No reason to panic, PM says, as people stock up on supplies

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha,right.

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said that there was no need for people to panic and store food supplies amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

 

He said the government was launching new measures to handle the situation if the virus situation entered the third phase.

 

The Ministry of Commerce has been ordered to increase face mask production and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing to receive Thais in other countries to facilitate their return to Thailand.

 

The government also was considering closing entertainment venues and sport stadiums.

 

He added that the government was not slow in dealing with the situation but the ministers had to think about the consequences before taking action.

 

Source: nationthailand.com/news/30384140

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-03-16

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said that there was no need for people to panic

Until the true figures of people affected in Thailand are leaked out !

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

Until the true figures of people affected in Thailand are leaked out !

Even if your unfounded statement would be true, you should never panic but keep thinking. This may be hard for some people.

Yes, but I hope he has enough toilet paper hoarded at home for when the s#it hits the fan.

47 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Even if your unfounded statement would be true, you should never panic but keep thinking. This may be hard for some people.

We should all be thankful to have a deep thinker like yourself Frits, keep up the good work!????

114 cases my ass..... Thailand are labelling it is "viral pneumonia" they have just changed the name of Covid19 for the WHO.. 

 

HERE is the info from the Thai gov 

 

Read  ...  https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php

 

13th March 2020 update

2.2 Situation of Patients with Suspected Symptoms of COVID-19 in Thailand. On 13 March 2020 at 18:00, Thailand announced that 217 additional people met the criteria for PUI, raising the total to 5,713 PUI, as shown in Table 1.

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no70-130363.pdf

 

And this is only the recorded ones.. you can x 10 to x 20 that at least that arnt yet recorded... 

 

its NOT just the flu

Last time they said there was plenty of masks it was a lie. Ok guys it's officially time to panic buying! 

Panic is what sets in when your turning to the right on a slippery mountain road bend and you motorcycle starts skidding towards the 500ft drop over the edge on your left...only to have the tyres find some grip on the gravel verge.   Just took a second or two and it was over.  When usiNG the word "panic" I  think we need to add context. 

25 minutes ago, englishoak said:

114 cases my ass..... Thailand are labelling it is "viral pneumonia" they have just changed the name of Covid19 for the WHO.. 

 

HERE is the info from the Thai gov 

 

Read  ...  https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php

 

13th March 2020 update

2.2 Situation of Patients with Suspected Symptoms of COVID-19 in Thailand. On 13 March 2020 at 18:00, Thailand announced that 217 additional people met the criteria for PUI, raising the total to 5,713 PUI, as shown in Table 1.

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no70-130363.pdf

 

And this is only the recorded ones.. you can x 10 to x 20 that at least that arnt yet recorded... 

 

its NOT just the flu

Read the document properly:

Of the 5,638 PUI cases, laboratory results revealed that 3,897 cases returned negative for the COVID-19 virus, and results are pending for remaining 1,741 PUI

 

"And this is only the recorded ones.. you can x 10 to x 20 that at least that arnt yet recorded... "

That is just spreading fake news, read the document properly again:

 

that among 34,399 flights, there were a total of 3,787,108 passengers screened. Among those, 247 people met the case definition criteria of patients under investigation (PUI). For the screening protocol outside the airports, 118,654 people from 786 ships were screened at sea ports between 1 January and 13 March 2020 and two people met the PUI criteria. There were 1,360,331 people screened at ground ports between 1 February to 13 March 2020. Between 30 January to 13 March 2020, a total of 104,784 people who were renewing their passports were screened at the Government Complex

Lots of launching ,ordering and considering going on but not much doing or knowing what to do going on.

Just now, FritsSikkink said:

Read the document properly:

Of the 5,638 PUI cases, laboratory results revealed that 3,897 cases returned negative for the COVID-19 virus, and results are pending for remaining 1,741 PUI

 

"And this is only the recorded ones.. you can x 10 to x 20 that at least that arnt yet recorded... "

That is just spreading fake news, read the document properly again:

 

that among 34,399 flights, there were a total of 3,787,108 passengers screened. Among those, 247 people met the case definition criteria of patients under investigation (PUI). For the screening protocol outside the airports, 118,654 people from 786 ships were screened at sea ports between 1 January and 13 March 2020 and two people met the PUI criteria. There were 1,360,331 people screened at ground ports between 1 February to 13 March 2020. Between 30 January to 13 March 2020, a total of 104,784 people who were renewing their passports were screened at the Government Complex

 

I have,  meanwhile the official WHO figure is 114...... they havnt "screened" that number... only taken sporadic temp readings whereas as everyone now knows it takes 2 weeks to even incubate Covid19... in other words the claim of screening millions is all but useless. 

