7 factories in Samut Sakhon sealed until end of February, no staff allowed to leave

[webfact]

7 factories in Samut Sakhon sealed until end of February, no staff allowed to leave

 

 

The Public Health Emergency Operation Centre of Samut Sakhon has decided to seal off seven major factories, where many workers are infected with COVID-19, forbidding any worker to leave their factory compound until the end of February.

 

Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiatipoom Wongrajit said Tuesday that the centre has also sought help from the army and the local administration to control of the movement of workers in line with the stricter measures adopted to control the spread of the virus.

 

More than 12,000 infections have, so far, been recorded in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon. Of these, about 9,000 cases were found in the seven major factories, which employ over 40,000 workers, mostly migrants from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/7-factories-in-samut-sakhon-sealed-until-end-of-february-no-staff-allowed-to-leave/

 

 

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[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Of these, about 9,000 cases were found in the seven major factories, which employ over 40,000 workers, mostly migrants from Myanmar.

If near 22.5% of all Myanmar immigrant workers have covid or had covid , that would put Thailands real covid figures at just 225,000 for the workers  - not the reported 20,000 for the country

[ezzra]

Too late too little, the damage is done and done big time, however these steps will help as they're better then doing nothing...

[Bkk Brian]

"Dr. Kiatipoom said that, in the past, health officials had focused on pro-active screening to find infections in the factories and communities in Samut Sakhon but, from now on, he said that the focus will be shifted to controlling the spread of the virus in risk areas, like factories, and among at-risk groups."

 

Quick lesson on how to stop mass testing 101. Let it spread in a contained area, forget human rights

[mrfill]

By 'sealed off' do they mean cover with a big vinyl sign?

[PatOngo]

I don't see any barbed wire??? ????

[ThailandRyan]

Sealed into the facility,.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

forbidding any worker to leave their factory compound until the end of February.

Sounds to me like they have made it a prison compound.  Way to go Thailand in treating your workers with a total disregard to health and human services, and treating them like they are trash.  I can not understand the need to lock people into a location such as this without any true housing necessities, food, water, and basic everyday necessities.  This government can go ------themselves in my view.  They do not care to treat people with respect or dignity. 

 

Slave labor is what it reminds me of:

"This measure means the seven factories can continue to operate as normal, but their employees must remain within the factory compound at all times, said Dr. Kiatipoom."

 

 

 

[sungod]

8 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

without any true housing necessities, food, water,

Calm down, I dont think they intend to starve them.

[mtls2005]

Obviously a nuch bigger problem than they've been letting on with the daily CCSA briefings.

 

Also explains the massive capacity they've built up for field hospitals.

 

 

[Cake Monster]

No staff allowed to leave the Factory Compounds 

Does this really mean what it says, or will the Thai Staff members still be nipping out to 7/11 for Coffee and Cakes while the Burmese have to wallow in a Prison Environment under hard Labour conditions.

With 22% infection rates among these people this is going to get really ugly.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Too late too little, the damage is done and done big time, however these steps will help as they're better then doing nothing...

Sealing them in the factories will bump up the numbers even further... enclosed together.

Are they working to keep the bosses happy or have the factories been turned into quarantine facilities?

[smedly]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

7 factories in Samut Sakhon sealed until end of February, no staff allowed to leave

 Holy ####, that is almost as bad as the Chinese welding doors shut to keep residents from leaving their residence buildings

 

This action raises many disturbing questions 

[FarFlungFalang]

Don't worry, today the number of tests is being reduced to 2,000 tests per day so the problem will be significantly reduced showing once again Thailand is well deserved of it's 4th ranking in being able to handle the pandemic and it's 104th ranking of transparency and corruption will remain intact.  

[whaleboneman]

Anyone know if this is legal?

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

I guess Human Rights Watch is going to have a field day with this one.

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

No staff allowed to leave the Factory Compounds 

Does this really mean what it says, or will the Thai Staff members still be nipping out to 7/11 for Coffee and Cakes while the Burmese have to wallow in a Prison Environment under hard Labour conditions.

With 22% infection rates among these people this is going to get really ugly.

Factories normally have their own canteens, post offices, GP offices, etc. Probably they would turn some unused area into sleeping area, but all the rest is already there.

[KhaoNiaw]

5 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Factories normally have their own canteens, post offices, GP offices, etc. Probably they would turn some unused area into sleeping area, but all the rest is already there.

They probably run on migrant labour and already have accommodation areas for them.

[Caldera]

It sucks to be a migrant worker in Thailand. That's not a plight I'd wish on anyone!

 

[tomazbodner]

3 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said:

They probably run on migrant labour and already have accommodation areas for them.

Then they have everything - hence not being allowed to leave factory doesn't equate Auschwitz like some are trying to portray in comments above...

[NCC1701A]

21 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

Anyone know if this is legal?

state of emergency. 

[Bkk Brian]

27 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Factories normally have their own canteens, post offices, GP offices, etc. Probably they would turn some unused area into sleeping area, but all the rest is already there.

Really, you know that do you, can you provide some evidence? Yes throw a few pillows and a couple of mattresses in an unused area job done...........

 

You sound like one of the officials who made this negligent decision.

[PGSan]

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If near 22.5% of all Myanmar immigrant workers have covid or had covid , that would put Thailands real covid figures at just 225,000 for the workers  - not the reported 20,000 for the country

Bit since this is not the proportion for the ‘all of the country’, your premise is, at best, misleading and unproven, or possibly worse! 

[PGSan]

1 hour ago, Caldera said:

It sucks to be a migrant worker in Thailand. That's not a plight I'd wish on anyone!

 

Is this not the plight of ‘migrant workers’ throughout the world?  Almost by definition or at least contemporary usage of the term.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, sungod said:

Calm down, I dont think they intend to starve them.

How would you like your boss to say you are now trapped in your work place for the next month?

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Factories normally have their own canteens, post offices, GP offices, etc. Probably they would turn some unused area into sleeping area, but all the rest is already there.

You've obviously never set foot in a Thai fish canning factory!!!!

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Incarcerating 40,000 people because of the flu is better than doing nothing?31,000 of them haven't tested positive so why incarcerate 31,000 people who don't even have the flu.

Nobody is talking about flu, why are you waffling on about it?

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Then they have everything - hence not being allowed to leave factory doesn't equate Auschwitz like some are trying to portray in comments above...

Probably correct, but I would like to know the conditions they are being held under and what legal premise to deny their basic human right of freedom. I recall some of the 3rd world people lived under poor conditions in The Middle East, but I somehow think Thailand might do worse.

[chilly07]

I'm sure many Burmese are quite happy to be locked down in Thailand!

[tifino]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

How would you like your boss to say you are now trapped in your work place for the next month?

 the She Boss has spoken... every husband's later-discovered nightmares!!

(it's like saying "you've made your bed, so now lie init")

[sungod]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

How would you like your boss to say you are now trapped in your work place for the next month?

He's not. The government is.