Thailand reports 2 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death

[webfact]

Thailand reports 2 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed two new coronavirus cases and one additional death on Monday, a health ministry spokesman said.

 

The new numbers brought the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,042 and deaths to 57 since the outbreak began in January, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the COVID-19 Administration Centre.

 

More than 96% of the patients, or 2,928 people, have recovered, he said.

 

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

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[webfact]

One death, 2 new cases in 24 hours

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand reported one death and two new confirmed cases over a 24-hour period, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said today (May 25).

 

The number of Covid-19 patients has now increased to 3,042.

 

The two new cases are a 46-year-old Chinese woman and a 55-year-old masseuse, who returned from Russia. Both didn’t initially show any symptoms.

 

Meanwhile, a 68-year-old female who had end-stage renal disease, diabetes and hypertension died of respiratory failure at Chumphon hospital. She had been in close contact with a previous patient and was confirmed to be infected with Covid-19 on April 14. She died of septicemia, which causes acute myocardial infarction, on May 24.

 

Seven people have fully recovered and returned home in the past 24 hours.

 

Of the confirmed 3,042 cases, 57 are under treatment, 2,928 have recovered and been discharged, and 57 have died.

 

Globally, the number of Covid-19 cases has passed 5.4 million, while 340,000 have died.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388457

 

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[ThailandRyan]

And today the number goes upwards, again up and down, just like a heart beat EKG,  2 new cases, and 1 Death, but no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location.....keeping us in the dark like mushrooms I guess.

[Bob A Kneale]

9 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And today the number goes upwards, again up and down, just like a heart beat EKG,  2 new cases, and 1 Death, but no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location.....keeping us in the dark like mushrooms I guess.

"...no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location..."

You missed this glaringly obvious clue re the location that you need..."Meanwhile, a 68-year-old female who had end-stage renal disease, diabetes and hypertension died of respiratory failure at Chumphon hospital".

Edited May 25, 2020 by Bob A Kneale

[smedly]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

The two new cases are a 46-year-old Chinese woman and a 55-year-old masseuse, who returned from Russia. Both didn’t initially show any symptoms.

serious lack of detail 

 

returned from Russia when - 2019 ?

and 

Chinese woman who did what when and where 

 

for both these infections there are likely actually 4 not 2 cases as they both got it from someone 

[lopburi3]

13 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And today the number goes upwards, again up and down, just like a heart beat EKG,  2 new cases, and 1 Death, but no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location.....keeping us in the dark like mushrooms I guess.

Of the new cases, one is the wife of the Italian in Phuket and the other is a Thai in state quarantine.

 

 

[SkyFax]

The Chinese wife of the Italian to Phuket and the Thai from Russia to Chonburi Chonburi quarantine per the BP this AM.

Edited May 25, 2020 by SkyFax

[LeamchabangLarry]

It amazes me how bad the reporting is from the Nation and BP.  It's like an 7th grader's assignment that was done at the last moment and turned in for a 'C'

A post-article investigation needs to be pieced together from multiple sources every day.

[ThailandRyan]

35 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

"...no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location..."

You missed this glaringly obvious clue re the location that you need..."Meanwhile, a 68-year-old female who had end-stage renal disease, diabetes and hypertension died of respiratory failure at Chumphon hospital".

That update was posted after my post Bob, If I had seen the update then my post would have indicated such.  However, how does a Chinese national repatriate to Thailand from Russia, when only Thai Nationals are being repatriated....

[w94005m]

47 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And today the number goes upwards, again up and down, just like a heart beat EKG,  2 new cases, and 1 Death, but no indication in the news or in this story to indicate location.....keeping us in the dark like mushrooms I guess.

The Bangkok Post website, nearly always breaks these down in more detail than the story on here does.

 

Masseuse was in quarantine in Chonburi after returning from Russia and the other was the wife of an already diagnosed infected man in Phuket.

 

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, w94005m said:

The Bangkok Post website, nearly always breaks these down in more detail than the story on here does.

 

Masseuse was in quarantine in Chonburi after returning from Russia and the other was the wife of an already diagnosed infected man in Phuket.

 

Thank you for the information.  At the time all was posted it was all in a gray Area, guess I just need to wait and let all the news filter in.....I just wish reporting was thorough here...

[w94005m]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

That update was posted after my post Bob, If I had seen the update then my post would have indicated such.  However, how does a Chinese national repatriate to Thailand from Russia, when only Thai Nationals are being repatriated....

The Chinese national was already on Phuket with her infected husband.

 

It was a Thai masseuse repatriated from Russia.

[w94005m]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Thank you for the information.  At the time all was posted it was all in a gray Area, guess I just need to wait and let all the news filter in.....I just wish reporting was thorough here...

Agreed - it would be nice! And not too difficult with the low numbers at the moment.

