Thailand's Phang-Nga province reimposes anti-COVID-19 restrictions for fear of second wave

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Thailand's Phang-Nga province reimposes anti-COVID-19 restrictions for fear of second wave

Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia

 

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BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- Authorities of Phang-Nga Province, one of Thailand's famous tourist destinations in the south, said on Saturday that anyone entering the province is subject to a 14-day home quarantine amid concerns for a second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

 

"A 14-day home quarantine is not too much to ask," said Phang-Nga provincial governor Chamroen Thipphayaphongthada, "however for those who can provide evidence of entering a state or local quarantine facility before arriving into the Phang-Nga, won't need to go through a another round of quarantine."

 

The announcement came after Thailand last week discovered a new local COVID-19 case after 100 days of free local transmission. The surging number of COVID-19 cases in neighboring Myanmar also prompted the governor to reimpose the health measures.

 

Full story: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/05/c_139345316.htm

 

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[RichardColeman]

Imagine travelling from outside Thailand, quarantining for 14 days , spending 2 nights in Bangkok, then having to quarantine for another 14 days here - not to mention another 14 days when you went home

[bodga]

fruitcake panic alert IS  ON

[kotsak]

Expect a flip-flop in 10..9..8..7

[steven100]

"A 14-day home quarantine is not too much to ask,"

 

yes it is too much to ask .....  who the heck is going to waste half their vacation stuck in quarantine  !!   crazy guy   !

won't be any tourists going there that's for sure .....

[Sharp]

Ridiculous!!!

[englishoak]

Everyone gonna die... lock it down ... again. 

[Venom]

Can't fix stupid. 

[Emdog]

Maybe they know something we don't know.... I admit that would be a first, but is in realm of possibility

[Bkk Brian]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK (Xinhua) -- Authorities of Phang-Nga Province

I'd prefer to wait to hear this reported from a Thailand news source rather than Chinese 

[SoilSpoil]

Phang Nga had no medical checkpoints yesterday, so I dont know where this 'news' is coming from. Could get in and out without any problem.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

"A 14-day home quarantine is not too much to ask,"

 

yes it is too much to ask .....  who the heck is going to waste half their vacation stuck in quarantine  !!   crazy guy   !

won't be any tourists going there that's for sure .....

Don't worry, no-one is coming.. this is for domestics only

[Deli]

56 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I'd prefer to wait to hear this reported from a Thailand news source rather than Chinese 

Probably a poor translation and not for people living in the country now, but for maybe future visitors from outside, and specially from the country, who gave us the flue.

[alant]

feel sorry for the people trying to make a living, one domestic infection and the area is locked down, shut tight.

Some second wave...

[chilli42]

Pathetic!  This decision is of course the "will of the people" and "what's best for them".  No consultation other matter because the higher ups no better than the unwashed masses. Hopefully people will remember this next time an election rolls around.  

[ChipButty]

2 hours ago, Venom said:

Can't fix stupid. 

Even duct tape cant do that

[Bender Rodriguez]

Thailand, the country where you have to double quarantine ... 

 

just WOW

[JusticeGB]

Probably have to change the slogan to "Amazingly Stupid Thailand". One case and making people who live in covid19 free Thailand go into quarantine on arrival into a different part of the country!

[timendres]

6 hours ago, Emdog said:

Maybe they know something we don't know.... I admit that would be a first, but is in realm of possibility

 

Possibly this?

Quote

2.2 Situation of Patients with Suspected Symptoms of COVID-19 in Thailand.

   On 25 August 2020 at 12.00, Thailand announced that 1,240 additional people met the criteria for PUI, raising the total to 409,632 PUI, as shown in Table 2.

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no233-250863.pdf

Note that the last report was dated August 25. The leak has been plugged.

[Xonax]

What the <deleted>!!
 

Just 2 days ago I just bought a voucher for a one week stay for two persons in Phang Nga, that will expire on 19. December 2020.

[Flying Saucage]

Amazing Thailand, this land of unparalled paranoia, hysteria, schizophrenia. Unbelieveble, simply unbelieveble.

[daejung]

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

"A 14-day home quarantine is not too much to ask,"

 

yes it is too much to ask .....  who the heck is going to waste half their vacation stuck in quarantine  !!   crazy guy   !

won't be any tourists going there that's for sure .....

May be these guys should test quarantine, even if they don't have to, just to see how it can feel for foreign tourists.

[DrTuner]

A DJ in BKK tests positive without realizing he was infected - half of Thailand shuts down. 

 

Is there such a thing as sympathy panic? You know, when the chickens start running and clucking on the ground you start motorboating in fear? Seems to be what's going on.

[DrTuner]

6 hours ago, Xonax said:

What the <deleted>!!
 

Just 2 days ago I just bought a voucher for a one week stay for two persons in Phang Nga, that will expire on 19. December 2020.

Exciting tropics, eh? You never know what kind of incarceration awaits. Quite a lure for the gazillions of tourists just waiting to get packed into an aeroplane to breathe into a mask for half a day and then be taken to their mystery gulag accommodations.

[DrTuner]

7 hours ago, timendres said:

 

Possibly this?

Note that the last report was dated August 25. The leak has been plugged.

They are just too lazy to translate them: https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/situation.php

 

PUI criteria is here: https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/guidelines/g_surveillance_230620n.pdf

Quote

2.1 Symptomatic PUIs with any of the following respiratory symptoms such as cough, runny nose, sore throat, anosmia, tachypnea, or shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing and/or having temperature ≥37.5 °C

 

Which covers just about any common cold. Has anybody tried lately to get tested?

 

Fun fact: my wife seems to be permanently running at 37.4, I at 36.8 (I have a high precision Braun temp meter that you stick in the ear). 0.1 more for her and she's toast. Never been stopped at the Cheap Chinese Infrared <deleted> meter station though. I guess you have to be over 50 DegC.

[rott]

17 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Imagine travelling from outside Thailand, quarantining for 14 days , spending 2 nights in Bangkok, then having to quarantine for another 14 days here - not to mention another 14 days when you went home

Do buck up Richard, if you've already done quarantine elsewhere you are exempt (according to the OP). 

And this comes from an official organ of the Chinese Communist Party. 

 

They ain't daft you know. Er.......... 

Edited September 7, 2020 by rott

[Xonax]

Do NOT book any kind of accomodation or travel to any part of Thailand outside of your home-province, as you will never know, which kind of quarantine request will suddenly pop up, before your scheduled holiday!  The government is encouraging residents of Thailand to travel within the country, in order to support the suffering tourism industry, while local guvernors are opposing the exact same idea!!

Edited September 8, 2020 by Xonax