with arriving passengers in the days before their diagnosis.

One of the officers was among a team leading health screenings of Thai returnees from South Korea - which has reported the second-most Covid-19 infections in Asia after China.

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 20206 yr by metisdead
Edited as per fair use policy.

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

BANGKOK (AFP) - Two immigration officers at Bangkok's main airport have the coronavirus and may have handled the passports of visitors to Thailand, a health official said on Wednesday (March 11).

The men, both working at Suvarnabhumi airport, fell ill on March 7 and 8 respectively and potentially came into contact with arriving passengers in the days before their diagnosis.

One of the officers was among a team leading health screenings of Thai returnees from South Korea - which has reported the second-most Covid-19 infections in Asia after China.

 

"They were not working at the same spots,"

Seems an irony that someone is using the word 'spots' when talking about an infectious disease.

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I love a woman in a uniform 

So do I, but not that one!

2 hours ago, Raven2 said:

The Straits Times is saying that a second IMO has tested positive.

i want to know if they are suspending use of those virus  spreading fingerprint scanners

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