Newin reports Covid-19 foreigner’s infection, touts ‘Buriram Model’

[snoop1130]

Newin reports Covid-19 foreigner’s infection, touts ‘Buriram Model’

By THE NATION

 

Newin Chidchob

 

A foreign tourist is being treated for Covid-19 infection at Buriram Hospital, according to a Facebook post by prominent citizen Newin Chidchob on Friday (March 20).

 

Newin, the former top political operative who now runs Buriram United Football Club, said the man arrived in Thailand on Monday and decided to undergo a health test at the hospital the next day. Infection was confirmed on Thursday.

 

Newin credited the visitor’s responsible behaviour to his use of the “Buriram Model”, which involves being issued a “Buriram Healthy Passport”.

 

The “passport”, introduced on Tuesday, allows authorities in the northeastern province to log the travel and health records of holders as they arrive and depart.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384513

 

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[zydeco]

Internal passport. For foreigners. Easier than the TM30 I guess. And the hospitals can charge more money than Immigration.

[YetAnother]

4 minutes ago, zydeco said:

And the hospitals can charge more money than Immigration.

the real thai model; milk the foreigners, those nasty aliens

[cooked]

Pity that the "Health Passport" page isn't in English. 

[BigBadGeordie]

I returned to Buriram yesterday from a 4 day trip to Pattaya.

I registered on "Buriram Healthy Passport". Subsequently I asked several questions regarding the requirement to self isolate, or not as the case may be.

I have yet to get a response!

So sitting at home wondering what to do.

[tso310]

Its a shame he can't plug the leaky Buriram Utd defence. How many goals have they let in to headers from set pieces this season.

On a serious note I'm amazed at how many Thais in the villages don't really understand whats going on.

[Dexlowe]

I think Sora needs to come back and sort him out.

[timendres]

On 3/20/2020 at 5:19 PM, snoop1130 said:

Newin credited the visitor’s responsible behaviour to his use of the “Buriram Model”, which involves being issued a “Buriram Healthy Passport”.

I suspect the visitor's responsible behavior can actually be credited to his sense of self-preservation.