Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief

[webfact]

Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief

By THE NATION

 

 

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.

 

“So far, 49 cases have been found to be related to the people who crossed the border illegally from Myanmar. Of them, 30 have tested positive for Covid-19 in local state quarantine facilities, while the 17 who travelled to seven provinces before testing positive have infected two others so far.

 

“Health officials in the seven provinces, namely Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phichit, Ratchaburi, Singburi and Tak traced and tested more than 6,000 persons suspected of having close contact with the infected. Other than the two who contracted Covid-19 from the Tachilek arrivals, there are no unaccounted for cases or infections resulting from an unknown origin.

 

“This means that the seven provinces are safe,” Opas added. “No areas have been classified as risky, so people can travel locally without having to quarantine themselves when returning to their home province.

 

“However, people still need to use protect themselves by wearing face masks, washing their hands regularly, avoiding crowded areas and using the Thai Chana platform to record their movements.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399452

 

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[stubuzz]

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.

Did you test everyone?

[tomazbodner]

At least every COVID patient they are aware of...

[colinneil]

Just now, tomazbodner said:

At least every COVID patient they are aware of...

At least everyone they are admitting to, would be more apt.

[ThailandRyan]

23 minutes ago, colinneil said:

At least everyone they are admitting to, would be more apt.

+1

[NanLaew]

After almost 9 months of Covid awareness and a combined hundreds, maybe thousands of hours surfing the net and watching YouTubes, I see that some members here are still blissfully ignorant about how tracking and testing actually works. Give yourselves a collective pat on the back for consistency.

[sammieuk1]

Looks like it's only ASQ where the daily figures pro rata seems to be the global epicentre of transmission but it is a Thai disease control chief that's saying everyone has been found  ????

[Emdog]

Headline says "patients accounted for" and then lesser headline says " no unaccounted cases"...

Is a patient the same as a case.... what (if any) is the difference? I suppose you could have a case of someone identified as having the virus, but given no treatment so not a patient?

So little testing happening that any numbers are essentially meaningless? Seems a variation on "Ask me not questions I tell you no lies" to "If we do no testing then we have no cases"

[wombat]

and the borders remain porous ?

[foreverlomsak]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled,

Yeah, but what about the rest of the provinces, according to a senior doctor there are 24 in isolation in the state hospital of the provinces capital, according to an announcement by the local Pyaban 3 more were added on Thursday but official reports via media and DDC website states none since three in March.

I wish we could get everybody singing from the same hymn sheet, or at least telling the same version of the truth, that way we would be better informed as to how big the problem really is. As this is Thailand probably no chance.

[foreverlomsak]

7 minutes ago, wombat said:

and the borders remain porous ?

send for Trump, he's out of a job, and he "managed" to wall off Mexico didn't he, at least to same standard as most Thai project success rates, witness the amount of attempts to stop flooding on Pattaya beach road it floods at least twice a year and they then "fix" it so it won't flood again, every year

[foreverlomsak]

He, the director-general of the Disease Control Department, looks exactly like the guy I use to fix my computer issues, an older version admittedly but the same hair style and glasses.

Edited December 12, 2020 by foreverlomsak

[wensiensheng]

44 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

Yeah, but what about the rest of the provinces, according to a senior doctor there are 24 in isolation in the state hospital of the provinces capital, according to an announcement by the local Pyaban 3 more were added on Thursday but official reports via media and DDC website states none since three in March.

I wish we could get everybody singing from the same hymn sheet, or at least telling the same version of the truth, that way we would be better informed as to how big the problem really is. As this is Thailand probably no chance.

Singing from the same hymn sheet? Check out the news in USA. A statistically significant number of people think Covid is a hoax, an even bigger number think there is no need for masks and myriads of conspiracy theories abound. And all this not just in the general populous, but within various governing bodies of elected officials including the Senate and House of Representatives.

 

I’d say Thailand is doing just fine, thanks very much.

[johnarth]

yes it seems the warm weather is still working its magic, and thank god for that not the fakers, it also seems us people living in Thailand are doing better than the rest of the world not because the prime minister said so, but because of the weather, death cases at a minim from all of us not just Thais thank you, just another fact

[Guderian]

Let's not celebrate too quickly, the four-day weekend with a lot of travel to the northern provinces to admire the fog seas and enjoy the cool weather might have done a lot of damage that will only become apparent in the next week or two. I certainly hope that the guy is right, but when it comes to this virus you can't afford to let your guard down at all.

[NanLaew]

36 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Let's not celebrate too quickly, the four-day weekend with a lot of travel to the northern provinces to admire the fog seas and enjoy the cool weather might have done a lot of damage that will only become apparent in the next week or two. I certainly hope that the guy is right, but when it comes to this virus you can't afford to let your guard down at all.

 

I read in another local news story that the amount of travelers availing themselves of this final "Songkran make-up" long weekend is less than on previous ones.

 

The border crossings and quarantine avoidance is more concerning as Thailand's cool season prevails. Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan are battling third waves compounded with regular flu season.

