Thailand reports 144 new COVID-19 cases as Anutin self isolates

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Thailand reports 144 new COVID-19 cases as Anutin self isolates

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers queue to meet Covid-19 officials in Bangkok on December 22, 2020. Photo: Reuters

 

Thai health officials on Monday confirmed 144 new COVID-19 cases.

 

Of the new cases, 129 were local transmissions, 14 of which were from migrant workers, 15 were imported cases from people on repatriation flights and in state quarantine centers.

 

There are now reported cases in 43 provinces in Thailand, with the largest amount of new cases found in Rayong (21), which has been placed under the highest level of restrictions, while Nakhon Pathom reported 17 cases, Bangkok 12 cases and Samut Prakan 5 cases.

 

No new deaths were reported, while a further 19 people have been discharged from hospital.

 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 cases in Thailand to 6,285.

 

The number of new infections and total cases in Thailand over the last 14 days are as follows:

 

14 Dec: +28 (4,237)

15 Dec: +9 (4,246)

16 Dec: +15 (4,261)

17 Dec: +20 (4,281)

18 Dec: +16 (4,297)

19 Dec: +34 (4,331)

20 Dec: +576 (4,907)

21 Dec: +382 (5,289)

22 Dec: +427 (5,716)

23 Dec: +46 (5,762)

24 Dec: +67 (5,829)

25 Dec: +81 (5,910)

26 Dec: +110 (6,020)

27 Dec: +121 (6,141)

28 Dec: +144 (6,285)

 

Meanwhile, it was also reported on Monday that Thailand’s health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul had tested negative for COVID-19 but was self isolating pending the result of a second test after recently being in contact with the governor of Samut Sakhon who has since tested positive for the virus. 

 

 

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Samut Sakhon governor tests positive, Anutin awaits results

By The Nation

 

Veerasak Vichitsangsri

 

Samut Sakhon governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and people who had been his close contact with him will soon be tested for the virus.

 

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesperson of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, said several high-ranking civil servants are believed to be infected and said everybody at risk should report to public health officials immediately.

 

Meanwhile, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is currently isolated and waiting for test results.

On Sunday, Veerasak had led Anutin and other public health officials to visit a hospital in Samut Sakhon.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400333

 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Oh brother, here we go, more news that may soon be refuted as just a good faith effort to ensure he did not get the virus and pass it one.  As The health minister shouldn't he have been protecting himself better?

[Mr Meeseeks]

It's all going horribly wrong.

 

Bless.

[rabas]

Cases per day continue to rise but slowly,  I still have hope they can contain it. Quarantining Auntin the construction guy for 14 days may be just the break they need.

 

[bubba]

Quote

The number of new infections and total cases in Thailand over the last 14 days are as follows:

 

14 Dec: +28 (4,237)

15 Dec: +9 (4,246)

16 Dec: +15 (4,261)

17 Dec: +20 (4,281)

18 Dec: +16 (4,297)

19 Dec: +34 (4,331)

20 Dec: +576 (4,907)

21 Dec: +382 (5,289)

22 Dec: +427 (5,716)

23 Dec: +46 (5,762)

24 Dec: +67 (5,829)

25 Dec: +81 (5,910)

26 Dec: +110 (6,020)

27 Dec: +121 (6,141)

28 Dec: +144 (6,285)

 

As the new infection rate begins to turn exponential, it will just be a matter of days until a full national lockdown is ordered. That may not be far off now.

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, bubba said:

 

As the new infection rate begins to turn exponential, it will just be a matter of days until a full national lockdown is ordered. That may not be far off now.

Not sure if the last few days totals they are listing are covering all cases or not as there were a few days last week where they did not include the non-Thai's except those in quarantine. As of 8 am this morning it was in 38 provinces and expanding. I find it hard to fathom why they have not closed interprovincial ravel.  Those that migrated to the provinces to vote as well as going home for the holidays and then returned may have been carriers, and so if that is true then it will be in all provinces shortly

Edited December 28, 2020 by ThailandRyan

[Bender Rodriguez]

imagine if they would DARE to test 10.000+ people per day, what the result would be

 

I am sure most of us already are positive after 10 months of magical no new cases voodoo

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The number of new infections and total cases in Thailand over the last 14 days are as follows:

 

What I think is more telling is the fact that the number of people the government says are "hospitalized" for CV treatment in Thailand has almost doubled over just the past week.

 

The source below are the shown MoPH update sheets for Dec. 28 and 21, respectively.... I'm just including the companion Twitter version as a secondary source because it includes the clear EN translations.

