Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections

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Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker wears a protective mask at a street market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas, the public health ministry said.

 

All but three of the 58 locally transmitted cases reported were linked to an outbreak discovered at the weekend at a seafood centre near the capital Bangkok, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the country's COVID-19 taskforce, told a briefing.

 

Cases have been detected in 27 of the country's provinces since last week. More than 1,300 infections have been linked to the seafood centre outbreak, the majority of those migrant workers from Myanmar.

 

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Orathai Sriring; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

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58 new domestic cases, no countrywide lockdown for now

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Thursday (CCSA) reported 67 new cases – 58 domestic ones – over a 24-hour period, while spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin confirmed that there would not be a lockdown across the country for now.

 

Of the 58 domestic cases, 55 have been linked to the Samut Sakhon outbreak, one connected to the cluster in Tak province, and two patients who went to a crowded area.

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will later report about tests on migrant workers.

 

Meanwhile, the new cases under quarantine comprise three Thais who returned from Myanmar, one from Japan and one from Qatar, as well as an American businessman from the United Arab Emirates and two Americans who travelled from their country.

 

Separately, an asymptomatic Cambodian woman, 19, was found on December 17 illegally entering the country and was taken for hospital treatment in Chon Buri.

 

The CCSA has come out with colour coding – red, orange, yellow and green – for each province depending on the number of infections.

 

Samut Sakhon is presently the only province coded red, which requires the highest level of surveillance.

Health officers must take the highest proactive virus search while migrants have been ordered to stay in one particular area. Residents need to wear a face mask all the time in all areas and follow health guidelines, including installing the MorChana app, a more advanced version of the ThaiChana application. The province has also set up many checkpoints. High-risk venues including entertainment ones and schools have been closed. The fishery business can still operate, but under Public Health Ministry guidelines. Factories and offices can stay open but the work-from-home option is recommended.

The provinces coded orange – which signify more than 10 cases – presently consist of Bangkok, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Nakhon Pathom. These provinces are on full alert for any new infections.

 

The yellow-coded, or moderate-risk, provinces which have less than 10 patients are Saraburi, Samut Prakan, Suphan Buri, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Uttaradit. Chachoengsao, Kamphaeng Phet, Phetchabun, Ayutthaya, Phuket, Phetchaburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachin Buri, Krabi, Khon Kaen, Chainat, Udon Thani, Phichit, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Sawan and Angthong.

 

Provinces coded green are ones where there are no Covid-19 cases.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and CCSA executive said before a brief conference that the current Covid-19 situation in the country is different from the one abroad, according to DDC reports.

 

He thanked all staff and the people for having patience and making sacrifices so Thailand could succeed in overcoming the virus, just as it did earlier this year.

 

Prayut said he regretted that the New Year festival, a time when everyone is happy, will now see restrictions on celebrations to keep the virus from spreading.

 

Another critical issue is that foreign workers who are spread across the country need to be taken care of, he said, adding that he didn’t blame illegal workers since it was their employers who brought them in so they could pay low wages. They did not follow the labour law and should be ashamed of themselves, Prayut said.

 

He added that the Cabinet would next week discuss a solution to register more labour workers to meet demand.

 

Meanwhile, 21 patients have recovered and been discharged in the past 24 hours.

 

As of Thursday afternoon, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand has increased to 5,829 (1,402 in state quarantine and 1,273 from active case findings). Of these, 1,653 are in hospital and ad-hoc quarantine facilities and 4,116 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains at 60.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10am the number of confirmed global cases has increased to 79.05 million (rising by 683,008). Of these, 55.62 million have recovered, 21.67 million are active cases (106,569 in severe condition) and 1.74 million have died (an increase of 13,423).

 

Thailand ranks 143rd for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number, with 18.91 million, followed by India 10.12 million, Brazil 7.37 million, Russia 2.93 million and France 2.5 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400165

 

 

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[dinsdale]

I don't believe this. They are hiding the true numbers of Burmese infections in Samut Sakhon. From 1 to 1200 in 6 days and now only 55 today. About a 75% decrease ( I think) in a day. Pardon my maths.

[Pattaya Spotter]

Good news...cases going in the right direction.

[gearbox]

17 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I don't believe this. They are hiding the true numbers of Burmese infections in Samut Sakhon. From 1 to 1200 in 6 days and now only 55 today. About a 75% decrease ( I think) in a day. Pardon my maths.