 

With Myanmar and Malaysia seeing upward trends and the broadly unverifiable or unreliable claims from Cambodia and Laos, vigilance is needed. I would hope that there is a plan to quickly reactivate local or regional lockdowns and reboot the mask, sanitizer and space initiatives if local infection clusters begin to appear outside of SQ/ASQ.

 

 

 

 

[Suradit69]

3 hours ago, Emdog said:

Headline says "patients accounted for" and then lesser headline says " no unaccounted cases"...

Is a patient the same as a case.... what (if any) is the difference? I suppose you could have a case of someone identified as having the virus, but given no treatment so not a patient?

So little testing happening that any numbers are essentially meaningless? Seems a variation on "Ask me not questions I tell you no lies" to "If we do no testing then we have no cases"

Golly the TV Forensic Analysis & Research Team (F.A.R.T.) wastes no time swinging into action.

 

[Almer]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief

By THE NATION

 

 

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.

 

“So far, 49 cases have been found to be related to the people who crossed the border illegally from Myanmar. Of them, 30 have tested positive for Covid-19 in local state quarantine facilities, while the 17 who travelled to seven provinces before testing positive have infected two others so far.

 

“Health officials in the seven provinces, namely Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phichit, Ratchaburi, Singburi and Tak traced and tested more than 6,000 persons suspected of having close contact with the infected. Other than the two who contracted Covid-19 from the Tachilek arrivals, there are no unaccounted for cases or infections resulting from an unknown origin.

 

“This means that the seven provinces are safe,” Opas added. “No areas have been classified as risky, so people can travel locally without having to quarantine themselves when returning to their home province.

 

“However, people still need to use protect themselves by wearing face masks, washing their hands regularly, avoiding crowded areas and using the Thai Chana platform to record their movements.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399452

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-12-11

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

So every single person in Thailand is free of  Covid other than the ones they know, but they didn't test me or possibly 50 million others so how does that all work Sherlock.

[tombangkok]

Overall, Thailand is doing way better than any Western countries. Keep it up, Thailand!

[Moonlover]

43 minutes ago, Suradit69 said:

Golly the TV Forensic Analysis & Research Team (F.A.R.T.) wastes no time swinging into action.

 

And repeat the same old garbage over and over again.

[Percy P]

3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Singing from the same hymn sheet? Check out the news in USA. A statistically significant number of people think Covid is a hoax, an even bigger number think there is no need for masks and myriads of conspiracy theories abound. And all this not just in the general populous, but within various governing bodies of elected officials including the Senate and House of Representatives.

 

I’d say Thailand is doing just fine, thanks very much.

Well let them have their thinking .As long as one wears a mask and goes along  with the advice ,  It you see someone not wearing a mask avoid them. There only putting themselves at risk. There's people who think the world is flat irrespective of the space pictures showing the world is round

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ryandb]

19 hours ago, NanLaew said:

After almost 9 months of Covid awareness and a combined hundreds, maybe thousands of hours surfing the net and watching YouTubes, I see that some members here are still blissfully ignorant about how tracking and testing actually works. Give yourselves a collective pat on the back for consistency.

Firstly if you've spent thousands of hours researching in 9 months I'd suggest getting a life. 9 months is roughly 6500hrs. Log off and get some sleep!

 

Secondly depends what information you are viewing as there is a lot of misinformation and factually wrong and politically motivated information being portrayed as fact. Hence the mass hysteria (governments still refuse to admit its not as bad as it was first feared)

 

Tracking and tracing can only work if every party has been using the app or signing in at every premises they entered (barely happens at most places) and remembers exactly where they were at all times even if they do then the chances of someone else being in a restaurant without cameras and not being traced is pretty high.

[AlfHuy]

One, two, three, four hmmmm, what was it again.

Four

Hmmm

 

Let's start again.

 

Maths is not  a very strong subject in LOS.

[AlfHuy]

1 hour ago, tombangkok said:

Overall, Thailand is doing way better than any Western countries. Keep it up, Thailand!

Steven100?

[RichardColeman]

Wonder how many hospitals have advised 'quick' cremations ? 

[Harry Fingerling]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

So far, 49 cases have been found to be related to the people who crossed the border illegally from Myanmar. Of them, 30 have tested positive for Covid-19 in local state quarantine facilities, while the 17 who travelled to seven provinces before testing positive have infected two others so far.

What about the ones you haven’t found?

 

[PEE TEE]

 

Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for... Are you sure ?

[Jonathan Swift]

22 hours ago, stubuzz said:

Did you test everyone?

 

22 hours ago, stubuzz said:

Did you test everyone?

Are you an Epidemiologist?

[Magenta408]

Coroni is very respectful to borders and seems to really likes to boogey at 10 PM. Oh well.....

[Jonathan Swift]

4 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

send for Trump, he's out of a job, and he "managed" to wall off Mexico didn't he, at least to same standard as most Thai project success rates, witness the amount of attempts to stop flooding on Pattaya beach road it floods at least twice a year and they then "fix" it so it won't flood again, every year

You think Trump actually built his wall? He put up steel fencing along a tiny length of the border which videos showed people easily climbing. What else do you imagine Trump did? Cure Covid in the US? You're as deluded as he is. The only think Trump ever had any skill at is being a master con artist. And he's not so good at that any more, he lost. Did he manage to con you?