 

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[RR2020]

Should be lockdown now.

 

Allowing New Year celebrations to go ahead will likely mean a massive rise in cases in early and mid January.

 

Prepare for Lockdown V2 it would seem is very likely mid to late Jan.

[abrahamzvi]

4 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

imagine if they would DARE to test 10.000+ people per day, what the result would be

 

I am sure most of us already are positive after 10 months of magical no new cases voodoo

That is a most cynical comment and it‘s absolute nonsense. If „most of us“ were positive , quite a few vulnerable ones would be dead by now and hospitals would be overcrowded.. 

[Sheryl]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

What I think is more telling is the fact that the number of people the government says are "hospitalized" for CV treatment in Thailand has almost doubled over just the past week.

 

 

 

Since Thailand hospitalizes all cases, even asymptomatic ones, then umber of hospitalized cases does not have same meaning here that it does elsewhere.

 

 

[JonnyF]

Maybe the likes on Anutin and Veerasak will start wearing masks now?

 

Previously the attitude seems to have been that they are above this requirement. Let the plebs wear masks, rant about farang not wearing them, while the 'good people' strut around preaching absolute nonsense with no mask on.

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/07/08/healthmin-sorry-for-flouting-his-virus-mask-rule-at-party/

 

 

 

[GeorgeCross]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

23 Dec: +46 (5,762)

24 Dec: +67 (5,829)

25 Dec: +81 (5,910)

26 Dec: +110 (6,020)

27 Dec: +121 (6,141)

28 Dec: +144 (6,285)

 

exponential growth.

 

[GeorgeCross]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Of the new cases, 129 were local transmissions, 14 of which were from migrant workers

 

time to give the migrants a break now i think.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

30 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

Since Thailand hospitalizes all cases, even asymptomatic ones, then umber of hospitalized cases does not have same meaning here that it does elsewhere.

 

Good point, Sheryl!  But I thought I had also seen lately that some of the migrant folks who tested positive were instead simply being quarantined.... But I can't recall right off where I may have read that.

 

But I should have clarified in my original post, those numbers don't necessarily mean all those people are sick enough to require actual hospital care.

 

However, AFAIK, it does mean that growing population of folks are taking up limited hospital bed spaces (whether in regular hospitals or makeshift field hospitals) and likewise require some level of doctor and nursing care.

 

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Mr Meeseeks]

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Maybe the likes on Anutin and Veerasak will start wearing masks now?

 

Previously the attitude seems to have been that they are above this requirement. Let the plebs wear masks, rant about farang not wearing them, while the 'good people' strut around preaching absolute nonsense with no mask on.

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/07/08/healthmin-sorry-for-flouting-his-virus-mask-rule-at-party/

 

 

 

Karma is real. ????

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

13 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

 If „most of us“ were positive , quite a few vulnerable ones would be dead by now and hospitals would be overcrowded.. 

Not completely true, and it would take a lot of hospitalized cases to over-run the hospitals here.  Probably also why they have set up the field hospitals in Samut Sakhon.  They have the ability to handle the run-up, Anutin has said they can handle many per day

[EricTh]

21 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Maybe the likes on Anutin and Veerasak will start wearing masks now?

 

 

 

 

 

No social distancing and not wearing mask is a no-no. Sitting across the table like that will only invite a sneeze from one of the infected people.

Edited December 28, 2020 by EricTh

[Mr Meeseeks]

31 minutes ago, RR2020 said:

Should be lockdown now.

 

Allowing New Year celebrations to go ahead will likely mean a massive rise in cases in early and mid January.

 

Prepare for Lockdown V2 it would seem is very likely mid to late Jan.

Should have been done already.

 

Woeful management of the current situation appears to have it out of control.

[vandeventer]

We all know how fast this virus spreads so just tell us the deaths from this virus but not with people that have other problems that  have died with the virus. Also when are the good vaccines coming? It might just help people from dying.

[webfact]

Anutin in quarantine after meeting with infected Samut Sakhon governor

By The Nation

 

 

There were 144 new Covid-19 patients, including 115 domestic cases, over a 24-hour period on Monday, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said.

 

14 migrant workers also found positive in Samut Sakhon during proactive testing.

 

As for cases linked to the Samut Sakhon outbreak, there were two each in Pathumthani, Nonthaburi and Nakhon Nayok, 17 in Nakhon Pathom, five in Samut Prakarn, 10 in Bangkok, and one each in Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon and Sukothai.

 

The CCSA said 21 cases were linked to Rayong’s gambling den outbreak, one in Chonburi and one in Chiang Mai.

