Thailand confirms SECOND domestic COVID case in as many days - this time in Chiang Rai

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Thailand confirms SECOND domestic COVID case in as many days - this time in Chiang Rai

 

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Thailand’s Department of Disease Control on Sunday confirmed its second domestic COVID-19 case in as many days.

 

The latest case was confirmed in Chiang Rai and comes just 24 hours after a Thai woman tested positive for COVID-19 in Chiang Mai.

 

According to the National News Bureau of Thailand, the patient from Chiang Rai is a friend of the woman who tested positive in Chiang Mai. 

 

Both had been working in Myanmar and seemingly returned to Thailand without undergoing the mandatory quarantine period in a state facility - an investigation has been launched into how this was allowed to happen.

 

The patient in Chiang Rai showed symptoms between 16-22 November while she was still in Myanmar. She began to feel better by the 24 November before returning to Thailand on the 26 November, along with her friend who was confirmed as the patient in Chiang Mai.

Although they showed no symptoms the pair started in the Mai Sai Inn.

 

On 28 November the Chiang Rai patient discovered her friend in Chiang Mai had been diagnosed with COVID-19. 

 

She then went by motorcycle taxi to Bangkok Hospital Chiang Rai where she received testing for COVID-19. The hospital admitted her due to details of her case and symptoms.

 

On 29 November, the test came back positive and she is currently receiving treatment.

 

The DDC has since stated that the second patient did not have a widespread travel history, unlike the first patient in Chiang Mai who had visited a shopping mall and bar.

 

Meanwhile, the authorities on Sunday also said that security will be stepped up along the border with Myanmar to stop illegal entry.

 

However, the permanent checkpoint at the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge will remain open, officials said, in order to maintain important cross border trade. 

 

 

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[RotBenz8888]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

security will be stepped up along the border with Myanmar to stop illegal entry.

Security stepped up again, is it the fifth time now? How many levels do they have? 

[GeorgeCross]

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Both had been working in Myanmar and seemingly returned to Thailand without undergoing the mandatory quarantine period

 

whoops, double locked the front door.. forgot to close the backdoor!

 

 

 

 

[Blumpie]

This is where things may get out of control.  I'm sorry to say but this thing is far more virulent now and spreads like crazy.  

 

[KC 71]

I thought that Tachilelk~Mai Sai  was still shut.

[Traubert]

56 minutes ago, Blumpie said:

This is where things may get out of control.  I'm sorry to say but this thing is far more virulent now and spreads like crazy.  

 

After ten months?

[hasitha77]

brace yourself for another wave of COVID

[4MyEgo]

"Both had been working in Myanmar and seemingly returned to Thailand without undergoing the mandatory quarantine period in a state facility - an investigation has been launched into how this was allowed to happen".

 

 

 

 

[webfact]

Chiang Rai province on COVID-19 alert after two Thais back from Myanmar infected

 

 

A limited curfew, from midnight until 4am, has been imposed on two bridges linking Mae Sai district, of Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, with Myanmar’s Thachilek township. Trading on the two bridges was also ordered to close at 6pm as the Chiang Rai provincial administration steps up measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 from across the border.

 

Two female Thai bar workers, working in the Thachilek township, slipped back into Mae Sai district last week and both tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. They are now being treated at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital.  The third, working in the same bar, travelled to Chiang Mai and also tested positive, after she developed symptoms associated with the virus.

 

The infection of the three women, who slipped into Thailand through illegal natural border crossings, has caused alarm among health officials in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces.  Hundreds of people who were in close contact with them have been traced by health officials for screening or to be advised to confine themselves at home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chiang-rai-province-on-covid-19-alert-after-two-thais-back-from-myanmar-infected/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-11-30

 

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[sammieuk1]

Oh dear and tourism in tatters ????

[Aspaltso]

3 hours ago, Blumpie said:

This is where things may get out of control.  I'm sorry to say but this thing is far more virulent now and spreads like crazy.  

 

Yes, and this drier weather, and dirty sir returning to northern Thailand you could see a regional outbreak soon.

[KC 71]

13 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Oh dear and tourism in tatters ????