That's dumb reporting designed to lay blame and confuse.  The 67 cases are only for Thais and people coming from overseas. Bangkok Post mentions "separate figure issued for migrant workers",  but it is not clear what this separate figure is for the last 24 hours.

Migrant workers or not, these people are all in Thailand and should be reported together with the Thais as a single number.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A worker wears a protective mask at a street market amid the coronavirus disease

I hope the person who tied all those bags was wearing gloves?

[wasabi]

What are the odds domestic flights are canceled sometime soon? I was planning to go to Phuket around New Year's from BKK by plane, but wondering if that will even be possible.

[Pdavies99]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker wears a protective mask at a street market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas, the public health ministry said.

 

All but three of the 58 locally transmitted cases reported were linked to an outbreak discovered at the weekend at a seafood centre near the capital Bangkok, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the country's COVID-19 taskforce, told a briefing.

 

Cases have been detected in 27 of the country's provinces since last week. More than 1,300 infections have been linked to the seafood centre outbreak, the majority of those migrant workers from Myanmar.

 

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Orathai Sriring; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-24

 

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That picture sums up Thailand, Face mask on face, but not covering his nose!!  See it all the time!

[Donga]

What do the doomsayers want? They are reporting the numbers, admitting there is a massive outbreak and advising what measures are being taken to control.

I have every confidence that their systems and community wearing of masks will sort this out.

There aren't many countries I'd prefer to be in managing Covid. Just lucky I'm in Australia, which also isn't shabby with contact tracing controls and masks, while I wait to get back. Not too long now ????

[onthedarkside]

 

"New cases among migrant workers were not reported on Wednesday and Thursday, with the explanation that they were being rechecked. "

 

https://apnews.com/article/international-news-public-health-myanmar-coronavirus-pandemic-prayuth-chan-ocha-a9d6b62d04316ae59a459380a934b245

 

That's the reason for the discrepancy between the 1200+ positive cases that the local news has already reported vs. the vastly smaller official new confirmed case numbers being announced today by the MoPH.

 

 

[unblocktheplanet]

I count 27 provinces plus Bangkok from previous news reports. We need to see figures for ALL new infections & complete transparency about how they are handled.

[Glaswegian2]

3 hours ago, onthedarkside said:

 

"New cases among migrant workers were not reported on Wednesday and Thursday, with the explanation that they were being rechecked. "

 

https://apnews.com/article/international-news-public-health-myanmar-coronavirus-pandemic-prayuth-chan-ocha-a9d6b62d04316ae59a459380a934b245

 

That's the reason for the discrepancy between the 1200+ positive cases that the local news has already reported vs. the vastly smaller official new confirmed case numbers being announced today by the MoPH.

 

 

 

Hard to believe I know but there are still quite a few folk who put their wine in cracked bottles. As if there were not sufficient reason not to.

 

 

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

That picture sums up Thailand, Face mask on face, but not covering his nose!!  See it all the time!

People have to breath, that is what a nose is for, it is unnatural to cover it up.

[Anton9]

16 hours ago, Pdavies99 said:

That picture sums up Thailand, Face mask on face, but not covering his nose!!  See it all the time!

Do you spend your days looking at other people noses?

[dinsdale]

On 12/24/2020 at 3:20 PM, dinsdale said:

I don't believe this. They are hiding the true numbers of Burmese infections in Samut Sakhon. From 1 to 1200 in 6 days and now only 55 today. About a 75% decrease ( I think) in a day. Pardon my maths.

I said this before and the fact is the govt is not releasing the numbers of infected Burmese workers in the huge Samut Sakhon cluster. Haven't done for 2 days now.

Edited December 25, 2020 by dinsdale

[Bell1234]

On 12/24/2020 at 6:28 PM, Donga said:

What do the doomsayers want? They are reporting the numbers, admitting there is a massive outbreak and advising what measures are being taken to control.

I have every confidence that their systems and community wearing of masks will sort this out.

There aren't many countries I'd prefer to be in managing Covid. Just lucky I'm in Australia, which also isn't shabby with contact tracing controls and masks, while I wait to get back. Not too long now ????

Unstoppable once it's out there and it's out there bigtime no matter what the Government says..