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Thailand reported 250 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, continuing the spike of new cases in recent days

 

Of the new cases, 245 were local transmissions, while 5 were imported from people entering quarantine. 

 

Most of the new cases are  linked to the clusters from entertainment venues in Bangkok.

 

A further 108 people were discharged from hospital having made a full recovery.

 

1,528 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.

 

Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 29,571 with 95 deaths. 

 

 

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An interesting article from the NZ Herald on a new type of vaccine trial here in Thailand, and it could/will be made here!!

 

A new coronavirus vaccine, NVD-HXP-S, uses a new molecular design that is widely expected to create more potent antibodies than the current generation of vaccines, while also being cheaper and easier to make.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/health/hexapro-mclellan-vaccine.html?campaign_id=154&emc=edit_cb_20210405&instance_id=28889&nl=coronavirus-briefing&regi_id=129299451&segment_id=54935&te=1&user_id=8daa4eaa59751b5e2b0a87a11432c6e3

I have been watching the gap between Aus (was 42nd now 115th) and Thailand (was down at 152nd now 114th ) on Worldometers.info since the beginning watching the gap narrowing quick over the last few months and wonder now just how high Thailand will go up the list .

 

https://www.facebook.com/fanmoph/posts/6014282835264688

 

Local case breakdown by province:

• 7 Samut Sakhon (2.86 %)

• Bangkok. 156 person (63.67 %)

• 82 other provinces (33.47 %)

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/300532784898386

 

The 245 domestic cases total above doesn't include the additional 5 cases reported of incoming travelers via quarantine.

 

 

 

Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Tuesday

* 29,571 people infected (+ 250 cases)

* 27,948 discharged from hospital (+108)

* 1528 in hospital

* 95 deaths (+0)

 

The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration said the latest imported cases are:

Madagascar - 1

United Arab Emirates - 1

Pakistan - 1

Czech - 1

Turkey - 1

Total: 5

 

Domestic cases - 90

 

Proactive case finding in communities - 155

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10157931058357050

 

 

 

Only 250 cases, so why the panic?  Surely, there will be a similar number every day for years to come (and probably have been for ages).  If most people are asymptomatic or just have mild symptoms, the hospitals should be able to cope.

28 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I have been watching the gap between Aus (was 42nd now 115th) and Thailand (was down at 152nd now 114th ) on Worldometers.info since the beginning watching the gap narrowing quick over the last few months and wonder now just how high Thailand will go up the list .

 

Here's the government's updated chart on that as of today. Thailand at 114 rank among countries:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/300560898228908

 

10 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Only 250 cases, so why the panic?  Surely, there will be a similar number every day for years to come (and probably have been for ages).  If most people are asymptomatic or just have mild symptoms, the hospitals should be able to cope.

 

Here's a look at the local trendline of domestic case numbers reported during the past week. [The daily domestic case tallies exclude those cases involving quarantined arrivals.] It's not the kind of CV trendline you want to be seeing, especially heading into the Song Kran holidays.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/300560898228908

 

 

A bit more of a breakdown of today's reported domestic cases (excluding the 5 quarantine cases) by province:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10157931080302050

 

18 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Only 250 cases, so why the panic?  Surely, there will be a similar number every day for years to come (and probably have been for ages).  If most people are asymptomatic or just have mild symptoms, the hospitals should be able to cope.

Time to take off your tunnel vision glasses and see the big picture. The problem isn't the asymptomatic and mild cases. being able to cope. The real problem is the older  people, those with underlying health conditions and those with weak immune systems who will not be able to cope or maybe not survive.

52 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

• 7 Samut Sakhon (2.86 %)

• Bangkok. 156 person (63.67 %)

• 82 other provinces (33.47 %)

Migrants? ????

7 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

Migrants? ????

Which migrants? Aren't all  us foreigners migrants? 

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

An interesting article from the NZ Herald on a new type of vaccine trial here in Thailand, and it could/will be made here!!

 

A new coronavirus vaccine, NVD-HXP-S, uses a new molecular design that is widely expected to create more potent antibodies than the current generation of vaccines, while also being cheaper and easier to make.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/health/hexapro-mclellan-vaccine.html?campaign_id=154&emc=edit_cb_20210405&instance_id=28889&nl=coronavirus-briefing&regi_id=129299451&segment_id=54935&te=1&user_id=8daa4eaa59751b5e2b0a87a11432c6e3

The Som Tam Pla Ra Thai Chili vaccine. Strong enough to clean out your system.

