Thailand warns of stricter measures if virus not contained

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Thailand warns of stricter measures if virus not contained

By Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample of a migrant worker for a COVID-19 test at a migrant community, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, in Thailand, December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand warned on Tuesday that more intensive measures might be necessary to halt its worst coronavirus outbreak yet and urged the public to cooperate to contain a spread that has seen cases in most regions of the country.

 

Thailand has imposed tighter control measures in some areas, including on entertainment businesses, which will be reassessed in seven days, said COVID-19 taskforce spokesman Taweesin Wisanuyothin.

 

Health authorities confirmed 155 new cases on Tuesday as new clusters emerged in the wake of a big outbreak discovered 12 days ago at a seafood market near Bangkok, among mainly migrant workers from Myanmar.

 

Though low in comparison to many countries, Thailand's average of 142 new daily cases is a setback for its efforts to keep the virus at bay, having recorded just 6,440 infections and 61 deaths since its first case in January.

 

"If the situation is under control, we will continue the current measures. If not, we will review them all. So we need to help each other more," Taweesin said, urging people to stay home.

 

The latest curbs announced on Monday include a ban in Bangkok on betting businesses and midnight closures for its bars, nightclubs and music venues until Jan. 4.

 

Keeping new cases under 1,000 a day may need more aggressive restrictions as imposed earlier in the year to fight the first outbreak, Taweesin said.

 

Those measures, which included closures of malls, restaurants and entertainment areas and restrictions on international travel, caused the tourism-reliant economy to contract the most in 22 years in the second quarter.

 

On Tuesday, the cabinet agreed to allow illegal migrants from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to register to work in Thailand for two years and also approved a budget of about 11 billion baht ($366.30 million) for combating the new outbreak.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-29

 

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[Anton9]

57 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Ah! Covid is just the flu. Haven't heard that one for a while. Maybe you get it, get sick and you can tell us if it's just like the flu. Personally all the people I have seen talking about their experience being infected with this and how horrible it is and the medico's and scientists who talk about possible long term damage are all lying. Bye the way if someone dies in a traffic accident it doesn't mean there is a possibility of me dying. If I come into contact with a covid infected person there is.

Strange because most of the famous people getting it have very mild or no sympthoms at all.

 

[rasmus5150]

But let's celebrate New Year first, and the worry about the consequences later.......

[tribalfusion001]

1 hour ago, Anton9 said:

Strange because most of the famous people getting it have very mild or no sympthoms at all.

 

Same everywhere, around 85 to 90% with no symptoms.

[Jingthing]

Rather than start a new topic, I'm wondering if there has been any news about whether Thailand now has U.K. variant and whether it's become dominant. There was talk for weeks now about a faster spreading but not more lethal variant coming in from Myanmar. Is that the same as the U.K. variant? I'm sure I'm not the first to notice that not only is the Thailand covid-19 lucky honeymoon over but it's seems to be spreading very quickly relative to the earlier stage outbreaks. 

[sammieuk1]

You mean this is not under control then Mr self isolating health minister ????

[Nout]

19 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

You mean this is not under control then Mr self isolating health minister ????

Care to elaborate?

[Nout]

1 hour ago, rasmus5150 said:

But let's celebrate New Year first, and the worry about the consequences later.......

My understanding is the most NYE celebrations and countdowns have been cancelled

[bodga]

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Bye the way if someone dies in a traffic accident it doesn't mean there is a possibility of me dying. If I come into contact with a covid infected person there is.

if  you step  outside  your  front door anytime their is  a possibility of you dying in an RTA

[Meat Pie 47]

42 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Rather than start a new topic, I'm wondering if there has been any news about whether Thailand now has U.K. variant and whether it's become dominant. There was talk for weeks now about a faster spreading but not more lethal variant coming in from Myanmar. Is that the same as the U.K. variant? I'm sure I'm not the first to notice that not only is the Thailand covid-19 lucky honeymoon over but it's seems to be spreading very quickly relative to the earlier stage outbreaks. 

