Thai govt agency helping neighbouring countries fight Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand is using digital technology and communication channels to help neighbouring countries combat Covid-19.

 

Pattarat Hongtong

 

Pattarat Hongtong, Director-General of the Foreign Ministry’s Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), said the agency is working to support Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos to contain the virus as that they share a border for thousands of kilometres and the outbreak is an international matter that requires sustainable and international cooperation.

 

“Thailand's development cooperation, despite covering all countries, focuses on Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, which are at  the heart of Thai foreign affairs,” said Pattarat. “Any incident in neighbouring countries would impact Thailand whether on security, trade, or economic prosperity." 

 

TICA has led a coordinated effort among Thai agencies to strengthen neighbouring countries’ Covid-19 response since March 2020. Recognising that each country has specific public health challenges, Thailand is now reaching out to Myanmar, where the epidemic is taking a severe daily toll of 500-1,000 new cases and 10-20 deaths. TICA is collaborating with the Thai Department of Disease Control and Department of Medicine to share medical equipment and knowledge with Myanmar medics and officials. Among its latest projects is a collaboration with the Department of Medical Sciences to develop a model for low-cost Covid-19 laboratories to boost Myanmar’s test-and-trace mission to contain the virus.

 

 

TICA is also using digital technology to raise awareness of disease prevention in communities on both sides of the border, including migrant workers. Measures feature teleconferencing to upgrade cooperation between different provinces, online medical consultations between public health offices and district hospitals, and online training to help medics and officials in neighbouring countries treat severely ill Covid-19 patients and also establish emergency operation centres. The agency also runs a public health and medicine “TICA’s Knowledge Bank on COVID-19” to share Thai experiences and expertise with neighbouring countries via YouTube and other online platforms.

 

 

Meanwhile, Thailand is delivering urgently needed medical supplies to its neighbours, especially Myanmar, including PPE kits, one million surgical masks, blood gas analysers, 70,000 doses of Favipiravir, and oximeters. Also being shipped to Myanmar is RT-PCR laboratory equipment and a disease prevention monitoring system, while Laos and Cambodia are receiving their own deliveries of Thai aid to combat the virus.

 

Pattarat said Thailand has adopted the Sufficiency Economy principle of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great in its regional Covid-19 response, focusing on “economical, simple and efficient” measures that ensure equal treatment for all people.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400840

 

 

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Give them mathematical advise. Remove the first 2 digits from reported total. Problem solved.

I think it's Thailand that needs the help at the moment 

10 minutes ago, lavender19 said:

I think it's Thailand that needs the help at the moment 

Yes indeed, latest figures (Cambodia is where I live and maybe we should thank Thailand for its Covid-19 aid):-

 

Thailand

Total cases   9,636 +305

Recovered     4,521 +103

Deaths 67 +1

Cambodia

Total cases   385 +2

Recovered    362 +0

Deaths 0

9 minutes ago, lavender19 said:

I think it's Thailand that needs the help at the moment 

It appears that much of Thailand's current problems emanate from its neighbours, notably Myanmar. It makes absolute sense, therefor to help them as much as we can.

 

In helping them, we help ourselves.

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

It appears that much of Thailand's current problems emanate from its neighbours, notably Myanmar. It makes absolute sense, therefor to help them as much as we can.

 

In helping them, we help ourselves.

Yes it was first bought back from Burma by a

load of Thai prostitutes. It's gone really quiet about them.

1 hour ago, lavender19 said:

Yes it was first bought back from Burma by a

load of Thai prostitutes. It's gone really quiet about them.

Agreed, but that was not the source of the current outbreak. The situation up in the north was quickly stabilized and it's been established that the outbreak in the seafood market was not connected to it.

1 hour ago, lavender19 said:

Yes it was first bought back from Burma by a

load of Thai prostitutes. It's gone really quiet about them.

Consistent don't you think it never is Thailand, first it was those dirty white foreigners. Maybe if they got their heads out of the Chinese Communist A--, September I spoke to a family member in China then it was suspected something wasn't right in the country, people were being gather up many left their province to escape from force quarantine and taking their experimental vaccine. It has been reported a spread even in Mongolia from there into Europe? South to Burma, Los, Myanmar, Thailand?  Is it possible?  I think it has been a problem for some time being kept quiet not to panic the country but here in Pattaya right after the fireworks the cases exploded thereafter?

18 hours ago, lavender19 said:

Yes it was first bought back from Burma by a

load of Thai prostitutes. It's gone really quiet about them.

Always thought that these girls knew who the clients were...