Schools in Mae Sot shut 1 hour after reopening as 5 children test positive

By THE NATION

 

 

All 15 schools in Mae Sot were ordered to shut down on Monday morning less than an hour after reopening, following the discovery that several children had tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Mae Sot district in Tak province shares a border with Myanmar.

 

Today is the first day that schools nationwide were permitted to reopen by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), after the new wave of virus cases reported since December subsided.

 

A news source revealed that the order came after a merchant in Mae Sot district tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to Mae Sot Hospital along with 25 people who were in close contact with him.

 

“Last night [January 31], further test results showed five children who are related to the patients are also infected,” said the source. “This led to the shutdown of the community where the patients live as well as 15 schools in the municipality.”

 

As of Monday, Tak has reported 144 cases during the fresh Covid-19 outbreak, with 49 patients currently being treated, 93 recovered and discharged, and two deaths.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30402103

 

 

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seems like a big problem with the Virus now - inter provincial travel should remain restricted 

bars and schools, c'mon Thailand learn from all the idiots in the west and keep em' closed..

6 hours ago, webfact said:

A news source revealed that the order came after a merchant in Mae Sot district tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to Mae Sot Hospital along with 25 people who were in close contact with him.

 

“Last night [January 31], further test results showed five children who are related to the patients are also infected,” said the source. “This led to the shutdown of the community where the patients live as well as 15 schools in the municipality.”

Wonder if this will ever appear in the national numbers, I don't recall Mae Sot or Tak being mentioned in today's numbers, I must admit the numbers often do not add up, quite a few times there are 5/6 in the total but not in the detail.

Parents in Mae Sot district rush to collect children from schools following reports of five new COVID-19 infections

 

 

All schools in the municipal area of Mae Sot district, in Thailand’s western province of Tak, were ordered closed again today, only an hour after the resumption of in-person classes, when a report went viral that five people, including a student, were found to be infected with COVID-19.

 

Many parents hurried to schools to collect their children less than an hour after they had sent them back to school on the first day of classes in over a month.

 

Initial reports said that pro-active screening today had found a family of five, including a student, positive for the virus.

 

Members of this family had reportedly travelled to several places in Mae Sot district before their COVID-19 infections were diagnosed.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/parents-in-mae-sot-district-rush-to-collect-children-from-schools-following-reports-of-five-new-covid-19-infections/

 

 

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What about the second South African strain.... very bad and spreads quickly YET the government is allowing ENglish Program and International schools to hire These South African teachers????

makes no sense!!

where are the Thai parents or don’t they know the strain is from South Africa????

Come on Man!  

That went faster than I thought .......... 

57 minutes ago, miamiman123 said:

What about the second South African strain.... very bad and spreads quickly YET the government is allowing ENglish Program and International schools to hire These South African teachers????

makes no sense!!

where are the Thai parents or don’t they know the strain is from South Africa????

Come on Man!  

What about Non South African teachers with the South African strain, are they allowed in?

 

Dont get in a tissy, I'm sure they will be quarantined and tested before they are unleashed upon society!

1 hour ago, miamiman123 said:

What about the second South African strain.... very bad and spreads quickly YET the government is allowing ENglish Program and International schools to hire These South African teachers????

makes no sense!!

where are the Thai parents or don’t they know the strain is from South Africa????

Come on Man!  

Come on Man!

 

Do you think they're getting hired with any precautions at all? OR

 

Do you think there will be several RT-PCR tests and quarantine ?

 

Come on Man, use your loaf!

16 hours ago, smedly said:

seems like a big problem with the Virus now - inter provincial travel should remain restricted 

Not going to happen, that will affect business and Chinese New Year.... 

First sentence of the report > Mae Sot district in Tak province shares a border with Myanmar.

Yes, that is correct but is it relevant for this school-closure story.

 

The original story was that 5 children tested positive.  In the update it turns out only 1 student was tested positive. 

 

Closing all 15 schools because of 1 positive tested student, seems an over-reaction

Parents rushing to the schools to get their children out.

The fear-attitude has been whipped up to levels which will make any return to normality as good as impossible. 

18 hours ago, smedly said:

seems like a big problem with the Virus now - inter provincial travel should remain restricted 

Agree. Bangkokians and any other non-Chonburi people please stay away from Pattaya. 

16 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

23 hours ago, webfact said:

A news source revealed that the order came after a merchant in Mae Sot district tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to Mae Sot Hospital along with 25 people who were in close contact with him.

 

“Last night [January 31], further test results showed five children who are related to the patients are also infected,” said the source. “This led to the shutdown of the community where the patients live as well as 15 schools in the municipality.”

Wonder if this will ever appear in the national numbers, I don't recall Mae Sot or Tak being mentioned in today's numbers, I must admit the numbers often do not add up, quite a few times there are 5/6 in the total but not in the detail.

And there was no mention of these cases / cluster in todays, 2nd February 2021, announcement.

22 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

bars and schools, c'mon Thailand learn from all the idiots in the west and keep em' closed..

At least our economy hasn't died along with a huge portion of businesses, plus the subsequent suicides that carries. 

10 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

What about the second South African strain.... very bad and spreads quickly YET the government is allowing ENglish Program and International schools to hire These South African teachers????

makes no sense!!

where are the Thai parents or don’t they know the strain is from South Africa????

Come on Man!  

I should imagine the South African teachers have not been near South Africa in quite a long time. Same as the majority of foriengners here have not been any where

11 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

What about the second South African strain.... very bad and spreads quickly YET the government is allowing ENglish Program and International schools to hire These South African teachers????

makes no sense!!

where are the Thai parents or don’t they know the strain is from South Africa????

Come on Man!  

What a crazy statement. Firstly many South African teachers have been residing in Thailand for a long time, way before Covid arrived and secondly any teachers that may be hired from South Africa would go through numerous checks as well as quarantine before entering any school to teach, as would anybody from any country. Your comment makes no sense!!

 

ALL schools nationwide should be random testing. And parents should be smart enough to keep kids home if they're not feeling well. Save the teachers!

Thailand is only now starting to test, and I think it is still limited.

 

Still no testing anywhere in Isaan.

 

The more they test, the more they will find.

 

To think Thailand had limited covid was absurd.

 

They were not looking for it or testing for it.

 

Now that they are testing, there are new cases everyday, even with their limited testing.

On 2/1/2021 at 5:25 PM, from the home of CC said:

bars and schools, c'mon Thailand learn from all the idiots in the west and keep em' closed..

bars are ok open in pattaya as there are very little if no cases same with schools in pattaya open them , can always test at schools 

12 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Not going to happen, that will affect business and Chinese New Year.... 

Maybe after the Chinese new year 

If the children are testing positive, imagine how many adults have actually got it! As many know, the thais won’t go to the hospital unless deathly ill, for fear of being quarantined and not being able to work and feed their families 

A pair of trolling video memes have been removed.

 

On 2/2/2021 at 9:26 AM, hotchilli said:

Not going to happen, that will affect business and Chinese New Year.... 

We already had a long Chinese year last year.

On 2/1/2021 at 5:25 PM, from the home of CC said:

bars and schools, c'mon Thailand learn from all the idiots in the west and keep em' closed..

The idiots in the west keep their borders and airports open.

Any country in the west would have been totally fine with just domestic tourism, but with their ignorant behavior they <deleted> it up for so many other countries around the world.

7 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

We already had a long Chinese year last year.

Going to be a long one this year too, for some.