[thaiflyer1]

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

One death, 2 new cases in 24 hours

By The Nation

 

 

 

They cant even get the date correct...............

[Traubert]

Yes but does this mean the beaches can re-open?

 

And other essential questions..........

[JimGant]

58 minutes ago, webfact said:

More than 96% of the patients, or 2,928 people, have recovered, he said.

Every time I see figures like these, I'm reminded that corvid-19 is far from a death sentence. What is a death sentence, figuratively anyway, is shutting down the economy. You just got to think that Sweden has gotten it right..... But, we won't know for a long time, until after this plaque has run its course and we can compare data. Still, shuttering an entire economy due to a 4% death rate just, somehow, doesn't resonate....

[skorp13]

So much for bars opening or going our and having a glass of wine with dinner till x-mas from the looks of it

[Bob A Kneale]

33 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

That update was posted after my post Bob, If I had seen the update then my post would have indicated such.  However, how does a Chinese national repatriate to Thailand from Russia, when only Thai Nationals are being repatriated....

The article does not say that the Chinese woman was repatriated from Russia, that's just your interpretation of something very unlikely.    The report does state that a 46-year-old Chinese woman was affected as was a 55-year-old Thai masseuse, who had returned from Russia.

[Bob A Kneale]

48 minutes ago, LeamchabangLarry said:

It amazes me how bad the reporting is from the Nation and BP.  It's like an 7th grader's assignment that was done at the last moment and turned in for a 'C'

A post-article investigation needs to be pieced together from multiple sources every day.

The reporting is from Reuters and The Nation, not the Bangkok Post.   Thaivisa aggregates and re-publishes news from various sources for information, it does not instigate investigations into the sources of the news.

[Bob A Kneale]

25 minutes ago, JimGant said:

Every time I see figures like these, I'm reminded that corvid-19 is far from a death sentence. What is a death sentence, figuratively anyway, is shutting down the economy. You just got to think that Sweden has gotten it right..... But, we won't know for a long time, until after this plaque has run its course and we can compare data. Still, shuttering an entire economy due to a 4% death rate just, somehow, doesn't resonate....

Thailand's entire economy has not "been shuttered", neither has any other country's entire economy.

[prakhonchai nick]

24 minutes ago, skorp13 said:

So much for bars opening or going our and having a glass of wine with dinner till x-mas from the looks of it

X-mas..2020, 2021 or which Christmas?

[Bob A Kneale]

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Edited May 25, 2020 by Bob A Kneale

[Guderian]

That bit of news about the wife of the asymptomatic Italian guy coming down with C19 is a bit worrying, certainly for the Phuket authorities. The big unknown a few days ago was whether he'd brought the virus back from Shanghai (since he's asymptomatic, he could have been carrying it for months), or if he'd picked it up in Phuket? As he'd been back here since March and his wife has just come down with C19 it must mean that he contracted the virus locally in Phuket. I hope the contact tracing guys are busy on this one, and they're not relying on the Thai Chana system too much, lol!

[stuarty]

Studies now show a person with Covid is no longer infectious after 11 days, so the Italian (and Mrs Italian) almost certainly caught it in Phuket.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-24/covid-19-patients-not-infectious-after-11-days-singapore-study

Edited May 25, 2020 by stuarty

[DrTuner]

18 minutes ago, Guderian said:

whether he'd brought the virus back from Shanghai (since he's asymptomatic, he could have been carrying it for months)

Would be the first time I've heard of somebody carrying the virus for that long.

[fabman5]

2 people caught Covid 19, 1 died ( sadly for their family) 

This is headline news  

Meanwhile 69+Million people are on standby to get back to normality.

 

These mind games are being played out all over the world by governments and MSM.

The statistics say this isn't a worldwide pandemic. But still we go on...   

[Emdog]

Thailand seems to have a rudimentary track and trace program set up. My big concern is: do they have manpower and computer power to do anything useful with the data collected or is this just for show? Track record regarding other data collected would tend to lean towards "all show and no go".

[Greg O]

Talk about stupid , what does it matter who or where, afraid are we ? There will always be lingering cases. Get a hobby....and by the way not only Thai Nationals are able to return..

[rott]

3 minutes ago, Greg O said:

Talk about stupid , what does it matter who or where, afraid are we ? There will always be lingering cases. Get a hobby....and by the way not only Thai Nationals are able to return..

Who else can return? Diplomatic passport holders, work permit holders (so it was announced initially) and.........? There will obviously be exceptions to such a broad rule. But please do tell. 

[transam]

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Every time I see figures like these, I'm reminded that corvid-19 is far from a death sentence. What is a death sentence, figuratively anyway, is shutting down the economy. You just got to think that Sweden has gotten it right..... But, we won't know for a long time, until after this plaque has run its course and we can compare data. Still, shuttering an entire economy due to a 4% death rate just, somehow, doesn't resonate....

Are you sure about Sweden...?  ????