Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no deaths

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported six new coronavirus cases and no new death on Friday, taking its tally to 2,960 infections while fatalities remained at 54 since the outbreak began in January.

 

New daily infections have stayed in the single digits for five consecutive days. The six cases also marked the lowest new daily infections since early March.

 

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

 

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Great news. Now stop complaining that you're poor or can't buy a bottle of beer to enjoy in the privacy of your own home. Just be grateful you can take your pets to be groomed or enjoy a round of golf. 

In the light of this enforced sobriety its seems a Pyrrhic victory

8 minutes ago, poohy said:

In the light of this enforced sobriety its seems a Pyrrhic victory

With six new cases, Thailand making constant progress in battle against Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand reported its lowest number of Covid-19 cases in over a months with six new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period and no deaths, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Friday (May 1).

 

It marked the fifth successive day of single-digit new cases. The number of total confirmed cases rose to 2,960. The number of those who have recovered is 2,719, 187 are under treatment in hospitals and there have been 54 fatalities.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387114

 

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Six cases in a nation of 65 million isn't even noise, it's irrelevant. Come on P., lift the booze ban and let's start getting things back to normal. You've made your point to the owners of Boon Rawd and ThaiBev that you're cheesed off they didn't contribute to your fund,  but neither did Khun Dhanin, and you haven't closed all the 7-elevens now, have you?

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.

- Gomer Pyle

I'd be wanting to see it closer to 2 per day before I'd be confident to leave my garden...

Even then, I'd be reluctant if people weren't wearing masks and gloves !!

I am satisfied with this number, stay safe, everyone.

You can bet if it goes up to 8 tomorrow, the government will say "the case rate has gone up 33%, we need to extend the booze ban through June because of this spike". 

3 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

I'd be wanting to see it closer to 2 per day before I'd be confident to leave my garden...

Even then, I'd be reluctant if people weren't wearing masks and gloves !!

I'd want it at zero cases per day over a decade; only then might I consider venturing out to my local 7-11 in full haz-mat gear.  And I wouldn't touch the alcohol either.  I hear that drinking alcohol makes you a super-spreader.

Amazing Thailand, they like to be No.1... Economic meltdown, misery for only 54 deaths to date. That number of people on average are killed on the roads on a daily basis... 

1 minute ago, Forza2002 said:

That number of people on average are killed on the roads on a daily basis... 

 

Not with everyone sober and locked in their houses... Result ????

Heading for a success full operation .... but patient died.

42 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Six cases in a nation of 65 million isn't even noise, it's irrelevant. Come on P., lift the booze ban and let's start getting things back to normal. You've made your point to the owners of Boon Rawd and ThaiBev that you're cheesed off they didn't contribute to your fund,  but neither did Khun Dhanin, and you haven't closed all the 7-elevens now, have you?

It's 54 deaths because they have come down like a ton of bricks on covid-19, unlike the US and UK. Would you prefer their figures?

 

 

Edited May 1, 20206 yr by Phil McCaverty

1 minute ago, Phil McCaverty said:

It's 54 cases because they have come down like a ton of bricks on covid-19

 

They sure did... 2 months between 1st confirmed case and shutting the borders...

Boom, take that Covid 19 !!

Might be something to do with the amount (read lack of) of testing done too, just a thought..

Just now, cornishcarlos said:

 

They sure did... 2 months between 1st confirmed case and shutting the borders...

Boom, take that Covid 19 !!

Might be something to do with the amount (read lack of) of testing done too, just a thought..

So where are the bodies? Where are the caskets queued outside the temples? Where are the hospitals with Covid patients overflowing into the corridors? 187 currently in hospital with Covid. 16,500 in UK.

It is a 4 day holiday ,in my area, this morning  Lopburi ,the roads are full ,the maine  Saraburi-Lomsark road is  full of cars going North for the long weekend ,most have Bangkok registration plates .

The government are saying as per OP cases are dropping, lets see if the end of next week cases have gone up.

Re booze shut down, if cases do go up the Thai lent has come early this year .

Note.Thai lent starts at the full moon in July and lasts 3 months ,a lot of Thai's will give up alcohol for the lent period. 

2 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

It's 54 deaths because they have come down like a ton of bricks on covid-19, unlike the US and UK. Would you prefer their figures?

The active cases are so low now (213) that they can actively monitor each active case, and test those close to each individual case. 

If they are unsure if the wider population have the virus or not, then they need to ramp up testing a lot more.  That's a lot more affective than not knowing where the virus is and having contradictory lockdown measures (no alcohol, but you can eat together).

 

1 minute ago, TingTawng said:

The active cases are so low now (213) that they can actively monitor each active case, and test those close to each individual case. 

If they are unsure if the wider population have the virus or not, then they need to ramp up testing a lot more.  That's a lot more affective than not knowing where the virus is and having contradictory lockdown measures (no alcohol, but you can eat together).

 

They just don't have the test kits. Same story in US and UK.

19 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Not with everyone sober and locked in their houses... Result ????

Pretty sure theres a large majority just popping down to mum n pop shop for their lao kao or sato

5 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

So where are the bodies? Where are the caskets queued outside the temples? Where are the hospitals with Covid patients overflowing into the corridors? 187 currently in hospital with Covid. 16,500 in UK.

Under the carpet 

1 minute ago, Con Peoples Fund said:

Pretty sure theres a large majority just popping down to mum n pop shop for their lao kao or sato

BiL cooks it up at home. One of the good guys. 555

1 minute ago, Davo369 said:

Under the carpet 

16,000 covid patients under the carpet? 20k bodies under the carpet? Where did they get the carpet from, Ali Baba? 55

Any conflicting reports from the local authoritities today, like the Phuket 7 or the partygoer?

9 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

They just don't have the test kits. Same story in US and UK.

The test kits are swabs, the container for the swab and the PCR reagents. By now, if they were serious, they would be producing them locally in mass here in Thailand.

 

And not even a whisper from the PTT/MIT/co test kits. Gone with the wind.

3 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

I think its the reagent thats proving difficult to procure although Trump did brag about aquiring a shedload of swabs (cotton buds to him).

There was already a thread in TVF about a company (Siam something) manufacturing them locally. The batches are probably tiny. Phuket leaked out they were doing 10 tests in a day in the Phuket 7 thread a couple of days back.

Edited May 1, 20206 yr by DrTuner

So 187 then.

 

Why mention 2800 past cases? They're history.

Let's just hope that the 'reported' numbers remain below 30 per day for the next 14 days so then more restrictions will be lifted as stated. 

3 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Let's just hope that the 'reported' numbers remain below 30 per day for the next 14 days so then more restrictions will be lifted as stated. 

I don't think they'll be lifted even if these propaganda numbers go to zero. The lockdowns now serve another purpose, as clearly demonstrated by the booze ban. Nothing to do with "flattening the curve".