Four local health officers among 19 new Covid-19 cases

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Four local health officers among 19 new Covid-19 cases

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Tuesday reported 19 new cases in quarantine facilities over a 24-hour period.

 

The new cases included four locally transmitted cases.

 

The overseas arrivals who tested positive included:

 

A Thai businesswoman, 38, who returned from Turkey on November 23; a Bulgarian businessman, 53, who arrived on November 27; a Thai female student, 24, who flew back from Morocco on December 1; a Thai man, 62, and a woman, 61, who returned from the United States on December 2; a Swiss tourist, 65, who arrived on December 2; a Danish tourist, 73, who arrived on December 2 after taking a connecting flight in the United Arab Emirates; a Thai female prisoner, 32, who returned on December 6 and was recognised as a re-active case on the day of arrival after her first infection occurred on November 23.

 

Six Thai women, aged 24-37, travelled back from Myanmar on December 2 and December 5. Each of them developed symptoms such as loss of sense of smell, muscle ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, fever, runny nose, etc. in local state quarantine. They were transported to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.

 

A Thai woman, 21, who admitted to entering the country illegally on November 29 with a Ratchaburi woman, a current patient, was found positive in a private hospital on December 5 and brought to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.

 

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel and partnered private hospitals, tested positive on December 4-5 after suffering from fever and headache. As for this cluster, there are 280 close contacts (51 high-risk and 228 low-risk). All the high-risk close contacts have tested negative while results are awaited of the low-risk contacts.

 

The public health authority is now investigating flaws or the source of infection of this group because health officers working in ASQ usually test themselves every three days.

 

Meanwhile, six patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand increased to 4,126 since the outbreak (1,139 in state quarantine), 192 are in hospital, 3,874 have recovered and been discharged and 60 have died.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases had reached 67.93 million (up by 527,209), 47 million have recovered, 19.37 million are active cases (106,184 in severe condition) and 1.55 million have died (up by 8,105).

 

Thailand ranks 151st for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 15.36 million, followed by India 9.7 million, Brazil 6.63 million, Russia 2.49 million and France 2.3 million.

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) says the virus situation in Myanmar has reached worrying levels, and has sought cooperation to stop trespassing on the border. The DDC added that food service on planes have now been halted because of the risk of infection spreading from drinking or eating.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399268

 

 

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[Phuketshrew]

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

a Thai female prisoner, 32, who returned on December 6 and was recognised as a re-active case on the day of arrival after her first infection occurred on November 23.

Out on parole?

[ThailandRyan]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

a Thai female prisoner, 32, who returned on December 6 and was recognised as a re-active case on the day of arrival after her first infection occurred on November 23.

This one confuses me, and needs further explanation.  Was she released from hospital quarantine  after being infected on the 23rd or November and then returned to the prison where she was found to still be infected.  Why would the hospital quarantine release her if she was still positive.  Somethings wrong.

 

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel and partnered private hospitals, tested positive on December 4-5 after suffering from fever and headache. As for this cluster, there are 280 close contacts (51 high-risk and 228 low-risk). All the high-risk close contacts have tested negative while results are awaited of the low-risk contacts.

As for this group where did they work, and they must be considered domestic cases I would believe.  But still hard to believe that all of their contacts are negative  I am beginning to think that the testing has to be faulty and they are missing cases because of it.

[lopburi3]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

This one confuses me, and needs further explanation.  Was she released from hospital quarantine  after being infected on the 23rd or November and then returned to the prison where she was found to still be infected.  Why would the hospital quarantine release her if she was still positive.  Somethings wrong.

 

As for this group where did they work, and they must be considered domestic cases I would believe.  But still hard to believe that all of their contacts are negative  I am beginning to think that the testing has to be faulty and they are missing cases because of it.

Suspect this is a first test and most will not test positive yet - as they now are on monitor expect there will be active cases later but hopefully they will not be giving to others so it can be controled.

[ThailandRyan]

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

A Thai woman, 21, who admitted to entering the country illegally on November 29 with a Ratchaburi woman, a current patient, was found positive in a private hospital on December 5 and brought to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.