 

Forty-nine cases are under health investigation for tracking the source of the infection: seven in Bangkok, five in Chonburi, one in Nakhon Pathom and Nonthaburi, and 35 in Rayong.

 

Fifteen travellers from abroad tested positive in quarantine facilities. The new cases in quarantine facilities comprised one Thai who had returned from Switzerland, two from the United States, one from Japan, three from the United Kingdom, one from Turkey, a Ukrainian businessman from Netherlands, a Nepali man, a German man, two Japanese men, and a Danish man from their respective countries.

 

CCSA spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin confirmed that Samut Sakhon Governor Veerasak Vijitsaengsri has been infected with the disease and has been admitted to hospital. Meanwhile, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who had participated in the meeting with the governor, has quarantined himself and taken a virus test. He is awaiting the result.

 

Meanwhile, 19 patients have recovered and been discharged.

 

The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand increased to 6,285 (1,450 in state quarantine and 1,370 from active case finding), 2,045 are in hospital and 4,180 have recovered and been discharged, while 60 have died.

 

According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Monday, the total number of confirmed cases had increased to 81.14 million (up by 410,102), 57.29 million have recovered, 22.07 million are active cases (105,385 in severe condition) and 1.77 million have died (up by 7,041).

 

Thailand ranks 142nd for most cases in the world, while the US has the most number with 19.57 million, followed by India 10.2 million, Brazil 7.48 million, Russia 3.05 million and France 2.55 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400338

 

 

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[NanLaew]

Looking back at March, the cases started trending upwards on 15th March and the lockdown started 10 days later when daily infections were 107 with a total of 860 infected. The current surge took off on the 20th December and currently daily infections are 121 with a total of 1920 infected. Like most other nations, I would imagine that Thai public health services and their capabilities have improved immensely since the first wave, hence the delays in pulling the shutters down right now. The diaspora have already departed Bangkok for their home provinces and infections in and around Bangkok have probably already peaked already so I think the provincial health authorities data will key here.

[dcnx]

1 hour ago, abrahamzvi said:

That is a most cynical comment and it‘s absolute nonsense. If „most of us“ were positive , quite a few vulnerable ones would be dead by now and hospitals would be overcrowded.. 

 

It must be fake then.

 

I wonder how so many other countries with high infections and low deaths have managed. Probably also fake since you’re unable to understand how this works.

[Maejo Man]

1 hour ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

imagine if they would DARE to test 10.000+ people per day, what the result would be

 

I am sure most of us already are positive after 10 months of magical no new cases voodoo

 They maintained that they were going to test 10,000 at the epicenter. Sydney Australia had an outbreak of the virus just before Christmas.

70,000 people were tested on Christmas eve. Thailand really has no idea on testing, or perhaps they are scared of what the results might be!

[YetAnother]

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

Anutin in quarantine after meeting with infected Samut Sakhon governor

Karma does work????

[Siamjim]

here, it comes down to greed

[BKKBike09]

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

 

Since Thailand hospitalizes all cases, even asymptomatic ones, then umber of hospitalized cases does not have same meaning here that it does elsewhere.

 

 

Hopefully this sudden growth in cases will put an end to this daft policy of putting people who are not ill at all, or not seriously ill, in the one location where they can:

 

a) more easily pass on Covid to folk who are actually seriously ill, or immuno-compromised after an operation; 

 

b) more easily pass on Covid to frontline medical personnel, and;

 

c) divert finite hospital resources away from people who actually need those resources (beds, monitoring equipment, doctors, nurses etc etc)

 

This policy is manageable when the number of positive cases - most of whom are usually stated to be asymptomatic - is very small (as it has been for months, for reasons that can be debated separately), but when it's in the thousands ...

 

[animatic]

Well this spike clearly comes after voting day after the returning bar girl propagation last month, and everyone is supposed to vote and use the same few booths. So no surprise there is a rise now. Even if no migrants vote, they do interact with Thais daily.

In the west the Christmas rise peak is expected to hit right after the New Years parties, so expect a surge on a surge. 

In Thailand there are 4 extra days for cases to show up after vote and before New Years, so maybe not as compressed an exposure cycle.

 

I know I am not going anywhere NYE and won’t be around friends who work that night until mid January.

 

And we should not exclude counting those with other conditions.

If they would have lived if they had not gotten Covid, then they are Covid Cases.

 

Just because they had other factors does not invalidate what tipped the balance and killed them.

Edited December 28, 2020 by animatic

[barney42bb]

Karma can be so wonderful.