20 Thais back from UK have high fever, rushed to hospital

By THE NATION

 

 

Twenty of the 251 Thais who returned home on Sunday (May 31) from the United Kingdom were found to have high fever and rushed to hospital, Suvarnabhumi Airport deputy director Kittipong Kittikachorn said.

 

“The 251 Thais departed from London on Thai Airways International Flight TG917 and arrived at the airport at 2.20pm,” Kittipong explained.

 

“Preliminary screening found that 20 passengers had high fever and they were rushed to hospital.”

 

“There are 16 passengers who expressed an interest in entering alternative state quarantine facilities, while the rest were transported to the government’s specified facilities in Bangkok and Samut Prakarn.”

 

As of today, the UK has reported 274,762 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 38,489 deaths. It is one of the coronavirus hotspots in Europe following Spain.

 

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Yea good idea to rush them to the hospital. The UK is one of the most high risk countries at the moment. Strange that they still let them on the same plane as healthy people. I think that all these repatriation flights pose a high risk for those on them. I wonder if they force all of them to quarantine. Especially if there are people with high fever were on that flight.

The Thai govt is doing a far better job with this covid thing than the UK.  Good job!

9 minutes ago, robblok said:

Yea good idea to rush them to the hospital. The UK is one of the most high risk countries at the moment. Strange that they still let them on the same plane as healthy people. I think that all these repatriation flights pose a high risk for those on them. I wonder if they force all of them to quarantine. Especially if there are people with high fever were on that flight.

 

 

Everyone goes into the government quarantine system.

 

 

Excellent example last week of 2 people who tested positive (asymptomatic) on their final test before being allowed home.......................... straight back into quarantine.

Same article of 2 days ago where Thai people has boarded a plane in Korea while having hi fever, and i ask, why Korea and UK has allowed people to board a plane with high fiver and probably contentment others on the flight  when they don't allow you int a shop if you have high fever?...

That will put the dampers on re-opening to tourists, aka foreign spouses, any time in the near future...

Think I'll have to head back to U.K when I can leave Singapore and get my wife to join me there !!

Not the best option right now but I'll take a chance if it means I can hang out with the missus ????

The verb ‘rushed’ is used too often in this forum.

15 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Same article of 2 days ago where Thai people has boarded a plane in Korea while having hi fever, and i ask, why Korea and UK has allowed people to board a plane with high fiver and probably contentment others on the flight  when they don't allow you int a shop if you have high fever?...

You think they really let 20 people on the plane with high fever? I sure dont...

The high fever narrative is just a excuse to extend to extend the farang ban...

How the get in the Airport.?. You cant get into a Shell Garage Shop with a temp.

Each day, same narrative: No cases in Thailand save people who just got here from elsewhere. Helps with anticipated long-standing restrictions on tourists and xenophobia. Will make it harder and harder to get locals to go along with restrictions and precautions (see article today in news site which can't be posted here about this). If you tell people that quarantine should be 14 days as that is the outside time for incubation period...and, you say that there are no internal cases for more than 14 days...well, people in Thailand might all decide that we've done our 14 days. Why keep wearing masks and distancing? Why put up with a curfew?

40 minutes ago, lujanit said:

The verb ‘rushed’ is used too often in this forum.

So is the words “stupid post” BTW I think rushed is an adjective but I’m sure the grammar checkers and spellcheckers will enlighten me.

1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

The Thai govt is doing a far better job with this covid thing than the UK.  Good job!

Agreed I don’t see Thais whining as much as  some posters on here...Get over it, the time will come when your bar will open and you can get on with all those important everyday things you do.

 

 Send them back to the UK .

  High fever, we don't want them here.. 

 

 

Edited June 1, 20206 yr by elliss

50 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

You think they really let 20 people on the plane with high fever? I sure dont...

The high fever narrative is just a excuse to extend to extend the farang ban...

But I doubt that 20 people were not aware or suspected that they had covid but took temperature lowering drugs before leaving. 20 people getting symptoms just during an 11 hour flight is suspicious. 

8% of arrivals with high fever on one plane, thats a very high percentage and if I had been a passenger on there I'd be worried. Lets see the reality though of exactly how many get tested positive.

 

Don't blame some of them to decline the state quarantine and instead got for the alternative, you may have to share rooms with another person and you don't know where the location is till you get there.

20 and the rest goes home ???

 

don't they screen before boarding?  or is there a THAI virus on the plane ?

The term 'high fever' is misleading. I suspect that, when their temperatures were checked on arrival it exceeded the normal level but the individuals were not showing any symptoms.  Rushing them to hospital is good. The rapid movement through the air creates a cooling effect.......BS!

I suspect this was more due to the inaccuracy of the handheld infrared temperature scanners. It seems very unlikely such a high percentage of passengers were infected and had a fever. 

6 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

The Thai govt is doing a far better job with this covid thing than the UK.  Good job!

haha nice use of sarcasm.  ????

Endorses Health Minister Anutin' statement that foreigners are all dirty.....

Are they actually wanting the public to believe that 20 people boarded in the UK and all were with high temperatures?

I would hate to see the response if these people were foreign tourists!

7 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Endorses Health Minister Anutin' statement that foreigners are all dirty.....

Uh? Where did he said that?

 

7 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Are they actually wanting the public to believe that 20 people boarded in the UK and all were with high temperatures?

It's not at all what the OP says.

I bet the high fever it's 37.3, pure fearmongering.

Have you noticed how many of the new cases have no sympthoms?I wonder how long we have to go on with this BS

Edited June 1, 20206 yr by Anton9

3 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Uh? Where did he said that?

 

It's not at all what the OP says.

HEALTH MINISTER: ‘DIRTY’ EUROPEANS POSE VIRUS RISKS TO THAILAND https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2020/03/13/health-minister-dirty-europeans-pose-virus-risks-to-thailand/

 

Sorry about caps, its was copy and paste  ???? 

Good thing these cases they are being identified, otherwise people might begin to question the requirement to quarantine

1 hour ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

20 and the rest goes home ???

 

don't they screen before boarding?  or is there a THAI virus on the plane ?

No, the rest would be destined for a 14 day quarantine either in a state designated location or a self paid, higher standard, state controlled location. Not home.

I reckon they were all on the ......on the plane...

7 hours ago, robblok said:

Yea good idea to rush them to the hospital. The UK is one of the most high risk countries at the moment. Strange that they still let them on the same plane as healthy people. I think that all these repatriation flights pose a high risk for those on them. I wonder if they force all of them to quarantine. Especially if there are people with high fever were on that flight.

 

I would have to agree with you. Also I noticed that according to the published list of repatriation flights today, 50 pax are arriving on Korean Air flight KE651 from Seoul. But there are also 212 pax arriving from the USA, also on KE651.

 

So you have 50 people coming from relatively low risk South Korea mixing with 212 people from relatively high risk USA on an almost full aircraft.

7 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

The Thai govt is doing a far better job with this covid thing than the UK.  Good job!

The UK Government are failing at every turn, the only explanation that fits their failure and abysmal policies is that they are still pursuing their ‘herd immunity’ experiment.

 

 

In a related concern: what about the flight attendants and pilots etc?

Do they live in perpetual quarantine on both ends of the flight? (doubt it)

Are they tested regularly?

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

The UK Government are failing at every turn, the only explanation that fits their failure and abysmal policies is that they are still pursuing their ‘herd immunity’ experiment.

 

 

Don't you ever get tired of your lefty stuff.?...Gawd....????