Thailand’s transport minister enters self-isolation after staff member gets COVID-19

[webfact]

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has voluntarily begun self-isolation for 14 days, after one of his staff, who visited an entertainment venue in the Thonglor area, was found to be infected with COVID-19.

 

The minister said today that he immediately went for a COVID-19 test at a hospital in the northeastern province of Buri Ram, after he learned about the infection of a staff member, adding that he also ordered other staff to isolate for 14 days and had his office disinfected.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-transport-minister-enters-self-isolation-after-staff-member-gets-covid-19/

 

 

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[RichardColeman]

Worked out good for a nice long Songkran holiday

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Oh, the irony of this.
The transport minister responsible for moving thousands of people around the country while being jammed closely together...

I bet he would never use public transport to get to an 'entertainment venue'.

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by bluesofa
Addendum

[colinneil]

You just could not make things like this up, bunch of brain dead plonkers.

The clown responsible for transport, i.e. moving people/ goods around the country is in lockdown, why only him?

[Bkk Brian]

One of the most lucrative Ministerial posts, the Transport Minister, now he's got plenty of time to count his sack load of brown envelopes. 

[FarFlungFalang]

15 minutes ago, colinneil said:

You just could not make things like this up, bunch of brain dead plonkers.

The clown responsible for transport, i.e. moving people/ goods around the country is in lockdown, why only him?

Give it a few more days when everyone has stocked up and bought their tickets then lockdown will come the day before songkran and the rest of us might be joining him.

[FarFlungFalang]

2 hours ago, bluesofa said:

 

If Mike Tyson's first name was Nick would he also be Iron Nick?

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has voluntarily begun self-isolation for 14 days, after one of his staff, who visited an entertainment venue in the Thonglor area, was found to be infected with COVID-19.

Seems this venue was inhabited by someone who was a super spreader!!

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

You just could not make things like this up, bunch of brain dead plonkers.

The clown responsible for transport, i.e. moving people/ goods around the country is in lockdown, why only him?

 

[sungod]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has voluntarily begun self-isolation for 14 days, after one of his staff, who visited an entertainment venue in the Thonglor area, was found to be infected with COVID-19.

This is interesting,

 

Transport ministry, entertainment venues Thonglor, Japanese getting infected in entertainment venues Thong Lor, Japanese subsidiary of Toyota, court case, Japaneses ambassador has covid....................

[mtls2005]

So can he return home to Buriram?

 

 

[sharecropper]

It was probably at the Hiso 'knocking shop', Crystal Park, given the number of 'elite' COVID cases we're now seeing in Bangkok. I have seen a list circulating on Thai social media of girls who work there who have tested positive for COVID.

[smedly]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has voluntarily begun self-isolation for 14 days

covid is very obviously rampant - who knows ?

 

well nobody because mass testing is not being done

 

and why is this man not being detained like anyone else would be

[smedly]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Seems this venue was inhabited by someone who was a super spreader!!

define it please

 

how about infected people simply infecting others

 

it's called a pandemic 

 

Thailand doesn't seem to know or care about it

[hotchilli]

Just now, smedly said:

define it please

 

how about infected people simply infecting others

 

it's called a pandemic 

 

Thailand doesn't seem to know or care about it

Have it which way you like

one person infecting others or multiple people infecting others....

 

[internationalism]

probably he is positive and now admitted to hospital with temperature.

 

he was lying he wasn't partying in thonglor - his bodyguard was recorded as saying he is with his boss

https://www.thaienquirer.com/26180/bhumjai-thai-party-in-self-quarantine-after-aid-to-transport-minister-tests-positive/

 

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by internationalism

[mtls2005]

Fingers interlocked, how romantic...

 

 

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Fingers interlocked, how romantic...

I assumed one of them was trying to wipe any covid germs off onto the other one.

[internationalism]

now he was tested positive https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2021/04/07/transport-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, sharecropper said:

It was probably at the Hiso 'knocking shop', Crystal Park, given the number of 'elite' COVID cases we're now seeing in Bangkok. I have seen a list circulating on Thai social media of girls who work there who have tested positive for COVID.

Knocking shop? Kindly adopt the standard reporting title of 'entertainment venues' to avoid embarrassing ministerial employees. ????

[billd766]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

covid is very obviously rampant - who knows ?

 

well nobody because mass testing is not being done

 

and why is this man not being detained like anyone else would be

Because he is one of the "good" guys.

[WHansen]

7 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If Mike Tyson's first name was Nick would he also be Iron Nick?

Subtle ????

[billd766]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

Because he is one of the "good" guys.

A pity he didn't take all of the other ministers, MPs and senators with him for about 20 years.

[jonclark]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Seems this venue was inhabited by someone who was a super spreader!!

Nah they just all got off with the same 'pretty'. 

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, sharecropper said:

It was probably at the Hiso 'knocking shop', Crystal Park, given the number of 'elite' COVID cases we're now seeing in Bangkok. I have seen a list circulating on Thai social media of girls who work there who have tested positive for COVID.

It's a job to know where it's safe to hang-out now...

[sungod]

23 hours ago, sharecropper said:

I have seen a list circulating on Thai social media of girls who work there who have tested positive for COVID.

Sure thats not tinder?