Condo where Covid-19 patient lived tightens screening

By THE NATION

 

 

A condominium building, in which a man who has tested positive for Covid-19 lived, has started implementing more strict measures to screen visitors since Friday (September 4).

 

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

 

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

 

According to an investigation, the man lived in the condominium and worked as a DJ in the Rama III and Rama V areas before he was arrested. He has no record of travelling to any foreign country.

 

On Friday morning, Nation reporters visited the condominium building and saw the guards strictly check each visitor. They asked all visitors to identify themselves before visiting or leaving the place.

 

Moreover, every local living around the condo wore face mask, the reporter added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394009

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

On Friday morning, Nation reporters visited the condominium building and saw the guards strictly check each visitor. They asked all visitors to identify themselves before visiting or leaving the place.

shouldn't this had be done before, why some stores, buildings, offices still conduct temperature checking, hand sanitizing and trace, while many places have completely relaxed their awareness/guard, by doing so, things like that may/will happen the prefect example it's shown by some European countries, they lower their guard, infections jumped

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

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

Maybe should read "This is the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case discovered in over 100 days following testing of a previously unsuspected Thai male"

29 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

shouldn't this had be done before, why some stores, buildings, offices still conduct temperature checking, hand sanitizing and trace, while many places have completely relaxed their awareness/guard, by doing so, things like that may/will happen the prefect example it's shown by some European countries, they lower their guard, infections jumped

Because why bother when teflon Thailand has 100 days with no local transmission?? 

The whole arrogant narrative does nothing but induce lowering the guard - who can blame them?

Yesterday my local Lotus in Chiang Mai at around 10 am had no checking staff, no temperature control but sign-in, check in sheet available and even one other entrance without any passive controls at all. Such relaxation is obviously potentially dangerous.

 

Why would they 'fess up to this particular case?

 

Is it because of the indivuduals "demographic" status?

 

A prelude to demonising a section of the Thai population (before revealing the true extent of infection) as they have done with a "dirty" section of foreigners?

 

Will it be clubbers, and then young people in general?

 

"First they came for the "dirty" foreigners, then........", etc.

 

 

Edited September 4, 20205 yr by Enoon

A wild guess: He must be infected by a dealer. ????????