Thailand reports 789 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

[FarFlungFalang]

15 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Mass testing doesn't negate the need for targeted lockdowns when outbreaks occur.

 

We're not going to be living normally for a long time. Just like after 9/11.

No I can see that, but if those that have recovered having gained immunity were allowed to be excused from restrictions it would be the same or better than being vaccinated.In fact those that have recovered should be allowed to return to normal.That's my point.At this stage I would have thought the clever bunnies would already have raised this issue and dealt with it not only here but globally.

[onthedarkside]

Several additional off-topic posts have been removed.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

This MoPH chart released this morning shows Thailand's weekly new COVID case numbers (in red) and cumulative total case numbers (in purple) on a weekly basis since last December.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Harry Fingerling]

Yet Anutin will allow 10’s of thousands to pour into the provinces. One wonders what his M.O is?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Working from the Thai version of  the province by province new case numbers reported today:

 

Bangkok -- 185

Chiang Mai -- 168

Chonburi -- 101

Samut Prakan -- 75

Prachuap Khiri Khan -- 40

 

All the others appear to have been lesser numbers for the day.

 

[FarFlungFalang]

12 minutes ago, Harry Fingerling said:

Yet Anutin will allow 10’s of thousands to pour into the provinces. One wonders what his M.O is?

His MO is to hide at home possibly infected as he is said to quarantining at home.Quarantining is when you are infected and self isolating is when you.....well self isolate waiting for test results or in lockdown.Gov policy is to hospitalise infected people not self quarantine. 

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

"The Foreign Affairs Ministry has added China’s Sinopharm to its list of vaccines whose recipients qualify for a reduced quarantine period of 7 days in Thailand.

 

The Sinopharm vaccine becomes the eighth vaccine accepted under the 7-day quarantine measure. All 8 vaccines have been registered by Thailand or certified by the World Health Organization.

 

The ministry has also updated the application process for certificates of entry (COE) to Thailand at the website coethailand.mfa.go.th. Thais and foreigners travelling to Thailand must apply for a COE by filling in the application form and uploading their vaccine certificate documents at the website."

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10157938392467050

 

 

 

All approved by Anutin?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The MoPH also released a chart on the demographics of the 1,000+ COVID cases that have been linked to entertainment venues from March 22 thru April 9...  Average age 30, youngest 4 months, oldest 76 years. Most in the 20-40 years age groups. 96% Thais, according to the data.  The large graph in the middle is a breakdown of patron / staff / etc.

 

 

[clonetom]

Very strange: The designated Chiang Mai information shows 186 cases, not 168. Wonder where/who flipped the numbers?

 

If 186 is correct, then Chiang Mai would have one more case than Bangkok (185). Or has half of BKK arrived in CM?

 

[https://cmcovid19.com/]

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

"COVID testing update from Phyathai 2 Hospital today. Sounds like they're still in the testing business, although Phyathai 1 said the other day they had ceased:"

 

BTW, I posed a question to Bumrungrad Hospital the other day about their COVID testing status, since they were NOT among the dozen or so BKK hospitals listed as having stopped doing COVID testing. Sounds like they're still offering testing.

 

Got this response from them:

 

"If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or are considered high-risk for contracting COVID-19, you are welcome to come in the hospital for testing.

 

However, please know that we may not be able to provide a hospital bed for you if your test results come back positive. This is due to a high number of patients currently receiving treatment.

 

If you are experiencing only minor symptoms or are not considered high-risk but are adamant about getting tested, we urge you to please leave your name and phone number so we can contact you to schedule an appointment afterword."

 

[Bkktodd]

6 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

559 to 789 is hardly exponential growth...and if hospital beds are running out it's because they put anyone testing positive in hospital even though 50% of people are asymptomatic and 80% never need hospitalization. 

Anywhere else in the world you self isolate and monitor health.  Only if in decline you get treatment

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Working from the Thai version of  the province by province new case numbers reported today:

 

Bangkok -- 185

Chiang Mai -- 168

Chonburi -- 101

Samut Prakan -- 75

Prachuap Khiri Khan -- 40

 

All the others appear to have been lesser numbers for the day.

