rooster59 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 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.) Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/navy-assures-phuket-fishing-fleet-clear-of-covid-19-75741.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-04-18 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Did he lead the raid on Pattaya Walking street, that netted (pun intended) zero prostitutes ?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 “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? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harada Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Still, pretty bold statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebrown Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 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'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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