Navy assures Phuket fishing fleet clear of COVID-19

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket’s fishing fleet is free from COVID-19, Vice Admiral Cherngchai Chomcherngpat of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command said today (Apr 17). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Vice Admiral Cherngchai Chomcherngpat of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command today (Apr 17) announced that Phuket’s fishing fleet was COVID-free as he led inspections of fishing crews as part of the efforts to help prevent the spread of virus.

 

V/Adm Cherngchai also serves as Director of the Third Area Command’s Maritime Enforcement Coordination Centre (THAI-MECC Area 3), a body set up to regulate and enforce laws protecting workers in the fishing industry in the wake of the fishing slavery scandal that rocked the Thai fishing industry a handful of years ago and led to Thailand facing dramtic economic punishments from the EU and the US if the country did not improve its efforts to prevent human trafficking.

 

Today, the focus was on COVID-19 and preventing the spread of the virus throughout the fishing industry, and came after an “illegal, unreported and unregulated” (IUU) fishing boat seized by the Navy in 2016 blazed near the harbour last night. (See story here.)

 

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Did he lead the raid on Pattaya Walking street, that netted (pun intended) zero prostitutes ??

“No fishermen have been found infected with COVID-19,” V/Adm Cherngchai repeated.

And how many have been tested?

 

“Thai-MECC Area 3 supports the screening of fishing vessels in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on all fishing boats in the Andaman Sea,” V/Adm Cherngchai said.

 

Aha, I see, temp check.

 

Reassured now?

I don't think that a Thai fishing boat would be the safest place to be showing even the slightest symptoms of Covoid, you would need to be a good swimmer.

Still, pretty bold statement 

PHUKET: Vice Admiral Cherngchai Chomcherngpat of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command today (Apr 17) announced that Phuket’s fishing fleet was COVID-free as he led inspections of fishing crews as part of the efforts to help prevent the spread of virus.

I wonder what they actually 'inspected'?