Kanchanaburi school shuts for three days to prevent Covid-19 infection

By The Nation

 

 

A school in Kanchanaburi province announced that it would be closed for three days after reports its students might have been in the vicinity of illegal immigrants, to prevent the risk of Covid-19 infection.

 

Ban Yui Yae School made the announcement on its official Facebook page on Monday (August 31). Myanmar has reported a surge in Covid-19 cases in recent days.

 

The immigrants reportedly used natural routes to avoid the officials and managed to access the residential area. The school was informed that its students might have been in the vicinity of the Myanmar people.

 

The school has also requested students to be discreet about social distancing and avoid going out during the closure from September 1-3.

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

The immigrants reportedly used natural routes to avoid the officials

I can see why we need those submarines now, don't put it off. National security issue here.

impossible. No covid in Thailand.

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

The school was informed that its students might have been in the vicinity of the Myanmar people.

Those "dirty foreigners" again !!

Schools have been wide open in Sweden. This article presents a unique situation perhaps, but deaths of those under 50 in Sweden is about 70. Yes, you read that right, in a country with no lockdown. Deaths for schoolchildren 10 and under I think is 1. No lockdown, schools open, one death. 

 

It is utterly amazing that schools are closed anywhere. There is no more "we don't know yet". We know, children are not affected and do not transmit at a high rate. 

5 hours ago, johng said:

Those "dirty foreigners" again !!

Pure paranoia. Feeding xenophobia.

Cancellation of Phuket hotel bookings after news about possible arrival of foreigners in October.

 

5 hours ago, utalkin2me said:

Schools have been wide open in Sweden. This article presents a unique situation perhaps, but deaths of those under 50 in Sweden is about 70. Yes, you read that right, in a country with no lockdown. Deaths for schoolchildren 10 and under I think is 1. No lockdown, schools open, one death. 

 

It is utterly amazing that schools are closed anywhere. There is no more "we don't know yet". We know, children are not affected and do not transmit at a high rate. 

Don't bother with facts/education.

Pure zero infection propaganda since months.

Thai mindset: if you get infected you will die.

 

Sweden has vanished from the tabloids almost completely also in Europe.

Seems not enough substance for fear mongering anymore.

The outrage - a dog whistle for the sanctimonious attention seekers in positions of decision making power.

 

Though I’m astonished that there isn’t a photo of a local official pointing a poor feckless Burmese kid to accompany this news.

 

 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The immigrants reportedly used natural routes to avoid the officials and managed to access the residential area. The school was informed that its students might have been in the vicinity of the Myanmar people.

How embarrassing for the government, someone in charge of border security needs 6-lace holes.

18 hours ago, utalkin2me said:

Schools have been wide open in Sweden. This article presents a unique situation perhaps, but deaths of those under 50 in Sweden is about 70. Yes, you read that right, in a country with no lockdown. Deaths for schoolchildren 10 and under I think is 1. No lockdown, schools open, one death. 

 

It is utterly amazing that schools are closed anywhere. There is no more "we don't know yet". We know, children are not affected and do not transmit at a high rate. 

Children can have the virus...spread it to wash other in the schools, then they go home and infect their parents and family...who in turn infect others. 

 

It's not about the children dying or becoming seriously ill...as they usually don't. It's about helping to minimise the spread of the virus.  That is the reason schools can get closed. 

On 9/1/2020 at 3:19 PM, utalkin2me said:

Schools have been wide open in Sweden. This article presents a unique situation perhaps, but deaths of those under 50 in Sweden is about 70. Yes, you read that right, in a country with no lockdown. Deaths for schoolchildren 10 and under I think is 1. No lockdown, schools open, one death. 

 

It is utterly amazing that schools are closed anywhere. There is no more "we don't know yet". We know, children are not affected and do not transmit at a high rate. 

But Sweden’s COVID strategy still has many critics, including from within the country. Fredrik Elgh, a professor of virology at Umea University, points to the high death toll as evidence the light-touch approach has failed.

“We have almost 6,000 dead. We have betrayed our elderly,” he said in the Svenska Dagbladet report. “We should test and trace infection much more. But the Public Health Agency does not want that.”

Carlson of the public health agency and Sweden’s minister for health and social affairs, Lena Hallengren, are due to hold a press conference on the country’s COVID strategy later on Monday.

 

Sweden’s COVID-19 death rate is considerably higher than in many other countries, at 57 per 100,000