By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said there is no need for a nationwide lockdown to tackle the latest outbreak of Covid-19.

 

He said Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has allowed governors and communicable disease committees in each province to use measures depending on the situation in their areas. The outbreak situation may vary from province to province, so each governor should be able to issue measures suitable for their community while creating minimal impact to the people and the local economy.

 

The minister said if every citizen continues to properly protect themselves, the outbreak will soon be contained and a nationwide lockdown or strict measures that could hurt the economy will not be necessary.

 

He also urged people planning to travel back to their hometowns during Songkran to follow Covid-19 preventive measures and stay safe on the road.

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said there is no need for a nationwide lockdown to tackle the latest outbreak of Covid-19.

Next week's news:

Worried by the rapid escalation in Covid-19 cases, interior Minister Anupong Paochinda announces a nationwide lockdown.

Khon Kaen is the latest province to announce quarantine for people coming from Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani.

Others are Trang and Nan and maybe more.  

 

Richard Barrow 

 

@RichardBarrow

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Khon Kaen is the latest province to announce quarantine for people coming from Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani. You need to register using the attached QR Code and then quarantine in your home #COVID19 #โควิด19 #Thailand

12 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Khon Kaen is the latest province to announce quarantine for people coming from Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani.

Others are Trang and Nan and maybe more.  

 

Richard Barrow 

 

@RichardBarrow

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Khon Kaen is the latest province to announce quarantine for people coming from Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Pathum Thani. You need to register using the attached QR Code and then quarantine in your home #COVID19 #โควิด19 #Thailand

 

Going to be a stealth lockdown in fact where the government gets to declare that it isn't a lockdown.

How stupid can they get?

No lockdown, crazy, damned virus is everywhere now, due to lack of proper action.

Those clowns in government, have now certainly lost the plot, last year lockdown when only a handful of cases, this years there are thousands of cases, oh no problem we are passing the buck to governors around the country, basically meaning.... We have no damned idea what we are doing, or what we should do.

When it gets completely out of control Prayut and his bunch of clowns will just blame the governors.

Stock up on liquor, I bet a booze ban is coming down the track.

Thailand has done better than the rest of the world so maybe you should give them a little credit

Everyone needs to calm the flip down. IT's not out of control yet  - not by a long shot. Give it a month. Then start to panic if the cases exceed 1000 a day.

32 minutes ago, colinneil said:

How stupid can they get?

Every day they try harder

21 minutes ago, Rayfish said:

Thailand has done better than the rest of the world so maybe you should give them a little credit

 

Why would someone doing something well in the past prevent you from criticizing/questioning how they are doing that same thing in the present?

9 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

Everyone needs to calm the flip down. IT's not out of control yet  - not by a long shot. Give it a month. Then start to panic if the cases exceed 1000 a day.

a month ? a 1000 or more per day could be very soon

17 minutes ago, Excel said:

a month ? a 1000 or more per day could be very soon

It could - but it's not yet, is it?

 

With a further 549 local Covid-19 case today, the Interior Minister might need to form a committee to rethink the lockdown situation.

 

Richard Barrow 

 

@RichardBarrow

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Official #COVID19 update in #Thailand on Friday:

 

Since 15 December 2020

 

26,632 people infected (+10 imported cases & +549 local cases)

 

1,413 of these cases were imported

 

36 dead +1

 

Since January 2020

 

30,869 cases

 

2,645 people still in care

 

96 deaths

 

 

58 minutes ago, J Town said:

Stock up on liquor, I bet a booze ban is coming down the track.

Inevitable.

50 minutes ago, Rayfish said:

Thailand has done better than the rest of the world so maybe you should give them a little credit

They have contained the virus fairly well up until this point, but now the real test is coming. 

 

As to other aspects of handling this outbreak, their vaccination campaign is so far not effective or widespread enough.

 

Its just a ploy of the goverment to let the governors decide so if it goes wrong they can blame others. They probably expect it to go wrong but are too worried that closing for songkran will make too many people angry.

36 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

It could - but it's not yet, is it?

With testing suspending at more than a dozen hospitals in Bangkok due to running out of kits then there's a good chance it is yes.

1 hour ago, Rayfish said:

Thailand has done better than the rest of the world so maybe you should give them a little credit

Yes but so has Laos, Cambodia Vietnam, Malaysia and probably Singapore. 

Might be some regional effect. 

13 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

With testing suspending at more than a dozen hospitals in Bangkok due to running out of kits then there's a good chance it is yes.

Don't forget that every positive case has to be retested by the goverment before its counted and reported. The government confirmation is lagging too. So there is a good chance the numbers are much higher.

2 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Next week's news:

Worried by the rapid escalation in Covid-19 cases, interior Minister Anupong Paochinda announces a nationwide lockdown.

Or maybe announcing he's buying another Patek Philippe to support the economy. 

well, they officially locked down 41 provinces for 14 days starting saturday.  

Flip flop flip

A post using a trolling reference to the PM has been removed. 

1 hour ago, eeworldwide said:

It could - but it's not yet, is it?

Did I say today ?

The PM loves issuing orders when nothing is really on the line.

 

When things get dicey he freezes.

 

 

Issue a mandatory 14 day shelter in place order now.

 

 

2 hours ago, Rayfish said:

Thailand has done better than the rest of the world so maybe you should give them a little credit

I love your sarcasm ! It does you credit.

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Why would someone doing something well in the past prevent you from criticizing/questioning how they are doing that same thing in the present?

 

If you criticized them in the past for doing well, who will listen to your criticism  now?

1 hour ago, Dart12 said:

well, they officially locked down 41 provinces for 14 days starting saturday.  

Flip flop flip

They are hardly "locked down"!  Bars and entertainment have been told to close for 14 days.  Restaurants, shopping malls and shops, markets, schools, public transport, parks, gyms etc are all still open.

4 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

Everyone needs to calm the flip down. IT's not out of control yet  - not by a long shot. Give it a month. Then start to panic if the cases exceed 1000 a day.

It won't take a month to get to 1000 per day.

 

In the UK when it kicked off last year they estimated that they're only finding about 10% of the cases via testing.

 

I thought he passed the buck pretty well there.for a situation where he has   just allowed the  released "A Super Spreader"

Cool as a cucumber  but ensuring that the field hospitals are being completed ready for the fallout (his own admission)

Under control along with the deadly smog.