Five new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Thailand

[rooster59]

Five new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

Five new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases were confirmed on Friday (March 13) by the Thai Public Health Ministry.

 

 

Five cases of cluster infections take Thailand Covid-19 total to 75

 

Five new Covid-19 virus infections were confirmed on Friday (March 13) by the Public Health Ministry, raising the number of victims in Thailand to 75

 

The five new cases are all “cluster infections”, said Dr Sukhum Karnchanapimai, the ministry’s permanent secretary.

 

Patients 71 and 72, a woman and a man, were infected in the same group as the last cluster, the virus passed on from a visitor from Hong Kong who was in Bangkok to attend a wedding.

 

Patient 73 is the younger brother of Patient 57, a 27-year-old Thai woman recently returned from South Korea and admitted to Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok.

 

The woman, though already feeling ill, socialised with 11 friends at a pub, sharing food and drinks. 

 

Patient 74 is a male friend and 75 a woman friend who were at that gathering. 

 

Eight other people from the same gathering have been summoned for testing.

Of the 75 confirmed cases in Thailand, 35 victims have recovered and been discharged, 39 remain under medical care and one died.

 

Sukhum said the new cases were in cluster groups of people who had returned from at-risk locales and behaved irresponsibly under the circumstances, such as sharing food and failing to spend time in quarantine. 

 

He said residents of Thailand should avoid travelling to countries where there is considerable risk, including Spain, Germany, the United States, Britain, France, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. Each of these countries is reporting 100 new confirmed cases daily on average, Sukhum noted.

 

Meanwhile, worried citizens continue to find difficulty in buying face masks due to short supply and poor distribution by the government.

 

Related story:  Party sees virus infections jump to 70

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383995?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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[PatOngo]

8 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The woman, though already feeling ill, socialised with 11 friends at a pub, sharing food and drinks. 

Any "Dirty Farangs" there? ????

[RJRS1301]

The Australian Chief Health Officer has recommended the cancellation of all events likely to attract over 500 people from Monday 16th March until further notice.

 

So football matches (no spectators allowed), music events, arts festivals, Royal Easter (sydney) Dark MoFo etc cancelled 

 

[tgeezer]

This is probably not true because the country most affected by “woohan flu” is Italy, a country not mentioned here and from which Thai Airways ceased operating yesterday.  
100 cases a day is probably not true even in Italy.
Because of the clothing fashion business, Northern Italy has close contacts with China. Designs taken from Italy and produced in China and clothes produced by “people trafficked” Workers with a Made in Italy label are very profitable. 

[RJRS1301]

3 minutes ago, tgeezer said:

This is probably not true because the country most affected by “woohan flu” is Italy, a country not mentioned here and from which Thai Airways ceased operating yesterday.  
100 cases a day is probably not true even in Italy.
Because of the clothing fashion business, Northern Italy has close contacts with China. Designs taken from Italy and produced in China and clothes produced by “people trafficked” Workers with a Made in Italy label are very profitable. 

Where is 100 cases a day mentioned in the post ??

[ChipButty]

worried citizens continue to find difficulty in buying face masks due to short supply and poor distribution

 

We all know where they went

[Jip99]

5 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Where is 100 cases a day mentioned in the post ??

 

In the penultimate paragraph of the report.

 

Probably means 100+

[PatOngo]

10 minutes ago, tgeezer said:

“woohan flu” 

Ah! That's Wuhan Flu from Hubei Province in China!

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, Jip99 said:

 

In the penultimate paragraph of the report.

 

Probably means 100+

Ah ok missed that vital piece, thanks.

Strange watching both European and Australian reports have not seen that figure in any reports, unless I was not paying attention closely

[Orton Rd]

British Dr doing daily updates on the virus says the actual numbers are 10-20x the known ones, so probably a few hundred.

 

Edited March 14, 2020 by Orton Rd

[Ian Nagle]

They are dreaming stating 75. Probably stick two zeros after 75 and 7,500 would be more realistic?

[tgeezer]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

Where is 100 cases a day mentioned in the post ??

The paragraph beginning:”He said residents of Thailand should avoid....” 

[xtof2]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Five cases of cluster infections take Thailand Covid-19 total to 75

It is obvious that there are many many more cases around.

Only 5232 tests so far in Thailand ( and to be honest same in many other countries including in Europe) when 320,000 tests in China, 250,000 in S.Korea and almost 90,000 in Italy.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing-source-data

[rooster59]

UPDATE: Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 82 - https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153455-thailand-reports-seven-new-coronavirus-cases-bringing-total-to-82/