Covid-19 patients sneak into Thailand, take separate flights to Don Mueang, Phitsanulok

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Covid-19 patients sneak into Thailand, take separate flights to Don Mueang, Phitsanulok

By The Nation

 

 

A 21-year-old woman, who sneaked into Thailand from Myanmar before taking a plane to Bangkok, was found to be infected with Covid-19.

 

The Thai woman, who visited Myanmar with a friend from November 17 to 27, crossed the natural border in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district in the wee hours of November 28.

 

She and her friend, both suffering from a fever, cough and runny nose, then checked into a hotel before calling a Grab Car to Chiang Rai airport later in the day, where she took a flight to Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport and her friend to Phitsanulok.

 

Reports say that she was not wearing her mask properly when travelling by taxi from the airport to her condo in Udomsuk.

 

She reportedly visited a clinic nearby with her boyfriend on November 29 for treatment of her symptoms, but was told to go to hospital. Her infection was detected at a private hospital in Bangna that day. Her boyfriend is deemed to be at high risk due to close contact.

 

Meanwhile, her friend apparently flew to Phitsanulok with plans to travel to Phichit. No data of her whereabouts was available as of press time.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398959

 

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[ukrules]

It's time to quarantine the north.....

[Snig27]

And so it spreads. 

[hasitha77]

GG Thailand 

[champers]

Tbese are some of the few caught; what about the ones who are free and spreading the virus who knows where?

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

All BS not covid-19 in Thailand.

I have been brainwashed.

????❤????????

[Justgrazing]

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The Thai woman, who visited Myanmar with a friend from November 17 to 27, crossed the natural border in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district in the wee hours of November 28.

 

is she a Scottish Thai or just get caught short ..

[Keesters]

1 hour ago, Snig27 said:

And so it spreads. 

Originating with Thai people, not dirty farang or other undesirable, non Chinese, foreigners. 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Keesters

[GeorgeCross]

1 hour ago, champers said:

Tbese are some of the few caught; what about the ones who are free and spreading the virus who knows where?

 

hmmm, something to ponder while talking to the 'new girl' on soi 6 tonight..

 

 

 

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

 

is she a Scottish Thai or just get caught short ..

I believe when asked she answered  ach mai chai jimmy.

[overherebc]

39 minutes ago, overherebc said:

I believe when asked she answered  ach mai chai jimmy.

And her Thai/French/Scottish friend said  Je ne mai chai ken pa.

Ok end of.

[MadMuhammad]

Bบgger me. Really?? <deleted>

[tomazbodner]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

It's time to quarantine the north.....

It's 2 weeks too late for that. Unless at least Bangkok and Phichit/Phitsanulok also get locked down. Trouble is that these 16 were just those that were caught. How many hundreds crossed and haven't been caught? How far around the country have they spread already?

[MadMuhammad]

2 hours ago, champers said:

Tbese are some of the few caught; what about the ones who are free and spreading the virus who knows where?

Proof? 

[mtls2005]

The authorities need to identify these people ASAP with names and photos. People who've come into contact with them deserve that transparency.

 

IMO they should also be prosecuted.

 

 

 

 

[foreverlomsak]

1 hour ago, Keesters said:

Originating with Thai people, not dirty farang or other undesirable, non Chinese, foreigners. 

Ah. but they probably caught it in Myanmar, therefore probably from a foreigner (eg a non Thai), they are only spreading their good luck (or is it bad luck) as they will get free hospital treatment in Thailand they wont in Myanmar.

[foreverlomsak]

Remember the old adage nothing is worth having unless you share it around, when can we expect to share province lockdowns and alcohol bans again, any crystal ball guessers out there.

[FarFlungFalang]

52 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

The authorities need to identify these people ASAP with names and photos. People who've come into contact with them deserve that transparency.

 

IMO they should also be prosecuted.

 

 

 

 

Prosecution may just drive it underground and deter infected people from getting tested perhaps they might be better off encouraging those sneaking across the border to get tested by offering protection from prosecution and persecution.

[herfiehandbag]

3 hours ago, ukrules said:

It's time to quarantine the north.....

Apparently these characters visited "Farm Fest", a big music festival in Chiang Rai. So did a great many teenagers from Chiang Rai. They have now been told to stay at home by schools, until the 7th of December.

 

Teaching half empty classrooms today!

[4reaL]

7 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

hmmm, something to ponder while talking to the 'new girl' on soi 6 tonight..

 

 

 

 

Many are usually sick with coughing as we well know.

[Prince77]

It starts to annoy me: Thais travelling from other countries back to Thailand don't need a Covid test before flying and are a potential danger for other passengers and crew on board and others are sneaking in despite symptoms. Irresponsible!

 

Probably a few years prison will serve the purpose.

[treetops]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

She and her friend, both suffering from a fever, cough and runny nose, then checked into a hotel before calling a Grab Car to Chiang Rai airport later in the day, where she took a flight to Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport and her friend to Phitsanulok.

Could someone please try to book a Grab Car from Mae Sai and let me know how they get on?  Not available to me when I try.

[Sametboy2019]

Evidently they don't have s stamp leaving Thailand into mynmar also. Lazy management for border patrol and the general thainess of making rules and not following them

[impulse]

10 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

13 hours ago, champers said:

Tbese are some of the few caught; what about the ones who are free and spreading the virus who knows where?

Proof? 

 

Well, for starters, there's the friend in the story on the OP...

 

She and her friend, both suffering from a fever, cough and runny nose.......

.......

 

Meanwhile, her friend apparently flew to Phitsanulok with plans to travel to Phichit.  No data of her whereabouts was available as of press time.

 

In fact, here's 6 more.  Or maybe 5 more.  Hard to tell with the quality of the reporting.  (or the quality of my reading)   And I think most reasonable people would deduce that they're not the only ones. 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by impulse

[wombat]

The genie is out of the bottle 

[Almer]

People have been talking about the porous border for months and this government did what, once/if this gets hold the lack of tourist will be insignificant and i assume many top brass will do a runner, but before we go on a thai bashing rant this is also happening in other countries, it is individuals who need to be shiwn the error if thete ways

[Almer]

Its here and im sure it has been for a while, but no recent deaths reported, now that is what i find strange.

[chainarong]

As I've got family around the border areas, they tell me people have been sneaking into Thailand since this Covid out break begun, there are more holes in the border defense than a slab of Swiss cheese and even more holes in the covid virus control  across all of Thailand , how many testing labs are set, up how many people are tested every day,  have you tested the sewerage water for Covid,  are all these procedures being done or is it a guestimate guessing. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by chainarong

[PingRoundTheWorld]

11 hours ago, 4reaL said:

 

Many are usually sick with coughing as we well know.

No worries, that's just HIV. Not Covid!

[PingRoundTheWorld]

20 minutes ago, Almer said:

Its here and im sure it has been for a while, but no recent deaths reported, now that is what i find strange.

Either the quantities aren't enough for mass fatalities like in other countries, or it's covered up, or Thais in general are less prone to be have co-morbidities. Or a little bit of all.