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Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths

 

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FILE PHOTO: People queue up to have their temperature taken before entering the Ratchada Railway Night Market, which is reopening amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, after the Thai government eased isolation measures, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Saturday reported no new coronavirus cases or deaths as the country begins to reopen businesses and ease restrictions.

 

"Today there are two zeros ... thank you all Thais who have given their cooperation," a spokesman for the government's Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, said.

 

This is the second day since March 9 that the country has reported no new daily cases.

 

Thailand on Sunday will allow malls and department stores to re-open. It will also shorten a nighttime curfew by one hour, to 2300 to 0400, from 2200 to 0400.

 

Thailand has reported a total of 3,025 cases of the coronavirus and 56 fatalities.

 

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Sam Holmes)

 

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Weird.   The official stats on the Department of disease control show 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Google shows 7 new cases on the 15th May.

Bangkok Post shows 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Reporting the new stats for Saturday 16th when there are still 18 hours to go seems a bit premature.  Then again if you don't test anyone you won't have any new cases yipee!

 

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5 minutes ago, seancbk said:

Weird.   The official stats on the Department of disease control show 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Google shows 7 new cases on the 15th May.

Bangkok Post shows 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Reporting the new stats for Saturday 16th when there are still 18 hours to go seems a bit premature.  Then again if you don't test anyone you won't have any new cases yipee!

 

Not weird at all. The reporting has been like that since it started. 

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7 minutes ago, seancbk said:

Weird.   The official stats on the Department of disease control show 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Google shows 7 new cases on the 15th May.

Bangkok Post shows 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Reporting the new stats for Saturday 16th when there are still 18 hours to go seems a bit premature.  Then again if you don't test anyone you won't have any new cases yipee!

 

That is not cases on 15th may. It's the day they are reported. ie from the 14th.

So cases reported today are from yesterday.

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2 hours ago, JCP108 said:

Amazingly wonderful news! (But, we should still not lick the bridge railings, right?)

Feel free, a rather odd habit but I think Covid would be the last of the dangers.

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Standing in a line waiting to have temperature taken and not spaced out very well, pointless. I got turned away once because I was over 37c, but guess what it's hot and when I sat down for 5 minutes it was back to normal.

 

When there was lots of tourists the figures stayed static for weeks and when the tourists stopped coming the figures went up and now it's very low when they want the Chinese tourists back again. With -9.8 drop in GDP in the first quarter I doubt the hordes of Chinese tourists will be back for a long time, the rich Chinese maybe.

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4 minutes ago, Oxx said:

Of course, if you don't test, you'll get zero positives.

Yes, no tests will positively give you zero positive result tests as well as zero negative result tests, its a Win Win situation for the Government here. 

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3 hours ago, seancbk said:

Weird.   The official stats on the Department of disease control show 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Google shows 7 new cases on the 15th May.

Bangkok Post shows 7 new cases on 15th May. 

Reporting the new stats for Saturday 16th when there are still 18 hours to go seems a bit premature.  Then again if you don't test anyone you won't have any new cases yipee!

 

& cases yesterday at 4pm, the reporting time.

 

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3 hours ago, seancbk said:

Then again if you don't test anyone you won't have any new cases yipee!

The latest figures from the World Health Organization Country Office for Thailand are from May 14th. On that day their figures indicate there were 3,117 people tested (Thailand reports by people rather than by sample). According to the same WHO source, since the beginning of May Thailand has tested an average of around 3,000 people per day.

 

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4 hours ago, condobrit001 said:

Great news, and ample justification for cautiously relaxing restrictions. The irresponsible actions of those in the USA will without doubt doubt cause a new wave there. The selfish actions of those in Wisconsin and other states is beyond belief. Thailand should impose severe restrictions on all travellers from the USA until they get their house in order.

Those in the UK are doing pretty bad also. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52677194

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