Thai Ministers in Quarantine

[webfact]

 

BANGKOK, April 7 (TNA) - The cabinet meeting was organized through a video conference today as many ministers started their 14-day quarantine for COVID-19 concerns.

 

Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired the meeting at Government House when many ministers were absent as their close aides were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. They included Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob, Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong and Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on.

 

All promotional events earlier set at Government House before the cabinet meeting were called off. Press conferences after the meeting will be broadcast live through Government House's Facebook page and reporters will not be allowed to attend them.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-670305

 

-- © Copyright TNA 2021-04-07

 

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[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

many ministers started their 14-day quarantine for COVID-19 concerns.

For some reason in my mind I when I hear the word 'quarantine' I always think of animals in a zoo.

[mancub]

Must have been out "entertaining" the Japanese ambassador !

[ThailandRyan]

So they are quarantinning themselves knowing they were possibly exposed to Covid 19, but allowing the people to roam and travel freely starting in just a few days.  Does anyone else see this as a problem or better yet an oxymoron?  We will travel back to Bangkok from Chiang Mai in the next few days and isolate ourselves just in case we may have been exposed to someone  while in Ching Mai, at the airport, or on the airplane flying back from here in Chiang Mai and of course DMK in Bangkok as we will be returning as everyone else starts traveling for Songkhran.  Today while traveling by the Chiang Mai Hospital we saw a tent set up with what appeared to be Covid tests being conducted.

[John Drake]

I thought all these people were vaccinated a few weeks ago.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

Nine cabinet ministers in self-quarantine after transport minister tests positive

 

Nine ministers are now in self-quarantine, the government said on Wednesday, after Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Saksayam was admitted to Buriram Hospital with a high fever on Wednesday and later tested positive.

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Both Saksayam and Supattanapong Punmeechaow, the energy minister, have denied that they visited entertainment venues in Thonglor and Ekkamai districts which is a new epicenter for the virus’ spread in Bangkok.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/26192/nine-cabinet-ministers-in-self-quarantine-after-transport-minister-tests-positive/

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

At least 10 Thai ministers, lawmakers self-isolate after COVID-19 contact

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least 10 Thai cabinet ministers and dozens of lawmakers were self-isolating on Wednesday after coming into contact with positive coronavirus cases, amid a sharp increase in infections in the capital Bangkok.

 

Transport Minister Saksiam Chidchob told local television on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID-19, while his Bhumjaithai Party said other ministers, lawmakers and coalition politicians had been in contact with confirmed cases.

 

Thailand has seen infections jump in the past week, although numbers are still low in comparison to some of its regional neighbours, owing to more than a year of strict border controls, quarantine, testing and contact-tracing protocols.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/at-least-10-thai-ministers-lawmakers-self-isolate-after-covid-19-contact-idUSKBN2BU0MQ

 

[Surelynot]

16 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

and isolate ourselves just in case

I reckon you will be the only people in Thailand considerate enough to do this.......I don't imagine anyone else will.....particularly (and understandably?) those who have no income if they are not working.

[Rookiescot]

Tip of the iceberg. Watch the numbers explode after Songkran. 

 

[Golden Triangle]

Would it not be ironic that after all the demonstrations to demand the Prime Minister to resign, that this detested government fell due to their incompetence in dealing with the issue of vaccinating their citizens & it bit them in the ass ????????????

[Surelynot]

2 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Tip of the iceberg. Watch the numbers explode after Songkran. 

 

It will be amazing if they don't......bordering on a miracle......

[thequietman]

17 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Saksayam was admitted to Buriram Hospital with a high fever on Wednesday and later tested positive.

Did he not get his shot already ??????

[ThailandRyan]

27 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I thought all these people were vaccinated a few weeks ago.

Vaccinations do not keep one from getting Covid-19, it just will lessen the effects.  It is not a miracle injection that makes it dissappear unfortunately.

[Surelynot]

Just now, thequietman said:

Did he not get his shot already ??????

High fever 38??? Not really a high fever........I guess there are a number of factors.....only one shot?......vaccinated very recently?.......condition maybe mild in which case he is lucky or the vaccine actually worked to a degree.

[Surelynot]

7 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Would it not be ironic that after all the demonstrations to demand the Prime Minister to resign, that this detested government fell due to their incompetence in dealing with the issue of vaccinating their citizens & it bit them in the ass ????????????

Oh........ if only that were the case in the UK......one can but dream.

[ThailandRyan]

15 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

I reckon you will be the only people in Thailand considerate enough to do this.......I don't imagine anyone else will.....particularly (and understandably?) those who have no income if they are not working.

Those are the people I worry about. If there was a true Aud Package it might help the lower class and the line workers, but this government has seen to only a little bit of supplementation  or stimulus.

[John Drake]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Vaccinations do not keep one from getting Covid-19, it just will lessen the effects.  It is not a miracle injection that makes it dissappear unfortunately.

 

But three ministers out now. One in the hospital. Which vaccine did they take? And are these guys infected with a variant for which the Sinovac and AZ are ineffective against?

Edited April 7, 2021 by John Drake

[Surelynot]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Those are the people I worry about. If there was a true Aud Package it might help the lower class and the line workers, but this government has seen to only a little bit of supplementation  or stimulus.

We eat mainly street food...............I know hygiene is poor at the best of times.....but if these people aren't on the street selling they have no income......if they are ill they will just carry on.........add to that, many people don't even know they have covid

[ThailandRyan]

17 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

We eat mainly street food...............I know hygiene is poor at the best of times.....but if these people aren't on the street selling they have no income......if they are ill they will just carry on.........add to that, many people don't even know they have covid

We walk the side sois around our neighborhood and have befriended a few families who we help out.  We do buy from the street vendors especially the Som Tam vendor as my GF needs her spicy fix with the crab and bala. Yes, these are the folks who work every day.  The vendor that sells the Khamon Gai has been sick for a few days and her husband has taken over while she gets better thats what he told my GF. Of course  that was before we left and flew to Chiang Mai 4 days ago.  They are the folks that won't go to the hospital and only use the pharmacy for medicine.

