Anutin to propose temporary closure of entertainment venues to fight Covid-19

[rooster59]

Anutin to propose temporary closure of entertainment venues to fight Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

Anutin Charnvirakul

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said that he would propose the closure of entertainment venues to the committee managing the Covid-19 situation as part of Thailand's bid to curb the pandemic outbreak.

 

 

He said that he would propose many measures to the committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, on Monday.

 

One measure is to announce additional high-risk destinations, besides the existing ones on the list, which are China (including Hong Kong and Macua), South Korea, Italy and Iran.

 

Another is the proposed closure of entertainment venues until further notice. The committee will speficy the venues to be closed zone by zone.

 

It was found that some returnees from high-risk countries neglected self-quarantine at home and were hanging out at nightspots which caused cluster infection, he added.

 

Other measures he will propose are the cancellation of some festivals.

 

The government recently set up the committee and tasked it with managing the Covid-19 situation. Among its members are the deputy PM and 16 ministers. Its roles is to introduce policies and urgent measures in response to the situation.

 

The government also set up a centre to manage the outbreak situation or Covid-19 centre, which reports directly to the PM.

 

Anutin, who also serves as deputy prime minister, insisted that Thailand is still in the second phase of the outbreak. But the country needs to impose stringent measures to prevent it from entering the third phase.

 

Seven new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases were confirmed on Saturday (March 14) by the Public Health Ministry, raising the number of infections in Thailand to 82.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384103

 

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[Mung]

I'm surprised this man still has a job; then again I'm reminded where in the world he works, and it all makes sense. 

 

 

[FarFlungFalang]

Looks like the committee is a cluster kcuf of useless ministers with no one with any qualifications in anything remotely relevant to the pandemic.

[Tingtong2mut]

Its alright to do this I guess, but seems pointless when you routinely have mass gatherings everyday. What about the BTS at peak hour? Hospital waiting areas, malls and shopping centres, bus stations etc. People still have to get on with life

[Thaiwrath]

12 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said that he would propose the closure of entertainment venues

Would that include circuses, like Government House ?

[Oziex1]

I would guess closures will be subject to how well connected the influential people who run them are. 

[jonclark]

22 minutes ago, Mung said:

I'm surprised this man still has a job; then again I'm reminded where in the world he works, and it all makes sense. 

 

 

Anutin is the leader of Bhujamthai Party. His party is vital to the stability of the government. It matters not one jot that he makes frequent and repeated gaffs or has no idea what he is talking about. His parties votes are needed. So he will remain in a high profile cabinet position. 

[ukrules]

This is a good move and I support it. I still think the guy is a complete ass, I wonder who told him to do this as I doubt it was his own idea?

 

They should shut down all pubs, bars, nightlife, large busy night markets and I believe restaurants which often serve as bars anyway.

 

I don't think we're ready for quarantines yet but lets see how it turns out.

 

They should also round up all the street hookers repeatedly and maybe implement a curfew just to make sure the whole thing doesn't continue behind closed doors - as we all know it will.

 

This is going to be unpopular but vital if the numbers start to get out of hand.

 

I reckon we have no idea what the real numbers are but this guy will know them!

[smedly]

48 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

It was found that some returnees from high-risk countries neglected self-quarantine at home and were hanging out at nightspots which caused cluster infection, he added.

please elaborate 

 

anyone get the impression that actions being taken are not reflecting what we are being told - It's like his nose is getting longer and longer to the point were he has ordered arm extensions to pick it thinking nobody will notice

 

so right now all this for about 20 remaining cases in Thailand - really

 

nothing to see here move on all under control nudge nudge wink wink say no more

 

grrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

 

[smedly]

39 minutes ago, ukrules said:

This is a good move and I support it. I still think the guy is a complete ass, I wonder who told him to do this as I doubt it was his own idea?

 

They should shut down all pubs, bars, nightlife, large busy night markets and I believe restaurants which often serve as bars anyway.

 

I don't think we're ready for quarantines yet but lets see how it turns out.

 

They should also round up all the street hookers repeatedly and maybe implement a curfew just to make sure the whole thing doesn't continue behind closed doors - as we all know it will.

 

This is going to be unpopular but vital if the numbers start to get out of hand.

 

I reckon we have no idea what the real numbers are but this guy will know them!

what are you goin on about - only 20 odd people remain infected in Thailand 

 

 

right ?

 

 

my troll detector just went off the scale

[tifino]

... barricades at both ends of all Walking Streets... 

 

... shutting down all girlie Bars

 chastity belts, and chastity mouth guards issued to each bargirl (and gender variants)

 

final solution their long term goals,

to clean up their own international image

[RichardColeman]

Confused as to how closing these venues would be any better than Thailand's superb - and world beating - less than a hundred cases in 2 months and only 1 death. Unless there are more that we don't know about.....

 

90 died the other day in one day on the roads, more than infected Covid people and 89 more than covid deaths currently here - but this fool is not banning road travel. Why ? 

 

 

[Salerno]

1 hour ago, Oziex1 said:

I would guess closures will be subject to how well connected the influential people who run them are. 

And what the predominant demographic of the clientele is.

[lopburi3]

1 hour ago, Tingtong2mut said:

Hospital waiting areas, malls and shopping centres, bus stations etc.

