Two Thai returnees among nine who test positive for Covid-19 in state quarantine

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Two Thai returnees among nine who test positive for Covid-19 in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported nine new cases in state quarantine facility over a 24-hour period on Friday.

 

All of the cases are asymptomatic and include a 56-year-old Thai masseuse who returned from Lebanon on November 1. She went into state quarantine in Chonburi, where she tested positive on November 8.

 

Two Swiss men aged 74 and 76, and a 52-year-old Thai woman, who had arrived from Switzerland on November 6 and checked into a Bangkok alternative state quarantine hotel, were found infected on November 11.

 

Five other foreigners to had come from their own countries tested positive in alternative state quarantine hotels in Bangkok. They included a 37-year-old Filipino engineer, who arrived on November 6 after taking a connecting flight from Hong Kong and was found positive on November 11. A 45-year-old Indian woman arrived on November 7 and tested positive on November 11, a 42-year-old Kuwaiti, who arrived on November 10 and tested positive the same day, a 43-year-old French national who arrived on October 30 and tested positive on November 11 and a 66-year-old Briton who arrived on November 6 and tested positive on November 11.

 

According their health data, this is the second time that the French man and the Briton have been infected by the virus. They had previously tested positive in July and on October 16 respectively.

 

Meanwhile, four other patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 3,861 (903 in state quarantine), 104 of whom are in hospital and 3,697 have recovered. The death toll remains unchanged at 60.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10am, the total number of confirmed cases worldwide had risen to 53.08 million (up by 642,653). Of them, 37.2 million have recovered, while 14.58 million are active cases (95,680 in severe condition) and 1.3 million have died (up by 9,666).

 

Thailand ranks 149th in the list of most affected countries, while US tops the list with 10.87 million patients, followed by India with 8.72 million, Brazil 5.78 million, France 1.9 million and Russia 1.85 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397894

 

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[Whale]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

............... and a 66-year-old Briton who arrived on November 6 and tested positive on November 11.

 

According their health data, this is the second time that ........., the Briton have been infected by the virus. They had previously tested positive ......on October 16 .....

 

So this man just gets over C'vid and jumps straight on a plane? How easy is it make a fake copy of a C'vid test in the UK?

[Jumbo1968]

Why would anyone have a mandatory COVID Test 72 hours prior to boarding a flight with the biggest percentage of passengers being no tested Thai people ? 
I am stuck in the U.K. with my Thai partner and son and I can’t foresee me going through the expensive hoop jumping then arrive in Thailand and possibly me or one of my family being ‘tested positive’.

[Jen65]

I think Jumbo1968 has hit the nail on the head with his comment but it needs to be extrapolated and makes for astonishing reading !!!

I'm not sure people are aware that Returning Thai Nationals are not required to have a Covid-19 RT-PCR test before boarding a flight back to Thailand . They only need a Fit to Fly Certificate .Everyone else is required to have both .

So a Thai National may have contracted the virus before flying but maybe still in the incubation period or a carrier , and thus unknowingly infect another passenger on the flight .  The infected passenger may only be detected either on arrival if tested or in quarantine but meantime persons on the flight may have been infected and their infection may only be detected on arrival or in quarantine .

This is a crazy breach of Covid-19 safety measures and also somewhat discriminatory especially as foreigners must fund their tests, their flights , their re-Entry costs, their quarantine whereas Thai Nationals get most of this paid by the government .   

ALL passengers boarding flights to Thailand should have mandatory Covid tests at least 72 hours prior to boarding in the current Thai Government safety prevention measures !!      

[Traubert]

Or the Brits shouldn't be allowed on the flight...........

[KannikaP]

A bit off topic but, how could a man in UKs top security jail and presumably quarantined, contract Covid?

 

Move to Covid topic please.

[jchfriis]

18 hours ago, Jen65 said:

I'm not sure people are aware that Returning Thai Nationals are not required to have a Covid-19 RT-PCR test before boarding a flight back to Thailand . They only need a Fit to Fly Certificate .Everyone else is required to have both .

 

But don't you understand that the virus checks your passport before attacking?