I don't know about Thailand but they found 1 in Queensland a South African strain 

which should be even more faster spreading then the UK one but fortunately that

person is in quarantine

[bodga]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Enough already.

It's NOT a flu.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/flu-vs-covid19.htm

very  similar in many ways, the 1918 flu outbreaks  death rate was 2.5% CV19 is  currently 2.6% yet I see  many reports  only quote the last few  years for flu deaths at 0.01% which is misleading. The  1918 outbreak it  seems  was  also "new"  to  humans as is  cv19 and had  that  similar mortality. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291398/#:~:text=The disease was exceptionally severe,not limited to 1918–1919.

Edited December 29, 2020 by bodga

[Virt]

7 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

 

3 times more deadly than the flu, and people stay longer at the hospitals.

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/coronavirus-nearly-three-times-more-deadly-than-flu-study/articleshow/79789885.cms?from=mdr

 

Plus the ordinary flu does not have so many long term side effects like covid 19 has.

 

And if the world did absolutely nothing to control this virus, the deaths numbers would have went through the roof and healthcare systems worldwide would have crashed and burned a long time ago.

 

It's true that lockdowns have economical consequences and damage a lot of things, but so far it's proven to be the best way to control the virus.

So until enough are vaccinated we have to live with these lockdowns.

[sezze]

6 hours ago, Anton9 said:

Strange because most of the famous people getting it have very mild or no sympthoms at all.

 

Orange man , did spend time in hospital , and did get experimental medication .

Boris Johnson  , did spend time in hospital and wasn't good at all .

There's plenty more ...

And yes , most do not have symptoms or very mild . But also a lot do need hospitalisation and a long process of revalidation .

You think the hospitals are lying when they stop unnecessary treatments ? When too many beds are filled with Covid patients ? When governments all over the world (!!)do this lockdowns ? When governments were looking everywhere for ventilators ? When hospital workers are fully protected , much much more then normal ? When emergency hospitals are being build ?

All are probably lies , now the world leaders are working together , and the vaccines are just a method to put chips in everybody's arm , and enroll the very deadly 5G rays .

[malathione]

10 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

What a ridiculous assertion. If what you were saying was accurate (which it is not), hospitals and ICUs would routinely run out of beds every flu season. That is clearly not the case.

[rupert the bear]

i have friends in europe whove had it,in 30s  2 of them. 1 in 20s,slight symptoms and nothing for the 2 in their 30s and in bed for 4 days bad flu symptoms but good now for the 20s one. older friend 53 bad time in hospital on a ventilator but out now,some experience that.its out there.depends on your age, weight ,how active youve been. your immune system.the govt here- in my opinion a disgrace,no vaccs and thats the way out,theyve loads of money,they want to keep it.subs ,moon shots ,divine bank accs.i love the smell of burning bs in the mornings to para quote duval.should have bought it. didnt.why?its obvious and this country has 30% of GDP tied up in overseas tourism,large nos of small biz and mids too going to the wall.no assistance.same for ordinary people who are unemployed.govt is trying to make the companies who laid them off pay,yikes the selfishness and greed ,its always like that with thai society its sad and sick.the hiso pass the buck so they are holding the money still,feudal low life.the abuse of immigrant labour and corruption are behind the mahachai outbreak,simple as that.kharma comes back to kick your ass but itll be the man in the street picking up the pieces.....again.throw money at it is the way out.pay the unemployed .support small business and let vaccinated people in ,the ASQ is a disgrace blatent rip off,s korea etc you can stay at a decent place for 50 USD many countries u can isolate at home.this constant thievery and sleaze.you can argue about the nos but the simple truth is theyve never tested and the more you look the more youll find......so!if you decide not to look.....yep thats about right.logic unless youve another agenda.look at the bigger picture.what is the agenda?its quite obvious.money and power look at the crew running the show.every other nation on earth with money is trying to help its people.enough i think any intelligent person is now seeing it for what it is.

[Enfield]

10 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

 

[Enfield]

Just now, Enfield said:

 

What are you talking about?

this has nothing to do with traffic accidents or the flu, or cancer or diabetes , or heart failure or any other reason to die.

this is about a dangerous new virus . Are you drunk ???