Can not speak for government hospitals but at my private hospital it was more like a morgue than busy with people - almost no patients Friday - at 1230 one other person eating in main restaurant.  Almost no customers in normally very busy Tesco Lotus last week (but there is a one week backlog on home delivery from both Tesco and Tops in my area of Bangkok - most people are staying home already).

[khunpa]

The virus is already being transmitted locally here. Thailand has even been exporting cases. This has been going on for quite some time now.
 

1.700 PUI patients are now hospitalized and awaiting test-results. One month ago there was 400.

 

Social distancing should have been implemented a long time ago, but it is good they finally seem to get it.

 

With local transmission going on, Thailand is already beyond the containment phase. All they can do now is try to slow down the virus.
 

The next few weeks will be interesting to watch. One thing for sure. There will be more cases. 
 

Watch the latest press meeting from WHO. Thailand has failed miserably to follow their guidelines. Especially by not testing enough suspected cases and telling people it was under control.

[GeorgeCross]

the closure of anutin's twitter account has had the biggest positive effect so far

[Kinnock]

Seems a bit excessive in a country of 60 million people with only 82 cases 

 

Does he know something we don't?

 

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[christophe75]

17 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

Seems a bit excessive in a country of 60 million people with only 82 cases 

Does he know something we don't?

 

Pure "mimicry".

 

Now it's fashion to close : borders, public venues etc.

 

Eventhough it's :

-disproportionate

-too late

 

Thais have this ability to go from one extreme ("mai pen rai") to another ("full blown panic").

 

The pseudo minister was fed up to be "mocked" over and over... So now he will become a "zealot".

 

My bet : he will overblow it, of course, and mister P will become annoyed with him.

 

"Culling" will ensue (I think the pseudo minister but real convicted international drug trafficker will join the... chicken's ranks too... the guy is too much of a liability.)

 

[brewsterbudgen]

36 minutes ago, khunpa said:

The virus is already being transmitted locally here. Thailand has even been exporting cases. This has been going on for quite some time now.
 

1.700 PUI patients are now hospitalized and awaiting test-results. One month ago there was 400.

 

Social distancing should have been implemented a long time ago, but it is good they finally seem to get it.

 

With local transmission going on, Thailand is already beyond the containment phase. All they can do now is try to slow down the virus.
 

The next few weeks will be interesting to watch. One thing for sure. There will be more cases. 
 

Watch the latest press meeting from WHO. Thailand has failed miserably to follow their guidelines. Especially by not testing enough suspected cases and telling people it was under control.

Maybe they're copying Boris Johnson's "herd immunity" plan, and just culling the elderly population?

[Isaanbiker]

He looks like a cluster fagg to me. 

[Misterwhisper]

If instead of shutting entertainment venues he'd shut his trap, he might be better off.

Edited March 15, 2020 by Misterwhisper

[Yadon Toploy]

Tourism is going to take years to recover from this. 

 

It's wonderful.

 

Yesterday Pattaya was so quiet, it was like the good-ol' days.

 

Let's hope they are forced to build a more sustainable model from the ashes. 

[tifino]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Confused as to how closing these venues would be any better than Thailand's superb - and world beating - less than a hundred cases in 2 months and only 1 death. Unless there are more that we don't know about.....

 

90 died the other day in one day on the roads, more than infected Covid people and 89 more than covid deaths currently here - but this fool is not banning road travel. Why ? 

 

 

may get him really confused, on a technicality?

 

[spinner2020]

There's a headline right now in the Sydney Herald saying: "People in Britain aged over 70 will be instructed by the government to stay in strict isolation for four months as part of a planned response to coronavirus." No further details yet though.

Fer chrissake don't let the Anutin muppet read this - it could decimate Pattaya....

Edited March 15, 2020 by spinner2020

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Anutin to propose temporary closure of entertainment venues to fight Covid-19

except for those owned by military, police, HiSos with government connections, and the ones that are favorites of high-ranking government officials. 

That leaves one or two to close, I guess...

[CraigInBangkok]

As far as i know the whole world has gone into panic ... there are NO experts and all countries seem to be run by buffoons implementing measures to raise/lower the panic. 

[Chazar]

3 hours ago, Tingtong2mut said:

Its alright to do this I guess, but seems pointless when you routinely have mass gatherings everyday. What about the BTS at peak hour? Hospital waiting areas, malls and shopping centres, bus stations etc. People still have to get on with life

exactly a  TOTAL waste  of  time

[BestB]

In fairness it is a wise decision , however how many got infected from

the bars? Besides the latest 7?

 

 

[robblok]

3 hours ago, Tingtong2mut said:

Its alright to do this I guess, but seems pointless when you routinely have mass gatherings everyday. What about the BTS at peak hour? Hospital waiting areas, malls and shopping centres, bus stations etc. People still have to get on with life

There is a difference between neccesary and uneccesary things. People will need to go to their jobs and will need to shop for food. Bars and so on and soccer matches (got some UK people here anoyed that soccer is possibly cancelled while they have huge problems mor then Thailand now). Mass gatherings that are not needed should be stopped. 

 

It will slow spread you cant avoid it all but all little things help. Just the European attitude of doing nothing has shown to be wrong. In my country they are now stopping soccer too (thinking about it) and stopping mass parties and so on. Good I think better as the inactivity and end up like Italy. 

[robblok]

4 minutes ago, BestB said:

In fairness it is a wise decision , however how many got infected from

the bars? Besides the latest 7?

 

 

11 in a pub remember. But anything that limits contact is good you cant limit it all people still need groceries and food.