Thailand ‘State of Emergency’ may be extended

[Bender Rodriguez]

what first wave ? 58 deaths ?

 

CONTROL the sheeple

[Deli]

10 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Domestic tourism may help a few out but international tourism is gone for this year.

Yes but not only coz of Thailand's measures. Politicians have **** up almost everywhere abound the world.

[Scouse123]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

IMO it is perfectly obvious that if the state of emergency is extended then outside visitors should not be allowed to enter the country, I would have thought this should be a clearly rational way of thinking to anyone with a modicum of intelligence..!! They have had ample time to realise that certain dates will clash with the way they have planned things - just too slow to act........

Not at all,

 

Apples and Oranges.

 

They are talking about opening up the country but retaining all their emergency powers should there need to be a fast lockdown if there is a Covid19 spike, if people are not following the rules and regulations regards masks and social distancing, and any unforeseen problems that may lie ahead. They will also retain sweeping powers to close restaurants and bars at the stroke of a pen.

 

This is not about ' clashing dates ' and all about retaining control over the people that they have granted themselves regardless if the country is open or not.

 

These people higher up, contrary to popular belief, are very methodical, logical and know what they are doing when it comes to power grabbing and retaining it.

 

They are doing a balancing act by opening up the economy which needs to happen, and maintaining the status quo regards to their authority. They must be seen to be doing it transparently to keep up the facade of it being a ' democracy '

[Dario]

Yes, we need to remain under state of emergency, since this is the wish of the armed forces. We must agree to this. No question about it.

[Almer]

Please tell me, why cant i have a quiet beer with my meal in my favourite eatery, why?

[Bender Rodriguez]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

in case there is a second wave of infections

you mean 58 death in 4 months or less ?

[rocketdave]

This is becoming a chicken and egg situation! There's no point having loads of incoming tourists if the bars, clubs etc. are all closed. Then who in they're right mind will open their bars, clubs etc. when their are no customers to serve!

They couldn't organise a w**k in a massage parlour.

[Thaiwrath]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Putting the country under a state of emergency allows the government to respond quickly, but under the Communicable Disease Act, the public health minister cannot mobilise police or military personnel to enforce the law, he said in reference to proposals to replace the state of emergency with the law. 

Part of the above sums it up 100%.

It is all about the government being able to use police, or more importantly, military, which keeps all people under control, especially dissenters who are not happy with the people in charge now, and maybe organising protests to show their feelings.

[JonnyF]

He never wanted to remove the State of Emergency in the first place.

 

Now he has a reason to keep it going indefinitely. He'll probably say it can't go until we have 6 consecutive months with no cases, then with a couple of days to go in the final month a case will miraculously appear from nowhere, giving him the reason to extend again.

 

[fredwiggy]

What part of  quarantining everyone coming in do they not understand? Why would businesspersons be allowed? Are they immune to carrying Covid? Let anyone come in and be quarantined. If they won't, they stay out until Covid is more under control. You can come from Italy or the USA and be free and come in from Cambodia and start another wave. It seems to be somewhat under control here so open things up, make masks mandatory and keep social distancing . Covid isn't going away, and will return this next flu season. Stringent measures yes, but to keep losing jobs isn't going to be nothing short of a disaster for the world. Cancel Songkran this year, or let it happen and see 100's die drunk on the road.

Edited June 9, 2020 by fredwiggy

[petedk]

1 hour ago, dave moir said:

I smell a rat!!!! Why is there only pubs mentioned when talking about maybe having to close quickly in the case of a second wave?

Why are the government so anti bars?

Alcohol is one of the pet hates of this government.

 

Or should I say public drinking of alcohol. I know many of the ministers like a little tipple.

[baansgr]

18 hours ago, Brunolem said:

What long holidays??? 

 

Do the children need holidays after 4 months at home? 

 

And what are long holidays going to do for the millions of unemployed? 

 

The real emergency is for everybody to get back to work! 

 

 

 

 

The problem in places like Pattaya and Phuket...it won't make any difference. Jomtien has been packed solid with Thais the past week....sat on their pickups or the pavement with Hong Thong and food brought from the boonies.... restaurants, massage shops are all empty...it's good to see a bit of normality but it's not putting money in the pockets of businesses in these areas.

[Caldera]

"He added that in case the government decides to extend the state of emergency, it may allow large gatherings of people."

 

Mostly worried about protests, not about the virus, unsurprisingly.

