9th October

Samui +6 new cases
Phangan, no data
Koh Tao, no data

What about boarding schools??

4 hours ago, kwilco said:

What about boarding schools??

I don't think there are any in Samui. I believe there is one in Surat thani, but haven't heard any news of an outbreak there.

5 hours ago, phetphet said:

I sdon't think there are any in Samui. I believe there is one in Surat thani, but haven't heard any news of an outbreak there.

Yes there are...the Bhavana Vocational College has about 500 students..

There are also the Uniue or other tertiary colleges. 

I get the feeling that if there is an outbreak at one of these there could well be a cover up.

10th October

Samui +3 new cases
Phangan, no data
Koh Tao, no data

11th October

Samui +4 new cases
Phangan, no new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

What is needed is a map of the new cases showing how they are connected or not.

13 hours ago, kwilco said:

What is needed is a map of the new cases showing how they are connected or not.

There are sometimes shared timelines in Thai language in the Thai news forums, but I've only shared a few timelines when I saw them translated to English. Also some clusters have been named, like for example "Black Club Cluster". You can find some of the timelines in this Facebook news-group HERE (Koh Samui Update News), or search for the official site from Surat Thani government, you might need to do that in Thai language.

12th October

Samui +10 new cases
Phangan, no new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

Some staff are warning me not to go to Bangrak market. (Next to Big Buddha.)

They say that there is a large cluster of cases (39).

I hope that this is all a false rumour, but maybe stay away until there is more information?

The market was still very busy when I drove by this morning.

13th October

Samui +39 new cases
Phangan, no new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

5 minutes ago, khunPer said:

13th October

Samui +39 new cases

Apparently the market has been closed for 7 days.

54 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Apparently the market has been closed for 7 days.

Yep...bit close to you Trop

 

7 minutes ago, Neilly said:

Yep...bit close to you Trop

 

Very close.

Luckily, I never shop there. Two tier pricing.

Actually Samui seems to have the highest Covid-vaccination rate in Thailand, so if vaccine works, should we then have so relative many new cases?

 

-Or are the positive new cases asymptomatic, or so mild (due to vaccinations) that it doesn't matter, i.e. we can live with Covid, just like we can live with cold and flu...????

 

Bear in mind, that even 17,917 people have died with Covid-19 so far, then 44,549 people in Thailand died from the flu in 2018 (WHO count).

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

so if vaccine works

Well, guess the chinese vaccine wasnt that good and that's why they're giving AZ boosters.

Big Buddha Market in Bang Rak will be closed for two weeks until 26th October, a total of 50 Covid-19 cases have been located here.

6 hours ago, khunPer said:

Or are the positive new cases asymptomatic, or so mild (due to vaccinations) that it doesn't matter, i.e. we can live with Covid, just like we can live with cold and flu...

There are some guests staying in a couple of the villas that are Covid positive. They were tested because of the school cluster. All were asymptomatic. The adults were double vaccinated.

They were in hospital for a while and then at a hospitel. They are now past the 'contagious' stage and are completing their quarantine at home until their final test. (This week.)

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

There are some guests staying in a couple of the villas that are Covid positive. They were tested because of the school cluster. All were asymptomatic. The adults were double vaccinated.

They were in hospital for a while and then at a hospitel. They are now past the 'contagious' stage and are completing their quarantine at home until their final test. (This week.)

I was speaking to someone yesterday, who along with all his family had it a couple of weeks ago. He told me all but one were asymptomatic, and when in hospital, he may have meant hospitel, many cases were the same... All felt fit with no symptoms at all.

15 hours ago, khunPer said:

Big Buddha Market in Bang Rak

That market has always been fishy.

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

There are some guests staying in a couple of the villas that are Covid positive.

Thai?

Thought else they would be forced into SHABA+++ hotel for $$$

2 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Thai?

Thought else they would be forced into SHABA+++ hotel for $$$

No - all foreigners.

14th October

Samui +11 new cases
Phangan +2 new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

15th October

Samui +11 new cases (9 from Big Buddha Market-cluster)
Phangan, no new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

Cluster or Outbreak? UK epidemiological definitions.

Cluster criteria

Two or more test-confirmed cases of COVID-19 among individuals associated with a specific non-residential setting with illness onset dates within a 14-day period.

(In the absence of detailed information about the type of contact between the cases).

End of cluster

No test-confirmed cases with illness onset dates in the last 14 days.

Outbreak criteria

Two or more test-confirmed cases of COVID-19 among individuals associated with a specific non-residential setting with illness onset dates within 14 days, and one of:

identified direct exposure between at least 2 of the test-confirmed cases in that setting (for example under one metre face to face, or spending more than 15 minutes within 2 metres) during the infectious period of one of the cases

when there is no sustained local community transmission - absence of an alternative source of infection outside the setting for the initially identified cases

End of outbreak

No test-confirmed cases with illness onset dates in the last 28 days in that setting.

Note: The threshold for the end of an outbreak is higher than the end of a cluster.

16th October

Samui +3 new cases (2 from Big Buddha Market-cluster)
Phangan +1 new case
Koh Tao, no new cases

17th October

Samui +8 new cases
Phangan +3 new case
Koh Tao, no new cases

18th October

Samui +8 new cases
Phangan +2 new case
Koh Tao, no new cases

19th October

Samui +9 new cases
Phangan, no new cases
Koh Tao, no new cases

20th October

Samui +24 new cases
Phangan +1 new case
Koh Tao, no new cases