 

186 for CM

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

41 minutes ago, clonetom said:

Very strange: The designated Chiang Mai information shows 186 cases, not 168. Wonder where/who flipped the numbers?

 

If 186 is correct, then Chiang Mai would have one more case than Bangkok (185). Or has half of BKK arrived in CM?

 

[https://cmcovid19.com/]

 

Sometimes they make mistakes in their data... Sometimes the province data is slow in getting tallied in the national stats...  All I say can is, this below was the entry line for CM in this morning's MoPH presentation. 

The April 10 tally is one column in from the far right.

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[holy cow cm]

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Sometimes they make mistakes in their data... Sometimes the province data is slow in getting tallied in the national stats...  All I say can is, this below was the entry line for CM in this morning's MoPH presentation.  The April 10 tally is one column in from the far right.

 

 

194?

[trainman34014]

1 hour ago, Harry Fingerling said:

Yet Anutin will allow 10’s of thousands to pour into the provinces. One wonders what his M.O is?

Having 4.5 Billion Baht in the Bank doesn't make him intelligent; the Man is a useless Idiot !

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, Harry Fingerling said:

Yet Anutin will allow 10’s of thousands to pour into the provinces. One wonders what his M.O is?

It has already been announced that 27 provinces, including where I live, will impose quarantine on 'external arrivals'. And that was this morning.

 

Our Pyu Ya Ban has read the riot act. Any visitors arriving in the village will be subject to this and must be registered. They will not be permitted to join in with any Songkran functions. I guess this is why many people cancelled their trips. It won't be worth it for them.

 

Thailand is IMO better prepared for this wave than many people seem to think, probably better than we were last year. The rural areas especially know how to deal with this virus and hopefully we will, once again keep it at bay.

 

We did last year and we'll do it again.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

14 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

194?

 

That's their tally for April 10 combined with other days going back to April 1.

 

As I said, the April 10 data is one column in from the right... not the far right column.

 

I could post the whole chart, but it's all in TH, which kinda would go against our forum EN language rules for such things.

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Soikhaonoiken]

What is the Government doing to combat this virus....... 

The PM really thought that Covid-19 would pass Thailand by, with only a few daily reported infections, hence why they have not rolled out a mass vaccination programme as this would save money... How wrong could they be, the situation is now worsening, and the Government needs to seriously address the problem now, before it explodes like in the EU, Brazil, India, etc. 

[Moonlover]

30 minutes ago, Bkktodd said:

6 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

559 to 789 is hardly exponential growth...and if hospital beds are running out it's because they put anyone testing positive in hospital even though 50% of people are asymptomatic and 80% never need hospitalization. 

 

30 minutes ago, Bkktodd said:

Anywhere else in the world you self isolate and monitor health.  Only if in decline you get treatment

But we are not 'anywhere else in the world', we are here and this is the way they they do it.

 

During the heavy case load period down south, not all infected persons went into hospital. They were accommodated in isolation units and were only admitted to hospital if their symptoms warranted it.

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Moonlover

[Unify]

6 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

559 to 789 is hardly exponential growth...and if hospital beds are running out it's because they put anyone testing positive in hospital even though 50% of people are asymptomatic and 80% never need hospitalization. 

That's a 41.1449% growth in one day. Project across 10 days at that rate, and you'd have 24,680 cases/day (I'm not suggesting it would happen exactly that way).

[sambum]

6 hours ago, John Drake said:

How is Thailand doing in the world ranking these reports used to include at the bottom of the page? For some reason, that part of the story has disappeared.

 

Extremely easy for you to find out for yourself - just Google "Worldometer Covid" and all will be revealed.

 

But for your info, Thailand now stands at No 113 in the world rankings. 

113

Thailand

31,658

+789

97

+1

[overherebc]

6 hours ago, overherebc said:

Opportune time to put 90 day reporting on the back burner.

 

Strange that 3 find it funny. 

Isn't it better that people shouldn't have to gather in one place, an Imm' office that is, and be exposed to the virus or expose others to it if they have it and don't know.

[sambum]

9 minutes ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

What is the Government doing to combat this virus....... 

The PM really thought that Covid-19 would pass Thailand by, with only a few daily reported infections, hence why they have not rolled out a mass vaccination programme as this would save money... How wrong could they be, the situation is now worsening, and the Government needs to seriously address the problem now, before it explodes like in the EU, Brazil, India, etc. 