 

 

Luckily here they have got the bum gun as toilet paper is a valuable and rare commodity nowadays in Europe.  

52 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

 

"And this is only the recorded ones.. you can x 10 to x 20 that at least that arnt yet recorded... "

That is just spreading fake news, read the document properly again:

 

 

Not fake news according to Doctors in the west, 10-20x the known cases is what they are saying

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Ministry of Commerce has been ordered to increase face mask production

if  they told the general  public to stop wearing them it  would  help way  more, they are not necessary except under a  few  circumstances

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51881555/coronavirus-do-face-masks-actually-work

9 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Luckily here they have got the bum gun as toilet paper is a valuable and rare commodity nowadays in Europe.  

Unfortunately so is water in some regions...

Off topic removed

1 hour ago, Grumpy John said:

Panic is what sets in when your turning to the right on a slippery mountain road bend and you motorcycle starts skidding towards the 500ft drop over the edge on your left...only to have the tyres find some grip on the gravel verge.   Just took a second or two and it was over.  When usiNG the word "panic" I  think we need to add context. 

Having had that sort of thing happen several times over the years that is terror not panic. You don't have enough time to panic...

Don't see any panic in Chiang Rai. Apparently many rural Thais don't have the money to stock up anyway. Business is down in the more expensive restaurants, a couple of the stalls in the Food Court at Big C have closed. Daily dalat nats are still going strong.

Now it is really important, that kick out the ministry of health, because all these rasistic and nazi statements have damaged the country more than the virus by itself.

 

He looks tired. 

 

Aged.

 

He has the most s.... job possible right now.

 

At night, he's dreaming of the good old times, when he was "general", surrounded by his fellow soldiers.

 

Life was simple.

 

His only concerns were :

 

-which uniform should i put today ?

-what will be the menu at the cantine today ?

 

Anyway.

 

When a pseudo prime minister says "do not panic". It's of course time to panic.

Political PR anti-BS 101.

 

The thai governement is inane. And totally incapable to manage such a crisis.

 

I wrote it several weeks earlier : the virus could be their... downfall.

 

The health consequences are ridiculous... What matters are the economic and the political consequences...

My local Tops has a sale on toilet rolls and pasta, seems they could not give the stuff away - maybe if i go back to UK soon I can take it for black market exchange

Post with excessive CAPS removed.

14 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

Now it is really important, that kick out the ministry of health

 

It's probably too late to stop or mitigate the situation now. The time for that was 6 - 8 weeks ago.

 

Whatever is going to happen will happen, and the "authorities" have no option other than plan for the aftermath.

 

10 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

I wrote it several weeks earlier : the virus could be their... downfall.

 

Meh. Just a rinse and repeat: "charter", "election" and "government".

 

Same pig, new lipstick.

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, toper3jr said:

Pay it(payut) has to think about ramifications of decisions?  WHAT ABOUT RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING DECISIVE MEASURES Quickly?

What about ramifications of Ministers lack of working together(obvious), posting stupid comments blaming others for the spread? BIG JOK PAY IT!!!

The ramifications which he has to consider are the effects upon those who own and benefit from the businesses which would have to close. Whole swathes of businesses would have to cease operations, and amongst their owners, and those who draw income from them, are many who are amongst those who put him in power - who own him politically.

44 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

Having had that sort of thing happen several times over the years that is terror not panic. You don't have enough time to panic...

It's panic until you're floating free...... that's when the terror can kick in. Different strokes 'n' all that guff.

2 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Last time they said there was plenty of masks it was a lie. Ok guys it's officially time to panic buying! 

where are the mask?  everyone my me.  i thought they where made here.  where are they going?

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

Luckily here they have got the bum gun as toilet paper is a valuable and rare commodity nowadays in Europe.  

Ah, but the French have the bidet (which they invented) which is just as good. You can also wash your hands and feet in them.

 

I honestly cannot figure out what all the panic is regarding toilet paper.

He added that the government was not slow in dealing with the situation but the ministers had to think about the consequences before taking action.

 

What action? 

smart thai people, call corona something else and there is no problem

 

or thai style : test  very few people so you can have great numbers

 

people with any brain cells left would not travel if they don't have to

5 hours ago, webfact said:

but the ministers had to think about the consequences before taking action.

5555  555  555  5555