Better screening for foreigners coming

By The Nation

 

 

Following up on the premier’s announcement on Tuesday (March 17) that there will be no lockdowns anywhere in the country because of the escalating Covid-19 crisis, an official from his office said on Wednesday there will be improved screening for foreigners.

 

Thewan Liptapanlop, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said the government apologises to the public “for the inconvenience in their lives, but soon everything will be back in normal”.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said there would be no shutdown for Bangkok or any province, but the government was introducing six further measures to tackle the situation.

 

Thewan said these measures did not include restricting the hoarding of food or supplies, but the government has asked retailers to keep their shelves stocked.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384338

 

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so what are the six further measures then?!

9 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

so what are the six further measures then?!

...who cares about the 6 further measures.

 

Where is the "Better screening for foreigners coming"?

 

 

9 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

so what are the six further measures then?!

well one of them seems to be pulling figures about tourism and coronavirus spread out of their @rseholes ...maybe thats two

Playing with fire...experienced Doctors and scientists say lack of movement and contact is the only way to SLOW the spread. 

 

Asking for serious overload of healthcare facilities with this policy.

Better screening ...great maybe a 90 % discount from this poke in the eye price.

 

1 minute ago, sapson said:

Better screening ...great maybe a 90 % discount from this poke in the eye price.

 

get it while the price is hot!! looks like it may go up at the end of June

Thai reporting at it's best. Zero usable information.

36 minutes ago, CraigInBangkok said:

get it while the price is hot!! looks like it may go up at the end of June

Can't understand with healthy peoples personal obsessions with testing. Ok, you go for a test, you are positive....now what? The decision making process will now be taken out of your hands.

You test negative....off you go.....and become infected tomorrow.

Leave the testing resources for those that actually need them.

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by emptypockets

4 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Can't understand with healthy peoples personal obsessions with testing. Ok, you go for a test, you are positive....now what? The decision making process will now be taken out of your hands.

You test negative....off you go.....and become infected tomorrow.

Leave the testing resources for those that actually need them.

There is anther angle... 

 

Those who’ve been away from their family, working overseas or in another province.

They will return to spend time with their family but don’t want to pass anything on which they may have caught while way (but are not showing symptoms of)...  getting the test means the don’t have to quarantine themselves for 14 days away from their family. 

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

There is anther angle... 

 

Those who’ve been away from their family, working overseas or in another province.

They will return to spend time with their family but don’t want to pass anything on which they may have caught while way (but are not showing symptoms of)...  getting the test means the don’t have to quarantine themselves for 14 days away from their family. 

Has anyone around them shown any signs? Why should they be so suspicious? Have they been to Muay Thai? A suspect country? Testing is worthless if you aren't showing symptoms.

48 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

There is anther angle... 

 

Those who’ve been away from their family, working overseas or in another province.

They will return to spend time with their family but don’t want to pass anything on which they may have caught while way (but are not showing symptoms of)...  getting the test means the don’t have to quarantine themselves for 14 days away from their family. 

In a perfect world, yes. But, we have seen cases reported here not so long ago of entire groups of returning Thais do a runner and avoid testing and/or quarantine. They had to work long and hard to earn 25k and don't exactly strike me as being the kind of people who really give a rat's ar$e about anybody else. 

Testing should be only for people showing symptoms....period

 

even in the presence of an infected person, if no signs no test...you waste a test if negative and then 3 days later start to show signs so now another test....

 

 

Thewan sounds like one of Trump's cronies.  What a silly statement he made when he said, " soon everything will be back in normal."

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by kjun12

12 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

There is anther angle... 

 

Those who’ve been away from their family, working overseas or in another province.

They will return to spend time with their family but don’t want to pass anything on which they may have caught while way (but are not showing symptoms of)...  getting the test means the don’t have to quarantine themselves for 14 days away from their family. 

Depends on the test. keep in mind that if using an antibody test, one can be incubating or infected but not showing symptoms for   a few days. The RT tests only identify active infections. that is why the 14 day self isolation process is the most effective measure. If you are infected, the infection will manifest itself. Also, antibodies would become detectable.

1 hour ago, cardinalblue said:

Testing should be only for people showing symptoms....period

 

even in the presence of an infected person, if no signs no test...you waste a test if negative and then 3 days later start to show signs so now another test....

 

 

 

Educate yourself on the South Korea situation and you will realize how short sighted your post really is. Testing for people showing symptoms misses out on people who are yet to show but still contagious.

 

Test expense compared to life and spreading further is not a valid reason.

 

Period.

13 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Can't understand with healthy peoples personal obsessions with testing. Ok, you go for a test, you are positive....now what? The decision making process will now be taken out of your hands.

You test negative....off you go.....and become infected tomorrow.

Leave the testing resources for those that actually need them.

 

can't understand?

 

maybe you have sick or elderly relatives that you'd rather not infect. i know i do and i'd self isolate in a second to save their lives.

 

its not all about YOU.

 

 

5 hours ago, kjun12 said:

Thewan sounds like one of Trump's cronies.  What a silly statement he made when he said, " soon everything will be back in normal."

It will be, corona will be a normal part of life just like influenza but without todays panic, there will be a vaccine for it that will change year for year just like the flu vaccines (never had one myself, still alive) and a natural resistance will have occurred amongst the public.

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

There is anther angle... 

 

Those who’ve been away from their family, working overseas or in another province.

They will return to spend time with their family but don’t want to pass anything on which they may have caught while way (but are not showing symptoms of)...  getting the test means the don’t have to quarantine themselves for 14 days away from their family. 

They are not even being tested for high temperature on their return, I witnessed it with my own eyes. They were just checking the dirty fallang. Thais walked straight through.

Better screening AGAINST foreigners coming

fixed it for you

19 hours ago, sapson said:

Better screening ...great maybe a 90 % discount from this poke in the eye price.

 

youd  better  hurry  that  offer  ends soon????

7 hours ago, DLock said:

 

Educate yourself on the South Korea situation and you will realize how short sighted your post really is. Testing for people showing symptoms misses out on people who are yet to show but still contagious.

 

Test expense compared to life and spreading further is not a valid reason.

 

Period.

Comparing Southkorea to Thailand?

Seriously?

I bet, they haven't even got enough working test- kits here!

Considering that...he is right!

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by Saint Nick

On 3/18/2020 at 5:44 PM, GeorgeCross said:

so what are the six further measures then?!

Neo-prohibition.  Think: "What activities are fun and enjoyable, but that elite leader often call immoral (like they don't engage in them themselves)?"  
Got your list.  When you find out what the 'six further measures" are then compare.  No surprises?

On 3/19/2020 at 12:53 PM, soalbundy said:

It will be, corona will be a normal part of life just like influenza but without todays panic, there will be a vaccine for it that will change year for year just like the flu vaccines (never had one myself, still alive) and a natural resistance will have occurred amongst the public.

That is an assumption. The common cold is a corona virus, they have never managed to develop a successful vaccine for it. The flu vaccine is only partially effective. And we still do not know how fast the virus will mutate (apparently already 2 versions) or how long immunity will last.

3 hours ago, rickudon said:

The common cold is a corona virus, they have never managed to develop a successful vaccine for it. 

There are others that cause common cold, too. That's why it's "common".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold

 

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Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses being the most common.