Where was this private hospital at?  This article leaves a lot of unanswered questions and is very confusing.  Was the hospital in Chiang Rai or Ratchaburi.  If she was in Ratchaburi why transport her all the way back up to Chiang Rai.  It would help if more info was in the report as I said earlier.  I think the spread is becoming more than they want to admit.

[RichardColeman]

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel and partnered private hospitals, tested positive on December 4-5 after suffering from fever and headache. As for this cluster, there are 280 close contacts (51 high-risk and 228 low-risk). All the high-risk close contacts have tested negative while results are awaited of the low-risk contacts.

So, you just come to the end of your quarantine, and get infected by the visiting health officials . Couldn't make it up could you. 

[MasterBaker]

Health workers now called officers. Bus drivers should be called bus officers then airline officers... bar officers....

[ourmanflint]

53 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

So, you just come to the end of your quarantine, and get infected by the visiting health officials . Couldn't make it up could you. 

This. They should explain where she worked, because if anyone at the ASQ hotel tested positive after her visit, they need to know

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel and partnered private hospitals, tested positive on December 4-5 after suffering from fever and headache. As for this cluster, there are 280 close contacts (51 high-risk and 228 low-risk). All the high-risk close contacts have tested negative while results are awaited of the low-risk contacts.

 

The public health authority is now investigating flaws or the source of infection of this group because health officers working in ASQ usually test themselves every three days.

" usually test themselves every 3 Days.

Yeah ! Right ! For sure they have been good Citizens and conformed to the requirements of their remit.

The UK, USA and many other Nations could not get a grip on their Health Workers fast enough due to a lack of PPE Etc in the early stages of the Pandemic, and see the mess they are in now..

There is absolutely no excuse for these infected people. 

They should have all the PPE, and know how after 9 Months of Covid

I think the only thing they dont have is Self Discipline

[mtls2005]

ASQ protocols seeem to be lacking.

 

 

[Elkski]

They need  to track how many foreigners got covid on the plane or in ASQ.  Is it 1% or 5%?

 

20,000 a month? 

Buy a 10 million  condo buy at Year  6 we will see how we treat you. Ok mai?

 

Why not start talking about once people get vaccines?   But since by then Thailand will have its first round going strong with the worst covid strain and no vaccines no one will want to come. 

[Albert Zweistein]

14 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

Health workers now called officers. Bus drivers should be called bus officers then airline officers... bar officers....

Isn't everyone in Thailand in the army ?

[gunderhill]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel

And  it's  all  just coincidence that only  now are   ASQ  hotels  getting infected  staff, now when the govt  needs  to lockdown those pesky  students under the guise of Covid,  guess there are  actually  thousands of cases in reality out there and always  have been in Thailand.

The last place Id  want to go to here would be an ASQ facility on arrival, combine that with their obvious lax and corrupt  border control and you  tell me this  hasn't been the case since day one.

Darn those pesky foreigners bringing  it  all in Mr Anutin.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Four health officers, including a nurse, aged 25-40, who went to perform duties in an alternative state quarantine (ASQ) hotel and partnered private hospitals, tested positive on December 4-5 after suffering from fever and headache. As for this cluster, there are 280 close contacts (51 high-risk and 228 low-risk). All the high-risk close contacts have tested negative while results are awaited of the low-risk contacts.

That's worrying...

[mtls2005]

12 hours ago, Elkski said:

They need  to track how many foreigners got covid on the plane or in ASQ.  Is it 1% or 5%?

 

My guesstimate is 0.75%.

 

pre-plane, plane and post-plane

 

That is derived from the total figures released on daily positives in quarantine, divided by the total number of returnees. It's probably on the low.conservative side.

Edited December 9, 2020 by mtls2005

[tonray]

16 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

Health workers now called officers. Bus drivers should be called bus officers then airline officers... bar officers....

In Malaysia, bus drivers are called "Captains"

[Guderian]

It seems more than a little unwise to allow the impending four-day holiday weekend to go ahead. They should be stamping down hard, like they did in April, not pretending that everything is under control when it obviously isn't.