Thailand reports 559 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

[FarFlungFalang]

34 minutes ago, WineOh said:

I've just caught a glimpse of the horizon and it's as grim as grim can be.

 

Just been out for 15 liters of Kulov vodka and I'm locking myself in my study until July 1st.

 

It's gonna be rough.

If you can see the horizon you're not in Thailand where it's difficult to see the fingers beyond your elbow.

[Bkk Brian]

19 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Ten military facilities in Bangkok reserved for field hospitals as needed

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Defence has made available ten areas in Bangkok for the setting up of field hospitals, with a combined capacity of up to 3,000 patients, in case COVID-19 infections overwhelm existing hospitals.

 

Lt-Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman for the ministry, said today (Friday) that, in addition to the field hospitals, the military has also prepared medical personnel and equipment to take care of the patients.

 

Meanwhile, both the Rajavithi and Ramathibodi hospitals have separately announced the limitation of non-urgent medical services and are urging patients, who are not urgently in need of treatment, to postpone their visits, after some of their staff contracted COVID-19 and several others, who were in close contact with them, were quarantined.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ten-military-facilities-in-bangkok-reserved-for-field-hospitals-as-needed/

 

 

 

I would imagine these sort of places would be an ideal breeding ground for mutating the virus with the possibility of different people having different strains?

[shady86]

Dont worry, the numbers will go down soon because hospitals are running out of test kits. No test = no Covid ????

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

"Chuwit's comments came after two cabinet ministers reportedly visited a night entertainment venue in Thong Lor linked to a Covid -19 cluster."

 

There have been various reports circulating that the Krystal Club, which is the venue at the center of the Thong Lo cluster with the most reported cases, is very popular among high ranking government types.

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[RichardColeman]

I know it's been said before, but it's like watching a slow moving car crash, where the test dummy knows its about to go through the window but can't do anything about it. 

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, bermondburi said:

Anyone not happy with the situation should leave Thailand immediately.

Who could we bash then??? No, I'm staying!????

[Guderian]

The last outbreak was focused on one small province, Samut Sakhon, and mostly involved migrant workers who don't tend to travel far or mix much outside their own community. That made it relatively easy to deal with, as many of the contacts being traced were the same. Now, however, the outbreak is focused on Bangkok, which is an order of magnitude larger than Samut Sakhon, and has spread widely. It's now in almost all the provinces near Bangkok, in the Deep South, along the Burmese border, the Eastern Seaboard, and is slowly working its way through Isaan. These factors will make this outbreak much harder to handle than the last one, and then on top of that you have the British variant which will spread far more quickly than the health authorities here are used to. This is not looking good.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

Hospital stocks rise on surge in Covid testing

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Analysts at Nomura Securities expect that private hospitals in Bangkok, including Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS) and Bangkok Chain Hospital (BCH), will benefit from the latest Covid-19 cluster as more people are going to get tested.

 

BCH said that they are preparing at least 200,000 Covid-19 test kits for its chain hospitals ahead of an estimated demand of 3,000-4,000 per day.

 

Initially, the hospital expects the surge in customers of testing service until the end of April, said the BCH chief executive Chalerm Harnphanich, adding that the hospital saw a 60-per-cent increase in the testing compared with the second wave.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/26330/hospital-stocks-rise-on-surge-in-covid-testing/

 

[foreverlomsak]

1 hour ago, WineOh said:

I'm locking myself in my study until July 1st.

If you don't mind me asking which year?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

Note: The new case number from Chiang Mai province in today's central government update was only 16 cases.

 

https://www.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/309446787208258

 

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[bkk6060]

I actually hope I get it sooner then later, before all the hospitals will be full.

My insurance will provide full coverage for the hospital.

Would prefer it over being sent to a makeshift building with army cots packed with sick people coughing spitting and vomiting.

[bkk6060]

13 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Note: The new case number from Chiang Mai province in today's central government update was only 16 cases.

 

https://www.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/309446787208258

 

 

Boots on the ground contact in CM said 148.  And, they are opening a field hospital at the exhibition hall with 200 beds.

[onthedarkside]

A series of trolling and off topic posts have been removed. This really isn't the time or place for it...

 

[bkk6060]

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

A province map of the 41 provinces in Thailand that will be subject to the entertainment venues closure order starting tonight at midnight:

 

 

The provinces list is:

 

1. Bangkok 2. Pathum Thani 3. Nonthaburi 4. Nakhon Pathom 5. Samut Prakan 6. Samut Songkhram 7. Samut Sakhon 8. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 9. Saraburi 10. Lopburi 11. Nakhon Nayok 12. Chonburi 13. Rayong 14. Chanthaburi 15. Prachin Buri 16. Chachoengsao 17. Sa Kaeo 18. Suphanburi 19. Kanchanaburi 20. Ratchaburi 21. Prachuap Khiri Khan 22. Phetchaburi 23. Ranong 24. Chumphon 25. Nakhon Si Thammarat 26. Phuket 27. Surat Thani 28. Songkhla 29. Yala 30. Narathiwat 31. Nakhon Ratchasima 32. Khon Kaen 33. Chaiyaphum 34. Udon Thani 35. Buriram 36. Loei 37. Chiang Rai 40. Tak and 41. Phetchabun

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/302689228016075

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Petey11]

Testing jumped to 10000 yesterday, expect these results to filter in to figures over the next few days I think

[Ventenio]

Seems like some people aren't taking this outbreak nearly as seriously as in the past.  Of course, my sample size isn't in the millions....

 

I will simply wait and see.......i would be in favor of a lockdown, especially at this time of the year.   

 

anyhow, be safe out there.....and don't be that falang in 711 without a mask on.  not cool  

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

Testing jumped to 10000 yesterday, expect these results to filter in to figures over the next few days I think

 

I haven't seen that stat. Do you have a source for it that you can post?

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Chart below says 2,645 people currently hospitalized for COVID.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/OICDDC/posts/3853011671486064

 

[Petey11]

44 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I haven't seen that stat. Do you have a source for it that you can post?

 

It's on the MOPH website https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/situation.php

Has the daily persons qualifying for test and lab tests carried out.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Local news blogger Richard Barrow is continuing to report on supposed domestic travel restrictions... which the government has been claiming don't exist.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/309292180557052

 

[Bkk Brian]

Thailand’s new Covid wave ‘10 times worse’ | The Nation Thailand

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1380129855870623744

 

[cyril sneer]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

I actually hope I get it sooner then later, before all the hospitals will be full.

My insurance will provide full coverage for the hospital.

Would prefer it over being sent to a makeshift building with army cots packed with sick people coughing spitting and vomiting.

They would send you to the makeshift building regardless of how full your private hospital is 

 

If you tell them you have any symptoms that resemble covid you’d be sent there without testing to mingle with those that have it 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

From Matthew Tostevin at Reuters:

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

37 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Local news blogger Richard Barrow is continuing to report on supposed domestic travel restrictions... which the government has been claiming don't exist.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/309292180557052

 

I think the government are partly right, as the self-quarantine requirements imposed by the rogue Governors would seem to be completely unenforceable, especially for those driving home themselves.

[brewsterbudgen]

8 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

They would send you to the makeshift building regardless of how full your private hospital is 

 

If you tell them you have any symptoms that resemble covid you’d be sent there without testing to mingle with those that have it 

If I get Covid symptoms I think I will stay home!

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I think the government are partly right, as the self-quarantine requirements imposed by the rogue Governors would seem to be completely unenforceable, especially for those driving home themselves.

Why do you use the term rogue governors?