[DLock]

11 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

 

Really? Are we still back at rationalizing a flu (note a "flue" is a chimney duct, just for reference) and comparing it to vehicle deaths? That is so June-ish.

 

Go and volunteer in the COVID ward with no PPE and see if you still feel that way in a few weeks.

 

 

[vandeventer]

11 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

And what about the TB cases and Rabies both preventable yet many dogs are running loose everywhere and TB is very high in Thailand.

[saminoz]

1 hour ago, malathione said:

What a ridiculous assertion. If what you were saying was accurate (which it is not), hospitals and ICUs would routinely run out of beds every flu season. That is clearly not the case.

Ignore the idiot.

Don't feed the troll.

Like his hero (no doubt) he is a self deluding fool.

[5633572526]

8 hours ago, Nout said:

My understanding is the most NYE celebrations and countdowns have been cancelled

Only public events not private events. My inbox filled with invitations after the public events were canceled and I will be toasting the new year with many others while enjoying a fireworks display also 

[sezze]

18 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

And what about the TB cases and Rabies both preventable yet many dogs are running loose everywhere and TB is very high in Thailand.

For both cases , i do not know anywhere in the world where any hospital is full with TB or Rabies cases . If you get bitten by a stray dog you should get a vaccine for rabies , since it is 100% deadly ( well there is 1 known case of a girl who has survived it ) .

TB strangely enough was almost out of this world, thamks to vaccination . They only forgot some prisons in the gulag in Russia , so it got out there and since then is back slowly on the rise . It is however treatable as far as i remember .

[ChrisKC]

11 hours ago, fruitman said:

Stricter measures for a 'pandemic' which happened to be just a flue? Locking up the people gives far more damage and deads.

 

In Thailand 65 people die every day in traffic, but nobody cares at all.....and for the flue they will lockdown the whole country?

Stop writing complete rubbish, nothing to do with the traffic accidents

And it is not a flue, it is a flu. A very dangerous one, as is instanced worldwide.

 

 

 

 

[mikeymike100]

11 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Ah! Covid is just the flu. Haven't heard that one for a while. Maybe you get it, get sick and you can tell us if it's just like the flu. Personally all the people I have seen talking about their experience being infected with this and how horrible it is and the medico's and scientists who talk about possible long term damage are all lying. Bye the way if someone dies in a traffic accident it doesn't mean there is a possibility of me dying. If I come into contact with a covid infected person there is.

If you come into contact with an infected person there is a chance you could die, if you catch it,  BUT it is extremely small. Assuming you are in good health and not over 85 it is 0.02%. You have a far higher chance of dying crossing the road, especially in Thailand, you need to get thing into perspective!

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, Enfield said:

What are you talking about?

this has nothing to do with traffic accidents or the flu, or cancer or diabetes , or heart failure or any other reason to die.

this is about a dangerous new virus . Are you drunk ???

Are you drunk?? You are missing the point on purpose! there are many many things that have a much higher chance of killing you than Covid 19!

[MrMo]

Best not to breath, then you can't get Covid-19, flu or any of the many other air-borne nasties ?   Don't think it will stop you getting the pox though !

[Kwasaki]

Close province boarders and the lockdown of infected areas needs to be done now.

Or a Happy New Year not.

[elgenon]

9 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Rather than start a new topic, I'm wondering if there has been any news about whether Thailand now has U.K. variant and whether it's become dominant. There was talk for weeks now about a faster spreading but not more lethal variant coming in from Myanmar. Is that the same as the U.K. variant? I'm sure I'm not the first to notice that not only is the Thailand covid-19 lucky honeymoon over but it's seems to be spreading very quickly relative to the earlier stage outbreaks. 

It's faster spreading but no one seems to know yet if the new vaccines will be effective against it. I sure hope so.

[Henryford]

8 hours ago, bodga said:

if  you step  outside  your  front door anytime their is  a possibility of you dying in an RTA

Yes far more die from RTAs than Covid.