 

[madmen]

Let's face it the Thai people need to be ruled with a firm hand especially right now. If they were compliant in the first place none of this would be necessary but they think they are above the law, always have ...They got the government they deserve IMO

[Thomas J]

Total of 56 deaths in a country of 70 million.  This should be a Wharton School study on how to kill an economy for decades. 

[sukhumvitneon]

Locked out of Thailand forever, oh well

[brain150]

1 hour ago, PumpkinEater said:

Require a test to inbound tourists, but get this country up and running IMHO.

Well ... if there would be one ????

 

You might want to look into this whole "test" issue !

Then you would also find out that the "outbreak" will never end !

 

Ever heard about validation of a test ? Never happened in this case !!!

False positives ? About 1% ? .... you test 1000 people and 10 will be positive just because of the test ????

 

They didn't even isolate the virus yet ... so much about Science in this case !!!

 

Google: Dr. Andrew Kaufmann

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by brain150

[djuiiy]

its 99% that the immigration ban will be extended. all airlines have already canceled all london - bangkok flights for july. The airlines are told in advance whats happening. It looks to be an October start to me.

Edited June 9, 2020 by djuiiy

[SidJames]

2 minutes ago, djuiiy said:

its 99% that the immigration ban will be extended. all airlines have already canceled all london - bangkok flights for july. The airlines are told in advance whats happening. It looks to be an October start to me.

Eva Air fly BKK-LHR weekly & that flight comes from Taipei

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Skies may open to tourists end of June, though country may remain under state of emergency

 

Skies may open up but don't expect pennies from heaven to fall.

[sukhumvitneon]

11 minutes ago, djuiiy said:

its 99% that the immigration ban will be extended. all airlines have already canceled all london - bangkok flights for july. The airlines are told in advance whats happening. It looks to be an October start to me.

more like never

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, dave moir said:

I smell a rat!!!! Why is there only pubs mentioned when talking about maybe having to close quickly in the case of a second wave?

Why are the government so anti bars?

Because they have nothing to do with keeping their income stream up.

[Megasin1]

is it me, or is all this crappe just becoming boring and monotonous? about to, plan to, may do etc. etc. Could we not just have news reports on things that have actually happened, hence they are news, rather than constant speculative not news yet. I understand it is easier to translate government propaganda as its relentless selling but it would be better to actually get out there, find out what's going on and report it, a bit like news reporters they portray in movies, or has everyone forgotten how to do this ?

[MJKT2014]

2 hours ago, maddermax said:

I'm retired here. I need to travel to Hong Kong in the next 30 days. If I manage to get a flight will I have to undergo the 14 day quarantine on return having already been locked down for 3 months?

They are not letting retirees in at moment so it will be a one way trip out if you go.

Edited June 9, 2020 by MJKT2014

[statman78]

I don’t expect international flights to resume in July.  I had a flight booked to the US and back for late July.  Two days ago Cathay Pacific cancelled the Hong Kong to Bangkok flight and could not provide another flight.  I cancelled the entire trip.  It’s too bad since I was going to attend a school reunion.

[Jackcwba]

They can open the border to whoever they want.. nobody will be paying 30-60K to be quarantined for 14 days... most people who come here on holiday probably only come here for 14 days anyway. Would be a nice surprise to find out you will be spending your entire time in the land of smiles under quarantine.

[RedRoadRunner]

 

“We also have to see if other countries will open their skies. Things will become much clearer in the next week or two,” he said. 
 

they seem to have no idea which countries have resumed normal flights already for weeks !

 

[Peterphuket]

20 hours ago, statman78 said:

The government just wants to keep the ability to do anything it wants.

Not the government, but the Junta.

[Burma Bill]

20 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I just want to be able to fly out and back in either internationally or within the Asean countries.  I wonder if that will be on the table or not.  

For interest, if it helps you plan for the future, Air Asia's on-line booking system is now operational and there are bargain fares. For example, I want to fly from Siem Reap to Chiang Mai in November on a "Fly-Thru" ticket. Several flights to choose from (via DMK) all at 164 US$ (about 4,900 baht) RETURN.

[billd766]

19 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

The delayed Songkran holidays from 7-9 July.

There are loads of people who have been working throughout the pandemic, they would like a holiday.

quote "There are loads of people who have been working throughout the pandemic, they would like a holiday." Then let them have a holiday with pay as well but let others who NEED to work, go back to work.

 

There are millions of people out of work and are desperate to get back and earn some money to pay off their debt.

 

My son starts school on July 1st for 3 days and the following week the schools will be closed for a week. He has been off school for the last 3 1/2 months already. What idiot dreamed up this fiasco.