Committee Agrees to Reduce Travel Quarantine

 

 

BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – The National Communicable Disease Committee agreed to reduce travel quarantine to 10 days from 14 days in Thursday’s meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Ministry Anutin  Charnvirakul.

 

The Disease Control Department will issue strict regulations on the new measures to monitor the quarantinees for another four days after they complete the mandatory 10-day quarantine.

 

Contact tracing system will be put in place and they must adhere to social distancing rules, avoid crowded places and wear face covering.

 

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1 minute ago, snoop1130 said:

The Disease Control Department will issue strict regulations on the new measures to monitor the quarantinees for another four days after they complete the mandatory 10-day quarantine.

Tell me how that is different, oh wait lets see they will have to adhere to the new and improved contract Tracing system which will be put in place. I see that they must also adhere to social distancing rules, avoid crowded places and wear face covering.  So they will  just watch where they go, have them check in, and then test anyone they have contact with after the fact. Sounds bulletproof to me.  It is a start, but I believe it will be a shiite show.

That's still 10 days too much.

True ... but baby steps in the right direction.

16 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Ministry Anutin 

the wise one has spoken.... did he forgot that a French lady stayed in quarantine for 14 days and tested negative, a week later  travel to Kho Samui and then tested positive

25 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The National Communicable Disease Committee agreed to reduce travel quarantine to 10 days from 14 days in Thursday’s meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Ministry Anutin  Charnvirakul.

love seeing anutin associated with policy; then i can measure his comments on my BS meter

 Well  done Khun Anutin.

18 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

the wise one has spoken.... did he forgot that a French lady stayed in quarantine for 14 days and tested negative, a week later  travel to Kho Samui and then tested positive

The big question is did she arrive with it or catch it in quarantine?

18 minutes ago, Sametboy2019 said:

The big question is did she arrive with it or catch it in quarantine?

The consensus is that she acquired the Virus in Quarantine prior to being let out.  The ASQ Hotel has been removed from the list of the hotels allowed due to lax procedures apparently.

 

However, this was just released in another OP:

Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, director of the Disease Control Department’s Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, said on Thursday the French patient’s test did not match that of two other foreign guests at the same hotel who tested positive. He said tests showed the woman had contracted the infection 17 days earlier, which rules out the Samut Prakan hotel.

 

 

 

Thailands low Covid numbers are based on luck, lies and low numbers of testing.

 

The lucky part is related to its climate, the social behaviour and a possible genetic predisposition of the people. This was discussed numerous times in the forum already, citing scientific studies. 

 

But these reasons will ensure that Thailand stays safe not only with reduced quarantine, but even without quarantine and open borders.

 

Even if there was no quarantine and open borders, only very few tourists would come, with far less than 1% being infected, due to negative testing before entering the country. This might in the worst case lead to a few hundred asymptomatic or mild cases in the country, similar to what was the case in European countries during summer time.

 

Possibly the number of deaths would stay close to zero, due to the genetic predisposition preventing severe cases (-> article in Nature), rather than the around 5 to 10 daily deaths Italy or Germany had during summer. The few tourists who would come would stay mainly outdoors at the beaches, restaurants and while sightseeing, posing very little danger even in the unlikely case of an infection. So overall, Thailand would stay very safe even with zero quarantine and open borders.

 

Coming back to my first sentence, the points of "lies, and low numbers of testing": Very likely the numbers of a few hundred asymptomatic or mild cases and a handful of deaths (if at all), are the case in Thailand already today, anyway.

 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

The consensus is that she acquired the Virus in Quarantine prior to being let out.  The ASQ Hotel has been removed from the list of the hotels allowed due to lax procedures apparently.

Who would of thought a Thai business would of been lax to procedures? Reporting elsewhere she caught it 17 days ago before arriving. Didnt know you could pinpoint a day of infection!

1 minute ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Who would of thought a Thai business would of been lax to procedures? Reporting elsewhere she caught it 17 days ago before arriving. Didnt know you could pinpoint a day of infection!

Made an edit to my post as a new article has just been put out.  They once again are changing the story...go figure.  If that is so then exactly where she picked up the virus is another Mystery.

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Made an edit to my post as a new article has just been put out.  They once again are changing the story...go figure.  If that is so then exactly where she picked up the virus is another Mystery.

Think we all know where she probably got it from. Have to protect the cash cow!

"Contact tracing system will be put in place and they must adhere to social distancing rules, avoid crowded places and wear face covering."

 

Very funny. They might sit in bars or discos every night where nobody cares about any regulations. They also will be on the beach without masks. They will be in restaurants without masks. And perhaps not use them at all when they are not at locations like malls where they are forced to use them. And there might be tourists that will not care about any protection. You can see such behavior in Europe where people even protest against protection measures. 

IF they are going to do this then why extend the state of emergency NOT make any sense !!

9 minutes ago, essox essox said:

IF they are going to do this then why extend the state of emergency NOT make any sense !!

 

Likely two reasons:

1. As per numerous countries around the world, they need extra powers to escalate measures if/when required as normal laws tend not to cover the measures required in a pandemic.
2. They can (mis)use the powers under the state of emergency to crack down on "dissent"

So is this actually official? I'm planning on doing quarantine over Xmas so any days off the 14 is a bonus. 

2 hours ago, essox essox said:

IF they are going to do this then why extend the state of emergency NOT make any sense !!

It's simple, they're not going to do this.

 

Nobody listens to Anutin and I very much doubt that anyone in the government will act on this.

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The National Communicable Disease Committee agreed to reduce travel quarantine to 10 days from 14 days in Thursday’s meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Ministry Anutin  Charnvirakul.

9 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I believe it will be a shiite show.

Guess who Im thinking of!   Yank to Yank   ????

8 hours ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Think we all know where she probably got it from. Have to protect the cash cow!

Dont forget the sick buffaloes!   Please..someone..please think of the buffaloes...velly...velly sick....mai sabai

16 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Breaking News! Will be a Daily quarantine....monitored over a 14 day initial processing period, or 2 week trials

 

Or Elite Covid Package..One day Quarantine but have to book ASQ and stay within that room for 14 days ????

If this is really true, then at least it shows that the government actually wishes to get more tourists to the country. That is not a bad thing. 

7 minutes ago, OumarhindaOunsingha said:

If this is really true, then at least it shows that the government actually wishes to get more tourists to the country. That is not a bad thing. 

agreed in principle today to reduce mandatory quarantine from fourteen days to ten days-however, it is not final and will need review and approval from other agencies and officials

The proposal will need approval from both the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration and the Thai Cabinet.

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/10/29/thai-communicable-disease-committee-agrees-on-principle-of-lowering-quarantine-to-ten-days-however-needs-ccsa-and-cabinet-approval/

 

 

1 hour ago, vinny41 said:

agreed in principle today to reduce mandatory quarantine from fourteen days to ten days-however, it is not final and will need review and approval from other agencies and officials

The proposal will need approval from both the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration and the Thai Cabinet.

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/10/29/thai-communicable-disease-committee-agrees-on-principle-of-lowering-quarantine-to-ten-days-however-needs-ccsa-and-cabinet-approval/

 

 

So don't hold your breath and don't book tickets just yet.

Is that a new list of caveats regulations and rinse schedules he is holding ????

Bad idea  keep the 14 day quarantine 

Well get ready for the second wave TIT

most peoples holiday is 14 days. so now they get 4 days holiday an dten days quarantine.  no good

So if they reduce it to 10 days, then the cost for the quarantine in ASQ hotels should reduce, right?

TIT, Lets see.