Thai, American friends of Indian COVID patient found in Patong; now in care, awaiting tests

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Thanit Sermkaew. Photo: PPHO / file

 

PHUKET: Dr Thanit Sermkaew, chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has confirmed that the Thai and American friends of the Indian man now confirmed as infected with COVID-19 have been located and removed from contact with the general population in Phuket.

 

The two are among 79 people considered as high risk of contracting the virus following the Indian man travelling to Phi Phi Island before coming to Phuket, from where he and the Thai friend boarded a Thai AirAsia flight to Chiang Mai.

 

The “investigation team” of health officials tasked with the ‘track and trace’ of the Indian man’s movements found both the Thai and the American friends in Patong yesterday (Nov 8), Dr Thani told The Phuket News.

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/thai-american-friends-of-indian-covid-patient-found-in-patong-now-in-care-awaiting-tests-77923.php

 

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This guy has done some serious travelling around Thailand since October 27th. (Phi Phi, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Sukhothai etc).

I hope that the authorities are tracking more than these two people? Or even more than the 79 'high risk'?

Hotels/car hire (to Sukhothai)/restaurants etc etc.

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by Tropicalevo

You wonder if they tracked and traced everyone on his flight and, then tracked and traced each one of them and, then their contacts. Whew that's a whole poopload to track down.

18 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

This guy has done some serious travelling around Thailand since October 27th. (Phi Phi, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Sukhothai etc).

I hope that the authorities are tracking more than these two people? Or even more than the 79 'high risk'?

Hotels/car hire (to Sukhothai)/restaurants etc etc.

Truth is "track & trace" has failed and they have no idea who he's been in contact with, or where & when exactly he's visited anywhere.