45 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Only 250 cases, so why the panic?  Surely, there will be a similar number every day for years to come (and probably have been for ages).  If most people are asymptomatic or just have mild symptoms, the hospitals should be able to cope.

You just don't get it do you. You seem to care less about the potential lockdowns this government will take and the potential spread that is being shown by where these cases are. Enjoy your self isolation.

50 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Only 250 cases, so why the panic?  Surely, there will be a similar number every day for years to come (and probably have been for ages).  If most people are asymptomatic or just have mild symptoms, the hospitals should be able to cope.

Unless proven measures to combat the virus are taken right now then it won't be staying at 250 it will rise into the thousands. That's science for you.

21 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

Migrants? ????

Chinese originally ????

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

You just don't get it do you. You seem to care less about the potential lockdowns this government will take and the potential spread that is being shown by where these cases are. Enjoy your self isolation.

I care a lot about the potential lockdowns that this government might take as lockdowns destroy people's lives and futures.  I'm not in isolation (yet) and hopefully won't be!

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Unless proven measures to combat the virus are taken right now then it won't be staying at 250 it will rise into the thousands. That's science for you.

Yes.  Although I think it's probably in the thousands already, and has been for a long time.

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Unless proven measures to combat the virus are taken right now then it won't be staying at 250 it will rise into the thousands. That's science 

Your absolutely correct in the potential for astronomical  growth.  Just think about the potential lockdowns,  actions and closures this could possibly cause this government to take and wipe out their road map to reopening for tourism. That's the way I am looking at it.

How are the Germans doing which arrived a few days ago in Phuket?

3 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I care a lot about the potential lockdowns that this government might take as lockdowns destroy people's lives and futures.  I'm not in isolation (yet) and hopefully won't be!

Sure doesn't sound like it by the way your post is written.  I agree and believe there always has been more cases out there. However, they have never tested further than their wanting to. I believe they have not wanted to face the truth.  Does everyone need to be hospitalized, no they don't.  Get the vaccines moving and inoculate the country.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Of the new cases, 245 were local transmissions, while 5 were imported from people entering quarantine. 

Yeah, yeah, we know. A migrant visited a nearby 7/11.

The Thai's main defence against the virus is their effective but highly labour-intensive manual track-and-trace system. This can, however, only deal with a limited number of daily cases. The detail they've given on many occasions shows that they often have to trace between 50 and 200 contacts for each individual. This is feasible for numbers of cases in the hundreds, especially if they're mostly concentrated in one place, as was the case with the Samut Sakhon outbreak a few months ago. It's not hard to see, though, that once numbers start exceeding a thousand the number of contacts to be traced each day simply becomes impossible to manage, and that would either mean giving up and letting the virus do its worst, or else an extremely strict national lockdown with curfew and travel bans. They should really impose a travel ban now, before workers in Bangkok leave for their homes around the country, or they may face far higher daily totals after Songkran, find that the track-and trace system has been overwhelmed, and then have to lock down the entire country very hard.

19 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The Som Tam Pla Ra Thai Chili vaccine. Strong enough to clean out your system.

If you clicked on the link regarding the "a new molecular design" you might learn something to your advantage, because there are some very exciting advances being made, and tests are currently being conducted in Thailand, which could result in a much more powerful/stronger vaccine which is far easier and cheaper to produce than current methods.

Vaccines are going to control the viras. It is essential to expedite vaccination programme for entire country before opening up for International/domestic tourism . Probably more cases will arise now in Phuket, Samui and other tourist hot spots over the coming Songkran holidays

7 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

How are the Germans doing which arrived a few days ago in Phuket?

 

57 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Here's the government's updated chart on that as of today. Thailand at 114 rank among countries:

Yeah , yeah, and 134th in test per million. Maybe there's a link there somewhere if only I could find it.

 

 

Some more EN stats for the day. Appears to be saying there are 2500+ people currently in quarantine.

 

https://www.facebook.com/OICDDC/posts/3843906369063261

 

19 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

How are the Germans doing which arrived a few days ago in Phuket?

I think they are doing fine but they were a bit miffed that they were not allowed out at 6 am to put their towels on the sun beds ....