Prisoner may have tested positive for Covid-19: CCSA

By The Nation

 

 

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Thursday (September 3) that one prisoner may have tested positive for Covid-19.

 

He added that the test detected genetic material of the virus, which means the man had picked up the infection from someone else.

 

The Public Health Ministry and Department of Disease Control are expected to make an announcement at 6pm.

 

The suspected Covid-19 case is a new inmate who was transferred to the Central Special Correctional Institute on August 26. Though asymptomatic, he tested positive on Wednesday.

 

The 30 other prisoners in the institute have tested negative, while the suspect has been isolated for treatment.

 

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Oh dear, this does not look good at all. There will be a full audit trail of any prisoners movements inside the system.

 

 

Lock the country down again, & ban sale of alcohol.  Err on the side of caution ????

7 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Oh dear, this does not look good at all. There will be a full audit trail of any prisoners movements inside the system.

 

 

The second wave is here!There's been an infinite percentage increase in covid cases in Thailand in one day.It's not safe here anymore.

Lions, and Tigers, and bears Oh My..........The elephant in the room has just appeared from being invisible, but has been here the whole time.  Go figure

They start tourist tour's already in prison's! How can inmate get covid if don't have in Thailand! Must be from dirty farang who had tourist tour there!

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He added that the test detected genetic material of the virus, which means the man had picked up the infection from someone else.

why does nobody proof read these articles... test for genetic material positive means "he had picked up the infection from someone else" ?

 

wow.

thanks for that test then, no way we would have guessed it otherwise!

 

maybe it would make more sense to say that the man had been infected at some point in time, but might already have cleared the infection ?

Panic! Local infection! Take cover! To the bunkers people! 

 

No worries though, they'll find out it was a false alarm. You can come back out from under the table now.

3 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Panic! Local infection! Take cover! To the bunkers people! 

 

No worries though, they'll find out it was a false alarm. You can come back out from under the table now.

Already in my underground bunker, with time lock on the exit.  Hope it doesn't rain in the next 14 days...

What's the odds on a farang gave it to him to mitigate any blame  ????

36 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He added that the test detected genetic material of the virus, which means the man had picked up the infection from someone else.

be de be de.... that's all doc.

7 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

What's the odds on a farang gave it to him to mitigate any blame  ????

About 100 to 1.Now Thailand can safely have the second wave and blame someone else. 

Now soon should be anouncement... I heared something of about 30 prisoners and many stuff are invected...
Let's wait annoucement 6pm (Thai Time)

Shock horror, the myth has been exposed.

It's been confirmed that he tested positive. He hasn't left the country and he was sent to prison August 26th. He was working as a DJ at places like Khoa San Road before.

 

 

Such horrible news. One case. Unacceptable. It is a huge disaster. Public health is at great great risk. The country should be totally shut down for another 6 months 555

We need an alcohol ban immediately. That'll sort it all out.

43 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

It's been confirmed that he tested positive. He hasn't left the country and he was sent to prison August 26th. He was working as a DJ at places like Khoa San Road before.

 

 

Only Thais go there now, no backpackers left, local transmissions between the natives.

1 hour ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

Lock the country down again, & ban sale of alcohol.  Err on the side of caution ????

Ban alcohol forever and legalize weed. The world would be a better place ????

Thailand reports first domestic coronavirus case in 100 days

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported its first local coronavirus transmission in more than 100 days, officials said, after a man who was recently imprisoned failed a routine test at a Bangkok jail.

 

The man, 37, tested positive on Wednesday during scheduled weekly testing, the Department of Corrections said in a statement, adding that he had not travelled abroad or been in close contact with a known positive case.

 

The man, a former nightclub DJ, has since been hospitalized and prisoners who came into contact with him have been isolated.

 

All of Thailand's cases in the past three months have been imported and detected in quarantine.

 

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Prisoner tests positive becoming first local Covid-19 case in 100 days

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed on Thursday (September 3) that a 37-year-old man being detained over drug charges has tested positive for Covid-19.

 

This is the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in Thailand in over 100 days.

 

Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, DDC director general, said the prisoner was recently shifted to the Central Special Correctional Institution in Bangkok.

 

The man lived in a condo in Bangkok’s Bang Mod area and worked as a DJ in Rama III and Rama V areas before being caught.

 

The prisoner has been sent to hospital, while the 34 prisoners who were in the same cell are being quarantined.

 

Medical officials have learned that the man had come in contact with five relatives, two of whom are living upcountry.

 

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1 minute ago, snoop1130 said:

while the 34 prisoners who were in the same cell

think there is a problem here ?????

The only reason they caught this one seems to be because they test the ones going to prison. 

12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The man lived in a condo in Bangkok’s Bang Mod area and worked as a DJ in Rama III and Rama V areas before being caught.

Contact tracer's nightmare I would imagine!

Impossible.

 

I am assured Safe Thailand has no covid.

1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Shock horror, the myth has been exposed.

Are you quite happy about there being a new case in Thailand ?

Bit of a blow for their so called Covid free Thailand, as said on numerous occasions by many on here, no testing, no Covid !

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2020/09/03/jail-in-lockdown-after-prisoner-found-with-coronavirus/

 

BANGKOK — An inmate at Khlong Prem Prison tested positive for the coronavirus in what officials described Thursday as the Kingdom’s first case of local infection in 100 days. 

 

The 37-year-old prisoner was jailed on drug charges and shared a cellroom with 34 other inmates, officials said in an urgent news conference. He is said to have worked as a DJ in popular nightlife areas, including Khaosan Road, and up to 34 people are considered to be at high risk of contracting the virus from him. 

 

7 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Are you quite happy about there being a new case in Thailand ?

There have always been cases in Thailand. The only place that I have come across someone with symptoms was in a Thai bar just off Ratchada soi 17 in March, a girl with a persistent cough.

 

It's quite naive believing the spin that they have been coming out with.

4 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

There have always been cases in Thailand. The only place that I have come across someone with symptoms was in a Thai bar just off Ratchada soi 17 in March, a girl with a persistent cough.

 

It's quite naive believing the spin that they have been coming out with.

You seem quite joyous about it , as do quite a few people on this forum .