Edited April 7, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[Surelynot]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

GF needs her spicy fix

5555.....My life is not worth living if the wife doesn't get her fix......it is a nightmare when we are abroad......

[Cake Monster]

Its funny that when there was some pressure on the last time Covid started to get ugly, Ministers suddenly had to do 14 Days Quarantine then also

[John Drake]

I expect to see Thonglor cordoned off, everyone working or living in the area tested, and barbed wire enclosures erected to see that nobody breaks quarantine. Just like for the Burmese workers in Samut Sakhon. All the hisos into field hospitals on the double.

[mrfill]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

I thought all these people were vaccinated a few weeks ago.

When did anyone say that vaccination gave immunity?

Clue: never

[John Drake]

2 minutes ago, mrfill said:

When did anyone say that vaccination gave immunity?

Clue: never

 

And then there is the real answer: Times of India. One day ago.

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/coronavirus-vaccine-how-long-does-covid-19-vaccine-immunity-last-heres-what-research-has-found/photostory/81912299.cms

[Oldie]

My hero Anutin. Can't be worse. Look at the photo in the link.

 

"Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pictured without a face mask while sitting next to Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Tuesday – a day before Saksayam tested positive for Covid-19."

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30404630

[snoop1130]

At risk cabinet ministers refrain from attending cabinet meeting, observe 14-day quarantine

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The fresh COVID-19 outbreak in Bangkok has spread to different areas and sectors, including political circles. MPs have isolated themselves and refrained from attending parliamentary meetings. Some cabinet ministers, who are at risk, have had to suspend their duties to observe the 14-day quarantine. Transport Minister, Saksayam Chidchob, is one such minister, after a transport official tested positive for the virus.

 

Mr. Saksayam had already received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and was to receive the second dose today (Apr 7). However, he was admitted to Buri Ram Hospital this morning, after his body temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius. He tested positive for COVID-19. Mr. Saksayam and a group of officials attended a merit-making ceremony and a Bhumjaithai Party meeting yesterday. All 61 Bhumjaithai MPs have entered quarantine and have not attended parliamentary meetings, to show their sense of social responsibility.

 

The Bhumjaithai MPs, including Tourism and Sports Minister, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, and Chairwoman of the Advisory Board to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Natee Ratchakitprakarn, traveled to Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute to be tested today. Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister, Chalermchai Sri-on, also went to the institute, after he attended the Bhumjaithai Party’s merit-making ceremony and had been in close contact with Mr. Saksayam.

 

Education Minister, Trinuch Thienthong, is also quarantined, after a person, who later tested positive for COVID-19, came to congratulate her on the day she reported to work. Ms. Trinuch’s test result was negative. Deputy Prime Minister, Prof. Dr. Wissanu Krea-ngam, and Deputy Minister of Education, Kanokwan Wilawan, are now isolating, as both ministers attended a meeting with Ms. Trinuch on April 5.

 

In addition, three deputy ministers reported that they will not join the cabinet meeting today. They include Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Capt. Thamanat Prompow, Deputy Minister of Labor, Dr. Narumon Pinyosinwat, and Deputy Minister of Education, Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich.

 

Today, the cabinet meeting was held via video conference. The venue was relocated from Santi Maitri Building to Command Building 1 at Government House, Bangkok. Results of the meeting will be posted on the ThaigovSpokesman Facebook page.

 

Meanwhile, the extraordinary parliamentary session, to consider the referendum bill in the second reading today, will not be attended by Bhumjaithai MPs or some Democrat Party MPs who joined the Bhumjaithai’s merit-making ceremony. MPs and Senators, who met with the Japanese Ambassador to Thailand, attended the session, after completing their 14-day quarantine. The ambassador has tested positive for COVID-19.

 

The meeting continued as planned, with President of the National Assembly, Chuan Leekpai, instructing officials to step up disease-control measures and legislators to be tested before attending the meeting.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2021-04-07

 

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[Misterwhisper]

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

For some reason in my mind I when I hear the word 'quarantine' I always think of animals in a zoo.

You're not too far off, I guess.

[unblocktheplanet]

The country will run much better in their absence!

[Surelynot]

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

I expect to see Thonglor cordoned off, everyone working or living in the area tested, and barbed wire enclosures erected to see that nobody breaks quarantine. Just like for the Burmese workers in Samut Sakhon. All the hisos into field hospitals on the double.

Oh dear.....have you been to Thong Lo?..........These people have serious money.

[Mitkof Island]

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So they are quarantinning themselves knowing they were possibly exposed to Covid 19, but allowing the people to roam and travel freely starting in just a few days.  Does anyone else see this as a problem or better yet an oxymoron?  We will travel back to Bangkok from Chiang Mai in the next few days and isolate ourselves just in case we may have been exposed to someone  while in Ching Mai, at the airport, or on the airplane flying back from here in Chiang Mai and of course DMK in Bangkok as we will be returning as everyone else starts traveling for Songkhran.  Today while traveling by the Chiang Mai Hospital we saw a tent set up with what appeared to be Covid tests being conducted.

The Thai government has been so focused on their scam quarantine for foreigners while oddly they forgot about testing the population in real numbers and getting the population vaccinated. Now because of shear stupidity and greed thousands are about to get very ill and die. Another repeat of Trump and his brain cooked followers.