China to provide Thailand assistance in fighting Covid-19

[webfact]

China to provide Thailand assistance in fighting Covid-19

By The Nation

 

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China will provide medical supplies including N95 masks and medicines to help Thailand fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19), a statement on the website of China’s Embassy in Bangkok said.

 

The statement said that Yang Xin, chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on March 17, informing him that China was willing to provide assistance to Thailand in its fight against Covid-19. 

 

The following day, Yang Xin met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul, to discuss details of the assistance.

 

Yang Xin said that in the course of responding to the epidemic, "China and Thailand have stood shoulder to shoulder, and extended mutual support to each other, which exemplify a deep traditional friendship ... China is willing to offer a helping hand within its capacity despite the still daunting task of fighting the virus at home."

 

The Chinese government will provide Thailand with medical materials such as test kits, surgical masks, N95 masks and medical protective garments, and it will coordinate with Chinese companies to export medicines for the treatment of Covid-19. Chinese enterprises in Thailand and friendly Chinese civil societies are also mobilised in donating medical supplies to Thailand. 

 

Prayut and Anutin expressed their firm support for China’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 epidemic, the statement said, adding the Thai leaders also congratulated China for achieving positive progress under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.

 

The statement said that on behalf of the Thai government and the Thai people, the prime minister thanked China for its valuable support and assistance, believing it fully reflects China's government has put the development of bilateral relations high on its agenda. 

 

Anutin lauded China's gesture to lend a helping hand in this most difficult time, which he believed exemplifies the special friendship of “Thai and China as one family”. He believed that after overcoming this challenge, Sino-Thai relationship will be more consolidated, the Chinese embassy statement said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384384

 

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[eeworldwide]

But why? 

Thailand doesn't need any help - there are no cases of COVID19 here - well - only a few.

 

And we've got that under control.

So much so, that we predict that tourism figures will bounce back and the numbers will be 50% higher than last year, in just 3 weeks time.

[bangkokbonecollector]

China should be paying for all the damage done to the world. 

[unamazedloso]

they need to follow the chinese cleanup model which seems to be that case from that recent photo with all the machine gun crazies in the background.

wish all to be safe in the coming months...Best bet is to lock urselves up now, bolt the doors and windows and sweat it out.

[MikeyScars]

If Thailand is really a part of China, then hurry up and build 2 or 3 hospitals, and do what China does best, undercut the price of testing down to 100 bhat per test, or even free.  After all, the virus came from China. 

[HOAX]

Quote

We helped you, now you help us!

We already know Chinas selfish and ruthless agenda on everything. They've already started their propaganda in Chinese media, how they call it the Italian virus, it was the Americans!... Thats why they will help Thailand, to have Thailand in their hands.

[Ian Nagle]

I read the article two times. The word 'will' seemned to appear a few times. When   <deleted>   ! !

Edited March 19, 2020 by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

[Mavideol]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

Anutin lauded China's gesture to lend a helping hand in this most difficult time, which he believed exemplifies the special friendship of “Thai and China as one family”.

555 can't come up with anything else 555

[bangkokbonecollector]

26 minutes ago, HOAX said:

We already know Chinas selfish and ruthless agenda on everything. They've already started their propaganda in Chinese media, how they call it the Italian virus, it was the Americans!... Thats why they will help Thailand, to have Thailand in their hands.

They need to be stopped soon. Everytime I see Chinese nationals in my apartment building, they give me this look of utter hatred. I loathe the way Thailand are kowtowing to them like some <deleted>. My Thai daughter does not and will never have the same blinded trust and admiration for a disgusting regime that is the PRC. We will have Honkers back one day mark my words. 

Edited March 19, 2020 by metisdead
Inappropriate language removed.

[Mavideol]

Thailand should look into help from Japan and/or Taiwan as both have had fro quite sometime the Favilavir and Remdesivir anti viral medication for quite some time and it appears that's what China used when the infected numbers were jumping all over

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20200222-1040763

 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/news/china-approves-antiviral-favilavir-to-treat-coronavirus/

Taiwan successfully synthesizes antiviral drug remdesivir

By Wu Hsin-yun, Kuan Jui-ping and Elizabeth Hsu, CNA | February 22, 2020

Edited March 19, 2020 by Mavideol
empty space

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

China will provide medical supplies including N95 masks and medicines to help Thailand fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19)

Going on the last porkies told by the government about the number of cloth face masks available, prompts me to ask: When will both of these N95 masks arrive?

[rabas]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

China will provide medical supplies including N95 masks and medicines to help Thailand fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19),

Thanks for returning the masks.

[Mavideol]

All very confusing or a lot of fake news.... China sending masks to Thailand and then Thailand exporting them to the US how can this be allowed by Thai government since there are not enough masks in Thailand... greedy as greedy can be

 

[Isaan sailor]

Covid-19?  What's that?  

