21 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Up to date, I'm counting infections in 40 provinces, plus Bangkok Awful hard to control. It's not just the numbers. It's geographical.

 

OF COURSE, bars, pubs, restaurants, massage need to be shut NOW! Obviously, temp readings do nothing.

 

I believe govt (Prayuth!) is not acting is because the infections have, so far, been centred in young & middle-aged groups. And there have been no fatalities, nor are the hospital, yet, overwhelmed.

 

It's a giant MISTAKE to focus on fatalities alone. There are long-term consequences to Covid infection.

 

Its also about mutation.

 

This appears to be the Indian variant of Covid spreading in Thailand.

 

Nobody knows how this might mutate when it gets into Thai's............. only needs to mutate in one person and then spread and there could be a new "Thai Variant" of Covid.

 

Lockdown, immediately should be done.  Shut down bars and clubs and anywhere where people socialise.

 

The longer it goes on the bigger chance of a massive problem ahead.

 

4 hours ago, rabas said:

These rising numbers are not good.

 

Interesting 19 December 4,041 cases, then 27 December 6,141, that's over 50% in 8 days.......ooooops

 

My friend in Chonburi school has shut and pupils tested after a student was found to be positive .1000 + Students ..no reports about that ? 

Allowing inter-provincial travel over the next 7 days could be the straw that breaks the camels back

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Surely if you want to get the confidence of the people, you have to give them as much information as possible.

Hiding anything makes people skeptical, and doesn't look good to the people. 

But IMHO the government don't care what the people think or how they feel.

Edited December 27, 20205 yr by billd766
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5 minutes ago, billd766 said:

But IMHO the government don't care what the people think or how they feel.

They don't have to care, they are not accountable to anyone.

Thailand confirms 121 new coronavirus infections

 

A migrant worker has her temperature checked as she queues to talk with the public health authorities for a COVID-19 investigation at a fresh market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 121 new infections of the novel coronavirus, a senior official said on Sunday, up from the 103 cases reported earlier in the day.

 

Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the country's COVID-19 pandemic taskforce, said at a briefing that the new cases include 94 domestic transmissions and 18 in migrant workers connected to an outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon, a province southwest of Bangkok.

 

Infections connected to this cluster have spread to 38 provinces.

 

Some 36 local infections were in Rayong province linked to a gambling den, the spokesman said.

 

"The numbers reflect a heavier (outbreak), but we have more knowledge and capacity," he said, adding that authorities were ready to handle the increased numbers.

 

Eight new cases were found in state quarantine facilities, and one infection in a person coming from abroad who did not enter quarantine.

 

Thailand has reported a total of 6,141 cases and 60 deaths.

 

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by William Mallard and Kenneth Maxwell)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-27

 

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3 hours ago, WHansen said:

Allowing inter-provincial travel over the next 7 days could be the straw that breaks the camels back

 

Maybe they realised that having such a "good" Covid record might lead to Thailand being "borders shut" for the next 2 to 3 years ?

 

 

10 hours ago, stevenl said:

Agree, the rise is not good. But it is a very slow rise, and still not very high, plus mainly in clusters. That is all good news, means with good tracking and tracing (and yes, Thailand has been extremely good at that), it can hopefully be contained.

They are not testing a lot, even with clusters.

 

10 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

Numbers roughly the same each day, are they increasing the number of daily tests or keeping it the same?

Unless they start widespread testing, this is what we’ll see. 

4 hours ago, dcnx said:

They are not testing a lot, even with clusters.

 

Unless they start widespread testing, this is what we’ll see. 

I didn't mention testing.

 

What is 'what we'll see"? The poster you responded to asked whether testing has increased.

Edited December 27, 20205 yr by stevenl

94 domestic cases among 121 new Covid-19 patients

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported 121 new patients, including 94 domestic cases, over a 24-hour period on Sunday.

 

The 94 domestic cases included 18 migrant workers found positive in proactive testing.

 

As for cases linked to the Samut Sakhon outbreak, Bangkok found 16 new patients, two in Krabi, one in Nakhon Sawan, two (a Myanmar and a Vietnamese) in Nonthaburi, one each in Narathiwat, Pathumthani, Surin, Samut Prakarn, Khon Kaen, Saraburi, three in Ratchaburi, five in Phetchaburi, eight in Rayong, and 11 in Nakhon Pathom.

 

Forty cases are still under investigation to track the source of infection -- one in Bangkok, three each in Phetchaburi and Tak, two each in Nakhon Pathom and Nonthaburi, 28 in Rayong (gambling den cluster), and one in Samut Songkhram.

 

So far 38 provinces in Thailand have reported new cases.

 

Eight visitors from abroad were found positive in quarantine facilities. The new cases in quarantine facility comprised one Thai who had returned from Russia, one from Germany, two from Egypt, one Yemeni man travelled from the United Arab Emirate and three Swiss came from Sweden and Hungary.

 

A Myanmar driver was found positive at the border area and was deported to his country for treatment.

Meanwhile, nine patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand increased to 6,141 (1,435 in state quarantine and 1,356 from active case finding), of whom 1,902 are in hospital and ad-hoc quarantine facilities and 4,161 have recovered and been discharged, while 60 have died.

 

According to Worldometer as of 10am on Sunday, the total number of confirmed cases had increased to 80.71 million (up by 451,124), 56.9 million have recovered, 22 million are active cases (105,611 in severe condition) and 1.76 million have died (up by 7,108).

 

Thailand ranks 142nd for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 19.43 million, followed by India 10.18 million, Brazil 7.46 million, Russia 3 million and France 2.55 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400296

 

 

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22 hours ago, Smilermike said:

How can you have someone coming in from abroad without quarantine?

Unbelievable!

 

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