Thai health authorities announce four "risky flights" - passengers urged to contact hospitals

 

 

The Thai department of public health has announced four domestic flights that represent a risk of Covid-19 transmission. 

 

The flights were all on the Chiang Rai to Don Muang (Bangkok) route.

 

Passengers on the flights are urged to monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days from the day of the flight noting fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat and impairment to taste and smell. 

 

People can call 1422 and should contact a local health care center or hospital to have a test. 

 

The flights are as follows:

 

DD 8717    Nok Air            28th November 1.40pm

SL 533      Thai Lion Air   29th November 10.40am

WE 137     Thai Smile       29th November 8.30pm

SL 545      Thai Lion Air   30th November 7.15pm

 

Source: Sanook

 

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3 minutes ago, webfact said:

Passengers on the flights are urged to monitor themselves for symptoms 

No quaranten? Do they pose less risk than people from abroad? 

In another post from few minus ago the government says 'don't believe the fake news' about Thai people coming back from Burma infected and running around, so which is it than?...

If passengers are at risk of contracting or spreading the disease, the authorities can and must do contact tracing.

1 hour ago, Fromas said:

If passengers are at risk of contracting or spreading the disease, the authorities can and must do contact tracing.

 

I mean, they must have a passenger manifest, and I assume all pax need to use the ThaiChanna app, so they have a phone/email contact?

 

But at this point, seven to ten days since the flights, contact tracing would be a gigantic endeavour? Asssuming a total of 200 people (50 per flight), and after ten days they must have been in contact with a few thousand other people? So easier to put out this bulletin to at least identify those pax who may have symptoms?

 

Or send them some durian, see if they can smell it.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Fromas said:

If passengers are at risk of contracting or spreading the disease, the authorities can and must do contact tracing.

Nah. All they have to do is report a positive case when one of them gets scared and goes to the hospital. Otherwise, you won’t hear about it.

Saw some seatmaps published...

 

 

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

But at this point, seven to ten days since the flights, contact tracing would be a gigantic endeavour? Asssuming a total of 200 people (50 per flight), and after ten days they must have been in contact with a few thousand other people? So easier to put out this bulletin to at least identify those pax who may have symptoms?

To make this request for Passengers to come forward a minimum of 7 Days after their Flights, really does not signify to me a Government and Health Authorities that have control over the situation.

In 7 days, these Passengers if Infected, could have un- knowingly passed the Virus to potentially Thousands of people just by going about their Daily lives.

Strange, Thai people are allowed to fly internationally without any kind of test and apparently there's no risk on those 10 to 20 hour flights....????

This is all getting a bit worrying.

We haven't been out and about for a while, pair of BOF's I suppose ????, so time at home suits us.

Her indoors is already muttering about being picky where and when we can go out.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

Strange, Thai people are allowed to fly internationally without any kind of test and apparently there's no risk on those 10 to 20 hour flights....????

It was a domestic flight

 

7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

No quaranten? Do they pose less risk than people from abroad? 

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

People can call 1422 and should contact a local health care center or hospital to have a test.

They have been asked to make an appointment for a test.... Lol
that's a bit like asking Thais not to enter illegally.

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

I assume all pax need to use the ThaiChanna app

Only those with smartphones - not those with standard 3G mobile ones??

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

I mean, they must have a passenger manifest, and I assume all pax need to use the ThaiChanna app, so they have a phone/email contact?

 

But at this point, seven to ten days since the flights, contact tracing would be a gigantic endeavour? Asssuming a total of 200 people (50 per flight), and after ten days they must have been in contact with a few thousand other people? So easier to put out this bulletin to at least identify those pax who may have symptoms?

 

Or send them some durian, see if they can smell it.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately,  nobody uses the the ThaiChanna app when flying out of Chang Rai.  I fly Chiang Rai to Bangkok at least once per month and never had to use it.  The passenger manifest should be enough to locate people.  Also Thai Smile, WE137 does not go to DMG.  It goes to BKK.  

 

 

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai health authorities announce four "risky flights" - passengers urged to contact hospitals

 

 

The Thai department of public health has announced four domestic flights that represent a risk of Covid-19 transmission. 

 

The flights were all on the Chiang Rai to Don Muang (Bangkok) route.

 

Passengers on the flights are urged to monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days from the day of the flight noting fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat and impairment to taste and smell. 

 

"People can call 1422 and should contact a local health care center or hospital to have a test."  If anyone does this, will they be charged, as far as I know the charge is between 6 and 8000 Bt. 

 

The flights are as follows:

 

DD 8717    Nok Air            28th November 1.40pm

SL 533      Thai Lion Air   29th November 10.40am

WE 137     Thai Smile       29th November 8.30pm

SL 545      Thai Lion Air   30th November 7.15pm

 

Source: Sanook

 

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People can call 1422 and should contact a local health care center or hospital to have a test. 

15 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Only those with smartphones - not those with standard 3G mobile ones??

 

OK, that's why I mentioned the manifest FIRST, which hopefully identifies every passenger by name, and ID/passport number. With either, the authories should be able to contact all passengers. But as I mentioned, after 10-ish days this is probably not worth the effort.

 

In the seatmap I posted the red seat is one of the infected Thai women from Myanmar, while the two blue seats are two unrelated who've since tested positive. The "authorities" say any transmission took place in the waiting area and NOT on the plane. Believe it was a Army or Police General who made this determination, perhaps based on CCTV footage.

 

15 hours ago, statman78 said:

Also Thai Smile, WE137 does not go to DMG.  It goes to BKK.  

 

Cool. Who said it went to DMK?

 

Pretty sure all WE flights use BKK exclusively and not DMK?

 

 

 

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

Cool. Who said it went to DMK?

 

Pretty sure all WE flights use BKK exclusively and not DMK?

 

 

 

I should have included that the original post said all of the flights went to DMK.

 

"The flights were all on the Chiang Rai to Don Muang (Bangkok) route."

 

I agree with you that all of the WE flights going to Bangkok go to BKK.

Almost no time left to quarantine for Nok Air flight  - 2 days left, 12 days passed for spreading any infection.