Oh right, that's the China and WHO approved descriptor for the Chinese Wuhan Virus.

[nervona81732]

Is this a joke or what! We all know what the real problem is. Need I say more? Nah1. Carry on folks.

[ReLo]

4 hours ago, bangkokbonecollector said:

China should be paying for all the damage done to the world. 

 

And not enough to themselves !

I have been dreaming of hundred millions less chinese...

 

 

[DrTuner]

In the usual Chinese style "you'll pay back later - with interest"?

Edited March 19, 2020 by DrTuner

[phkauf]

Here's a thought for the Chinese: 

DON'T EAT <deleted>'IN BATS!

Take your help and stick it. It's their fault the world is suffering through this mess. 

[aussienam]

5 hours ago, bangkokbonecollector said:

They need to be stopped soon. Everytime I see Chinese nationals in my apartment building, they give me this look of utter hatred. I loathe the way Thailand are kowtowing to them like some <deleted>. My Thai daughter does not and will never have the same blinded trust and admiration for a disgusting regime that is the PRC. We will have Honkers back one day mark my words. 

Stems from the extremely xenophobic PRC brainwashing from birth.  They are taught they are a superior race and to hate the West.  Their hatred is sad because they are truly delusional from the controlled propaganda spoon fed to them through their lives.  Very similar to the brainwashed people of North Korea.  

[aussienam]

5 hours ago, rabas said:

Thanks for returning the masks.

Yeah they've taken them all from the shelves in Australia leaving Aussies with none.  And now they are in vans travelling to country towns and taking all the toilet paper to sell on Weibo.  Towns are left with no toilet paper.  Poor townsfolk and old people are suffering from their greed.  These despicable students (mainly) absolutely do not care about us and treat us all with total contempt.  The government has stepped up with getting immigration involved and barring them from shopping centres.  But really?  We shouldn't have to be doing that in the first place.  

[bangkokbonecollector]

1 hour ago, aussienam said:

Stems from the extremely xenophobic PRC brainwashing from birth.  They are taught they are a superior race and to hate the West.  Their hatred is sad because they are truly delusional from the controlled propaganda spoon fed to them through their lives.  Very similar to the brainwashed people of North Korea.  

I totally agree and I am not really getting at the general population as I pity them more for having to live under such a regime. I have 'mainlander' friends who despise the regime and a vast amount of their fellow countrymen. They are pretty much in self-exile all over the world, left for uni and just basically tore up their passports, some have even had their families threatened by the state if they didn't return. 

[Redline]

14 hours ago, Mavideol said:

Thailand should look into help from Japan and/or Taiwan as both have had fro quite sometime the Favilavir and Remdesivir anti viral medication for quite some time and it appears that's what China used when the infected numbers were jumping all over

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20200222-1040763

 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/news/china-approves-antiviral-favilavir-to-treat-coronavirus/

Taiwan successfully synthesizes antiviral drug remdesivir

By Wu Hsin-yun, Kuan Jui-ping and Elizabeth Hsu, CNA | February 22, 2020

And the Thai news made it sound like China created it, but Fujifilm did

[DrTuner]

22 hours ago, aussienam said:

Stems from the extremely xenophobic PRC brainwashing from birth.  They are taught they are a superior race and to hate the West.  Their hatred is sad because they are truly delusional from the controlled propaganda spoon fed to them through their lives.  Very similar to the brainwashed people of North Korea.  

That's what people don't undertand. Once a commie, always a commie and they are indoctrinated right from birth: https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/09/21/chinas-brainwashed-youth/

[Kadilo]

Makes you wanna puke. 
 

[wasabi]

The situation obviously is not ideal and nations will never forget where the virus started but it seems beneficial to have China providing critical supplies.  What did everyone expect?

[scubascuba3]

Maybe China will provide the antidote

[Mulambana]

On 3/18/2020 at 11:19 PM, bangkokbonecollector said:

China should be paying for all the damage done to the world. 

China is not responsible for incompetancies, cheating, lying and obfuscation of Western leaders that made it explode in Europe and USA. 

Edited March 20, 2020 by Mulambana

[johng]

5 minutes ago, Mulambana said:

China is not responsible for incompetancies, cheating, lying and obfuscation

They did all those before it became clear  it couldn't be hidden any longer.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

On 3/19/2020 at 12:26 PM, bluesofa said:

Going on the last porkies told by the government about the number of cloth face masks available, prompts me to ask: When will both of these N95 masks arrive?

 

That PR announcement by the two governments is probably the last any of us will ever hear of it, and more than likely will never see any of those N95 masks reach retail outlets here.

 

I'd imagine, anything and everything Thailand might get from China is going to be reserved for the public health system here, which is no doubt woefully undersupplied to deal with a widespread CV outbreak.

 

 

Edited March 21, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK