No long stay-tourists infected yet: Health Ministry

[snoop1130]

No long stay-tourists infected yet: Health Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

 

So far, no long-stay tourists have been found infected with Covid-19, though health authorities have urged Thais to keep their guard up after a symptomless man tested positive in Krabi last week.

 

The rare local case was an Indian restaurant worker aged 37 and living in Muang district.

 

He was found to be infected during a routine work-permit test at Krabi Hospital last Wednesday.

 

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic. Tests on 19 close contacts of the infected man have come back negative, while 32 contacts are in quarantine.

 

Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, chief of the Communicable Diseases Division, praised Krabi locals for not panicking and urged them to report to a medical facility if they experienced a fever, cough, respiratory symptoms, or lost their sense of smell.

 

Thailand is gradually opening its tourism industry via Special Tourist Visas (STV) offered to residents of countries at low risk of Covid19 transmission, such as China, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

 

The Public Health Ministry reports that so far, all tests on long-stay STV tourists in alternative state quarantine hotels have come back negative.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397627

 

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[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, snoop1130 said:

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic.

What kind if BS are they trying to spew here. He has been in the country since February. What a 3 ring curcys we have going on.

[scubascuba3]

Is this the same Indian man you was subsequently negative on 2nd and 3rd test? 

[sammieuk1]

Who believes anything that is said by a Thai mouth about this pandemic ????

[Cali farong]

Of course he didn’t get it in Thailand.  He caught it 3 months ago and it just showed up.  The only people who would believe that are Thais.  

[teacherclaire]

23 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Who believes anything that is said by a Thai mouth about this pandemic ????

 

    There's no pandemic. Just don't test them and all is fine. 

[Woolsgibb60]

Obvious he didnt get it in thailand. thailand only had 59 deaths if u ever believe what ever comes out of there mouths

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

What kind if BS are they trying to spew here. He has been in the country since February. What a 3 ring curcys we have going on.

 

Not too dissimilar to what I thought they would say when a long post-quarantine STV tourist caught it:

 

Thailand to track tourists with digital wristbands

 

I just noticed the error I made regarding the number of weeks after leaving quarantine. That portion should have read:

 

"Tourist gets blame for carrying a "new strain" of virus that "hid" during pre-visit test, quarantine and the following 4 weeks"

 

 

 

 

 

[Flying Saucage]

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic.

 

Thailand, the land of lies and false narratives.

 

The powers that be here don't care at all about all the scientific knowledge and common sense in the rest of the world. They follow strictly their political agenda and feed their propaganda machinery accordingly.

 

Now they lie blatantly when they say he arrived three months ago, as he arrived already nine months ago. But who cares? If they repeat their lies often enough, almost everybody in this country of gullible people will believe this BS. 

 

By assigning all evil and all danger to foreigners, foreign countries and foreign powers, they try to stabilize the political and social system. And sadly this is a proven strategy in totalitarian countries. It has been working well for the Prayut administration so far, too. 

 

Even the democracy protesters don't complain much about the Covid lies of the government, at least when it is about foreigners. And we Western foreigners are the main victims of these fabricated stories.

 

So disgusting, so disillusioning, so scathing   ????

 

[mark131v]

One word: bulll<deleted>!!  that is all...

[roxnadz]

Wait, so are they saying this guy walked around carrying the virus for three months and they just now found him positive on an RT-PCR test? Not antibodies?

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, roxnadz said:

Wait, so are they saying this guy walked around carrying the virus for three months and they just now found him positive on an RT-PCR test? Not antibodies?

That's the way it reads,  but he has been here for 9 months not 3 from reading another article, had it been 3 he would have already passed through quarantineand I do not see any indication of that.  Kind of a damaging report if what they are saying is true. However, being asymptomatic and the Thais not testing the population without showing symptoms makes it assured that there are many asymptomatic people here.  Even if you have a minor cold you do not go to the hospital to get tested or treated, you self medicate by going to a pharmacy if necessary.

[roxnadz]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

That's the way it reads,  but he has been here for 9 months not 3 from reading another article.  Kind of a damaging report if what they are saying is true. However, being asymptomatic and the Thais not testing the population without showing symptoms makes it assured that there are many asymptomatic people here.  Even if you have a minor cold you do not go to the hospital to get tested or treated, you self medicate by going to a pharmacy if necessary.

 

Or, like many in this thread (including myself) are presuming, it's total bulls hit. ????

[Don Chance]

Coronavirus: Woman goes on to shed COVID-19 for 70 days; Know how long you can remain infectious

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/coronavirus-woman-goes-on-to-shed-covid-19-for-70-days-know-how-long-you-can-remain-infectious/photostory/79088482.cms

[ThailandRyan]

I posted the same article yesterday in another OP. It is an interesting read, but it adds another layer to those who have an inability to built up the needed immunity to discharge the virus completely.  

[mjakob007]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

No long stay-tourists infected yet: Health Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

 

So far, no long-stay tourists have been found infected with Covid-19, though health authorities have urged Thais to keep their guard up after a symptomless man tested positive in Krabi last week.

 

The rare local case was an Indian restaurant worker aged 37 and living in Muang district.

 

He was found to be infected during a routine work-permit test at Krabi Hospital last Wednesday.

 

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic. Tests on 19 close contacts of the infected man have come back negative, while 32 contacts are in quarantine.

 

Dr Sopon Iamsirithaworn, chief of the Communicable Diseases Division, praised Krabi locals for not panicking and urged them to report to a medical facility if they experienced a fever, cough, respiratory symptoms, or lost their sense of smell.

 

Thailand is gradually opening its tourism industry via Special Tourist Visas (STV) offered to residents of countries at low risk of Covid19 transmission, such as China, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

 

The Public Health Ministry reports that so far, all tests on long-stay STV tourists in alternative state quarantine hotels have come back negative.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397627

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-11-09

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Huh..

 

if the STV 39 went through 14 days quarantine and tested negative prior to release to civilization, were they expected to contract locally!!! When we are all free of domestic transmissions.. 

Or have we given up on that argument?

 

Or, were they administered the new domestic vaccine before release...

 

Indian chaps case of testing positive after being around for 9 months is sufficient evidence that we have been dealing with smokes and mirrors for quite a while 

[mrfill]

9 hours ago, Woolsgibb60 said:

Obvious he didnt get it in thailand. thailand only had 59 deaths if u ever believe what ever comes out of there mouths

While on the subject of not believing things, I think you should update your figures as the current count is 60.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/thailand/

[John Drake]

5 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

Even the democracy protesters don't complain much about the Covid lies of the government, at least when it is about foreigners. And we Western foreigners are the main victims of these fabricated stories.

 

Just wait until the Covid sweeps start.

[paulbrow]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic. Tests on 19 close contacts of the infected man have come back negative, while 32 contacts are in quarantine.

Are the 32 in quarantine positive?

[mjakob007]

Did we not miss the point here?

 

STV comes with covid proofing... that’s the selling point here

[John Drake]

32 minutes ago, paulbrow said:

Are the 32 in quarantine positive?

 

Doesn't matter. Into quarantine they go. Sort of convenient, if you think about it. Don't like somebody? Too many people standing around and criticizing? Plant a Covid positive in their midst and jail quarantine them all.

[Khunangkaro]

12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

What kind if BS are they trying to spew here. He has been in the country since February. What a 3 ring curcys we have going on.

Typical case of "False Positive".

All the testing is So Very Stupid. 

[ThailandRyan]

39 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Doesn't matter. Into quarantine they go. Sort of convenient, if you think about it. Don't like somebody? Too many people standing around and criticizing? Plant a Covid positive in their midst and jail quarantine them all.

Yes, lets make some money off of those dirty foreigners.

[micmichd]

8 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

 

Thailand, the land of lies and false narratives.

 

The powers that be here don't care at all about all the scientific knowledge and common sense in the rest of the world. They follow strictly their political agenda and feed their propaganda machinery accordingly.

 

Now they lie blatantly when they say he arrived three months ago, as he arrived already nine months ago. But who cares? If they repeat their lies often enough, almost everybody in this country of gullible people will believe this BS. 

 

By assigning all evil and all danger to foreigners, foreign countries and foreign powers, they try to stabilize the political and social system. And sadly this is a proven strategy in totalitarian countries. It has been working well for the Prayut administration so far, too. 

 

Even the democracy protesters don't complain much about the Covid lies of the government, at least when it is about foreigners. And we Western foreigners are the main victims of these fabricated stories.

 

So disgusting, so disillusioning, so scathing   ????

 

Not fabricated. In accordance with WHO (ie. UN) guidelines. 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Is this the same Indian man you was subsequently negative on 2nd and 3rd test? 

Yeah.... miraculous isn't it !

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, roxnadz said:

Wait, so are they saying this guy walked around carrying the virus for three months and they just now found him positive on an RT-PCR test? Not antibodies?

That's what the post above says... but another says he arrived back in April which is a lot longer than 3 months.

The problem with lies is you have to have a good memory to continue the BS

[Geoffggi]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

So far, no long-stay tourists have been found infected with Covid-19, though health authorities have urged Thais to keep their guard up after a symptomless man tested positive in Krabi last week.

The problem is would the government publicise it if it did happen - This is an example of how much they are trusted ...........

[KhunKenAP]

Is a hospital blood test and/or COVID test now a requirement for renewing a Work Permit??

[tomauasia]

Thailand is gradually doing nothing but make excuses and talk about useless Chinese. This is why your gov won't last. You have no knowledge about your own country and simply don't care.

[khunPer]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He is thought to have contracted the disease abroad before arriving in Thailand three months ago and remaining asymptomatic.

Other news stories says he – the Indian man in Krabi – arrived 1st February.