PHOTOS: Pattaya’s ‘Big Cleaning Day’ is underway

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PHOTOS: Pattaya’s ‘Big Cleaning Day’ is underway

 

 

Workers were out early on Wednesday morning cleaning the streets in Pattaya.

 

Officials announced earlier the city would undergo a ‘Big Cleaning Day’ as a measure to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19.

 

The cleaning comes after officials ordered the closure of all entertainment venues, incuding bars, pubs and go-go bars until 31 March.

 

 

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[canopus1969]

Good to see there is no water shortage in pattaya

[jacko45k]

So what are they using? Sea water?

[petermik]

7 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Good to see there is no water shortage in pattaya

Today no.....tomorrow yes

[petermik]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So what are they using? Sea water?

Sea water,what here in Pattaya....NOO far too risky....

[smedly]

my shoes are not going to get covid 19 

 

what is the point of this 

 

silly useless nonsense 

[mok199]

Never let a good virus go to waste..

[cornishcarlos]

Only 1 photo with someone pointing !! Fake news for sure

[Swiss1960]

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

So what are they using? Sea water?

They want to clean,  not make it more dirty...????

[spiekerjozef]

I thought no Songkrahn this year?

[Jingthing]

That's a relief. It will stop all the people from rubbing their hands on the streets (or licking them) and then touching their face. Job done!

[Jingthing]

Covid-19 prevention theater.

[fruitman]

19 minutes ago, smedly said:

my shoes are not going to get covid 19 

 

what is the point of this 

 

silly useless nonsense 

That's for the farang who pickup stuff from the street to eat, like dropped cigarettes or satay skewers...

[spiekerjozef]

No more Tetanus injection needed when you fall of your motorbike.

[Chazar]

someone  there  go  to  the  beach  tonight  and  tell  me  how  many  thousands  of  rats  you see........photos  will  be good

[Tarteso]

3 minutes ago, Chazar said:

someone  there  go  to  the  beach  tonight  and  tell  me  how  many  thousands  of  rats  you see........photos  will  be good

Some Rats are cleaner than the “dirty Farangs”.
 

[essox essox]

43 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Good to see there is no water shortage in pattaya

just beat me with your comment .....

[Matzzon]

BIG cleaning day? BAH!

 

They do it all wrong! To clean this area they must first demolish all buildings and dig down a minimum of 50 centimeter and redo all the streets before building new houses.

[nausea]

It's not something new, they were doing this in February, when I was there, on Walking Street. How effective it is I don't know, can't hurt though.

[snoop1130]

Pattaya cleans up after tourist tests positive

By The Nation

 

 

There was another “Big Cleaning Day” in Pattaya on Wednesday (March 18), but considerably more serious than the usual litter sweeps of the beach.

 

As soon as it was reported that a 67-year-old Belgian touristhas been confirmed as infected with the Covid-19 virus, a major scrub was undertaken in the areas he’d visited.

 

The Belgian man arrived in Thailand on March 3, had drinks in Pattaya, spent the night in a hotel, and then went to stay at his wife’s house in Phetchabun province. 

 

He fell ill on March 10 and went to the private hospital, where the Covid-19 diagnosis was made.

 

Pattaya’s Public Health and environment officials immediately began sanitising a beer pub on Soi Pattaya 8 where the tourist had drinks, his hotel, Walking Street, the port and a market. 

 

Special attention was paid to ATMs, shop door handles and other surfaces that are frequently touched.

 

People with whom he may have been in close contact were notified and asked to remain at home for 14 days while being monitored.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384336

 

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[Joeythai]

Stupid to clean after closing down, would only make sense before opening up again in a couple of weeks/months...

[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

As soon as it was reported that a 67-year-old Belgian touristhas been confirmed as infected with the Covid-19 virus, a major scrub was undertaken in the areas he’d visited.

'As soon as'?

I am wrong, but didn't I read exactly the same story about this Belgian tourist (expat?) being diagnosed positive a few days ago?

[ToS2014]

They should line up all those farangs that are dirty and don't shower.  I think some days that 'I'm just wasting water as I don't have any plans to leave the house today'.  But then I see the fire hose out washing the streets and wonder if my 'waste of water' is leading to more trash clogging up the drainage system.  I really enjoy seeing all the pictures of flooded streets after every rain fall.

 

I am still attempting to comprehend how washing the streets will stop someone from sharing their known or unknown medical condition.  Ahhh the light bulb just turned on....remove the dust from the streets to stop all the sneezes.

[Chazar]

4 minutes ago, ToS2014 said:

They should line up all those farangs that are dirty and don't shower.  I think some days that 'I'm just wasting water as I don't have any plans to leave the house today'.  But then I see the fire hose out washing the streets and wonder if my 'waste of water' is leading to more trash clogging up the drainage system.  I really enjoy seeing all the pictures of flooded streets after every rain fall.

 

I am still attempting to comprehend how washing the streets will stop someone from sharing their known or unknown medical condition.  Ahhh the light bulb just turned on....remove the dust from the streets to stop all the sneezes.

looks  like doing  something  whilst  in  fact   doing  nothing

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Only 1 photo with someone pointing !! Fake news for sure

One photo with a bar girl digging her heels in.. she ain't going nowhere!

[Isaanbiker]

Do they really believe that the virus is hiding on the road?

 

  When will they check guests from Wuhan? Next month? Okay.....

[Isaanbiker]

5 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Some Rats are cleaner than the “dirty Farangs”.
 

Does that include the bad smelling bats?

[Flugg]

50 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Belgian man arrived in Thailand on March 3, had drinks in Pattaya, spent the night in a hotel, and then went to stay at his wife’s house in Phetchabun province. 

"drinks" and nothing else

[Leaver]

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So what are they using? Sea water?

You would get a far worse disease from the sea water here than corona virus.  ????

[CGW]

3 hours ago, nausea said:

How effective it is I don't know, can't hurt though.

Sure they will manage to wash all the cr3p down the drains, then when the rains come they will be guaranteed to be blocked, then they will clean the drains, then it will still flood, so they will spend more money on cleaning and improving the drains - just written a short history of Pattaya for all that never knew ???? 

 

Focus on the positive, should have lots of water now with tourism being down, Carbon futures should be cheap! great time to invest in them!