Yes - it was either the PM or his equally qualified Deputy who said last year that the hot weather at Songkran was going to "blow Covid- 19 away, and in any case our Chinese friends will have a vaccine by then"

[sambum]

2 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Strange that 3 find it funny. 

Isn't it better that people shouldn't have to gather in one place, an Imm' office that is, and be exposed to the virus or expose others to it if they have it and don't know.

 

Not strange at all - they find it funny that such a suggestion could be taken seriously by Immigration, as can be illustrated from this pic from OUTSIDE Koh Samui Immigration Office in Apr 2020.

 

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, clonetom said:

Very strange: The designated Chiang Mai information shows 186 cases, not 168. Wonder where/who flipped the numbers?

 

If 186 is correct, then Chiang Mai would have one more case than Bangkok (185). Or has half of BKK arrived in CM?

 

[https://cmcovid19.com/]

 

As I posted in another OP while I was in Chiang Mai. Bangkok plated Hi-So Range Rovers and high end luxury cars started arriving at the 5 star hotel i was at on Wednesday night and all day Thursday.  Over 100 quests for a wedding scheduled for today.  So who knows if any of them were from Thonglor and are amongst some of those tested at a screening center I saw going up on Wednesday.  We stayed clear and flew back to Bangkok yesterday early.  Self isolating at home now.

Edited April 10, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

14 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

Extremely easy for you to find out for yourself - just Google "Worldometer Covid" and all will be revealed.

 

But for your info, Thailand now stands at No 113 in the world rankings. 

113

Thailand

31,658

+789

97

+1

 

The TH MoPH does their own updates and charts of such things each day, showing how Thailand fares both in the world rankings and also in the Asia regional ones... This below is their latest Asia countries comparisons.

 

The chart below is ranked by countries' numbers of reported cases.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Health officials in Bangkok today added another 10 entertainment venue locations, including several popular farang venues, to their list of those with COVID cases, and urged recent patrons of those places to get tested for COVID.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/earthpongsakornk/posts/499917641418136

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Update on the government's plans to make available more various kinds of "hospital" beds in Bangkok in the coming weeks to handle a looming surge in COVID cases.

 

 

"Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to adopt a three-step plan, including the expansion of city hospital capacity and the setting up of a field hospital modelled after the one in Samut Sakhon, to brace for the anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.

 

The first step calls for expansion of the capacity of the BMA’s hospitals and assembly of field type hospital extensions, to accommodate more than 5,500 patients, up from the current 1,218.

 

If infections increase, the second step calls for non-severe cases to be quarantined and treated in hotels, to be arranged by the BMA.

 

In the third step, the City Hall must set up a field hospital, modelled on the one in Samut Sakhon, using the facilities at Bangkok Arena, the Thai-Japanese sports stadium and the Bang Khun Thian hospital.

 

(more)

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bma-and-military-told-prepare-facilities-to-handle-surge-in-covid-19-infections/

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

COVID surge in Chiang Mai prompts expansion of field hospital and appeal for donations of consumables

 

"Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai is running short of ambulances, to bring those with COVID-19 to the field hospital,which was recently set up at the international trade exhibition centre, as the number of new infections surges.

 

According to the provincial health office, 186 new cases were recorded today (Saturday), raising the total to 450 in just 48 hours. The field hospital can currently only accommodate 240 patients, split between male and female.

 

Workers are racing against time to increase the number of beds to 500, and then 1,000, if there are more infections."

 

(more)

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/covid-surge-in-chiang-mai-prompts-expansion-of-field-hospital-and-appeal-for-donations-of-consumables/

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

MoPH talking about what some of the common symptoms have been for patients in the current COVID outbreak:

 

"IMPORTANT: The Ministry of Public Health has posted more information about the symptoms of people with #COVID19 during this third wave: no fever, runny nose, red eyes and a skin rash. If you have any of these symptoms, please seek medical advice #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand"

 

https://www.facebook.com/richardbarrowthailand/posts/31026761379284

 

 

The "no fever" part would seem to kind of limit the effectiveness of all the temperature checking that's become a standard here lately...