Has been since April 

[KC 71]

12 minutes ago, Aspaltso said:

Yes, and this drier weather, and dirty sir returning to northern Thailand you could see a regional outbreak soon.

Lets hope not eh, i don't want to be hiding under the bed just yet !

[trainman34014]

These Goons obviously haven't noticed nobody needs a 'Bridge' to get across !

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

These Goons obviously haven't noticed nobody needs a 'Bridge' to get across !

 

   Those "Goons" are quite aware of the porous nature of the border 

[nycjoe]

3 hours ago, KC 71 said:

I thought that Tachilelk~Mai Sai  was still shut.

You can wade across the river. 

[Natai Beach]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Two female Thai bar workers, working in the Thachilek township, slipped back into Mae Sai district last week and both tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. They are now being treated at Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital.  The third, working in the same bar

Scum of the earth. 
Stupid, selfish and irresponsible. Have no self respect and zero respect for others. Worst of the worst.
This will effect people’s businesses and could cost some lives. 

[Geoffggi]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Both had been working in Myanmar and seemingly returned to Thailand without undergoing the mandatory quarantine period in a state facility - an investigation has been launched into how this was allowed to happen.

Small brown envelope perhaps .........LOL

[Susco]

3 hours ago, Traubert said:

After ten months?

 

What have the ten months to do with this?

 

Thailand has currently confirmed domestic cases, during cold season, which increases the risk of spreading.

 

I assume you had maths classes in your younger years, and know how multiplying works

[JeffersLos]

4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Security stepped up again, is it the fifth time now? How many levels do they have? 

 

Security levels range from 1 to 100 thousand baht. 

[petedk]

13 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

Further, if one refers to the full article of Thai PBS one reads "COVID-19 is spreading in Thachilek, with nine new cases recorded on Saturday, bringing the total to 21." If one follows the article thoroughly, there are three ladies crossing a natural border from Thachilek to Chiang Rai and importing the plague into Thailand. In other word there are THREE new domestic cases, who may have spread the virus. Hopefully this spread can be limited and stopped.

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Sorry I was so fast.

[paulbj2]

I do hope they have checked the border guards who let them through without being quarantined; banknotes can carry the virus!

[keithkarmann]

4 hours ago, KC 71 said:

I thought that Tachilelk~Mai Sai  was still shut.

A friend of mine thinks that working girls get through the security for a freebe or a donation.

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[KhaoNiaw]

2 minutes ago, paulbj2 said:

I do hope they have checked the border guards who let them through without being quarantined; banknotes can carry the virus!

They didn't go through an official crossing - went cross-country and then over the river. They were even taking selfies and posting on Facebook about it.  

[Kaopad999]

This is getting out of hand now. Maybe they should lock down Chaing Mai until they get things under control? 

[shady86]

Maybe Thai authorities can start a feasibility study to build the great wall of Thailand across its borders. It could work wonders for tourism post Covid. ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, KC 71 said:

I thought that Tachilelk~Mai Sai  was still shut.

Yes, but just climb over the barrier ????

 

[rabas]

4 hours ago, Traubert said:

5 hours ago, Blumpie said:

This is where things may get out of control.  I'm sorry to say but this thing is far more virulent now and spreads like crazy. 

After ten months?

No, from the beginning.  Geneticists have shown there were two strains from very early on designated 614D and its mutation 614G. 614G is much more infective but the disease is not more severe.

 

Because 614D came first, it dominated most of China and Asia. Combined with better preparedness, Asia including Thailand were able to control the virus's spread. 

 

614G seeded Italy, Europe, and the US east coast and spread much more rapidly throughout the less prepared West. Now, almost all the virus in the West is 614G. The worry for Asia is that the faster spreading 614G could get out of control here.

 

Image of how 614G quickly dominated the pandemic.

 

https://ladailypost.com/lanl-newer-variant-of-covid-19-causing-virus-dominates-global-infections/

[Kaopad999]

22 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said:

They didn't go through an official crossing - went cross-country and then over the river. They were even taking selfies and posting on Facebook about it.  

Very, Very bad. 
Now because of some selfish individuals more people are likely to contract this + more lives lost just because they were too  lazy to quarantine..  ????