Thailand reports 1,443 new COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Know not me said:

They have 15 months to prepare for this and now look what happens. Not enough testing kits. Not enough hospital beds 

And no vaccine. What have they been thinking for the past 15 months, it was all going to go away

 

No they were busy patting themselves on the back from the accolades the WHO gave them.

[fleccer]

We don't talk about anything else than the covid, and then one wonders why the economy and tourism are falling apart

[impulse]

5 hours ago, Nismooo said:

I know the economy was a factor of quarantine being reduced from 14 days to 10 days but is that change in revenue worth the risk? None of us know that for sure because we do not know the risk until it is too late. 

 

Anyone willing to quarantine for 10 days would be willing to quarantine for 14 days.  I doubt there has been any positive change in revenue.

 

[seajae]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Surat Thani: You'll be fined up to 20,000 baht if you go out without a mask
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1214414-surat-thani-youll-be-fined-up-to-20000-baht-if-you-go-out-without-a-mask/

 

 

 

 

they should have made this law before songkran and all the idiots that travelled here with the symptoms and infected the place, as always too little too late, they have already converted a local university into a covid hospital to cope when 2 weeks ago there was only a couple of people with it

[sandhurstmolonski]

9 hours ago, lkv said:

 

Could have very well been a 30 year old that went to buy Tom Yum soup in the market from an infected auntie that is not aware she is infected, but they had to scapegoat the entertainment industry a bit, with a younger person's death with no preconditions.

Spot on ..

Overweight , entertainment industry , correct time of year 

[fakser]

Only 3 foreigners. 1,440 locals.

Conclusion: The mandatory asq is a big mistake and disaster to Thai economy.

The right measure is distributed  closure at districts with high rate of outbreak, social distance, masks and strict hygiene. 

In parallel, and most important, massive vaccination.

[fakser]

Thailand should open its border freely to vaccinated tourists with certified vaccinations, without quarantine or other restrictions.

[Danderman123]

29 minutes ago, fakser said:

Only 3 foreigners. 1,440 locals.

Conclusion: The mandatory asq is a big mistake and disaster to Thai economy.

The right measure is distributed  closure at districts with high rate of outbreak, social distance, masks and strict hygiene. 

In parallel, and most important, massive vaccination.

So, you are okay with foreigners entering the country, bearing the latest mutant viruses, as long as they promise to wear face masks, to engage in social distancing, and to self isolate if they feel sick?

[morrobay]

8 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Anyone willing to quarantine for 10 days would be willing to quarantine for 14 days.  I doubt there has been any positive change in revenue.

 

And anyone not willing  to quarantine for 14 days probably not willing to quarantine 10 days

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Not good. Seems like it is spreading everywhere. Stay safe people.

Seems like it's got to be a regime of self protection... in the absence of any vaccines for normal people.

Take care where you go, what you do and who you have contact with.

 

[johnarth]

hell it took a long time to flick through all that did I miss anything?

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai health authorities on Tuesday assured the public there were sufficient hospital beds for the rising number of coronavirus patients, amid a new wave of infections this month that has spread fast across the country.

 

With all the field hospitals going up around the nation I'm sure hospitals do have enough beds for normal patients.

[Cake Monster]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The current wave includes the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant, which has been blamed for big jumps in infections in many countries, including the Philippines, where hospitals are struggling.

And if Thailand gets hit by one of the much worse Variants such as the" Brazilian Mutation " or the new suspected biggy from India, Prayut, Anutin and the rest will have to give over Government House to care for the sick

[Osthos]

5 hours ago, morrobay said:

And anyone not willing  to quarantine for 14 days probably not willing to quarantine 10 days

 

Have to say, as someone's who's vaccinated and wanting to come back to Thailand on business, 7 days is a hell of a lot flexible than 14 or 10 days. 

[paulikens]

where are all them posters on here saying how good thailand was doing in dealing with covid??  gone quiet all of a sudden.  probably the same ones who are slagging them off now

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, paulikens said:

where are all them posters on here saying how good thailand was doing in dealing with covid??  gone quiet all of a sudden.  probably the same ones who are slagging them off now

one is not the same as the other, your last sentence has confused your first sentence and your answer with each other.  

[unblocktheplanet]

555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 dang, LSOMFGSOT5K (laughing so hard my finger got stuck on the 5 key)

[Dogmatix]

Most likely cases have plateaued because testing, which started with enthusiasm when the night club clusters first emerged, has stalled.  People now know that hospitals claim not to have testing solution and there are now lots of cases where people tested positive nad it took a week for the promised ambulance to pick them up or it never arrived at all.  Also people with no symptoms or mild symptoms don't want to be forced into a primitive field hospital with limited toilet facilities, lots of theft and nowhere to charge your phone.  Why would they want to go there?  So they feel they are on their on their own and will only seek help when they start to feel seriously ill by which time their families are infected and it may be too late for them anyway.  

 

Since the Uk variant spreads very fast and Thailand has a totally unvaccinated population, it is a reasonable assumption that daily infections have actually been going up exponentially, as they did everywhere else, and are already in the several thousands per day.  The mother-in-law reports that in her amphur in Ubon there are cases in just about every tambon now, all contracted from family that came up from the cities to visit over Songkran.  How sad that Thailand is managed by such idiots.  Thai people deserve a lot better. 

 

 

[Dogmatix]

It is sadly predictable that they will soon stop blaming COVID victims for their own deaths, e.g. this one had diabetes, that one was obese, the other too old.  They will just report that they died blamelessly of COVID, if they bother to report at all.

 

It's like the new cases where it was emphasised nearly all were imported.  Soon they will not bother to mention that only 3 cases were imported by foreigners.

Edited April 21, 2021 by Dogmatix

[paulikens]

18 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

one is not the same as the other, your last sentence has confused your first sentence and your answer with each other.  

@ThailandRyan ill take it that you was one of them then

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, paulikens said:

@ThailandRyan ill take it that you was one of them then

ah a true Jersey boy "Fugetaboutit"

[Danderman123]

14 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

Most likely cases have plateaued because testing, which started with enthusiasm when the night club clusters first emerged, has stalled.  People now know that hospitals claim not to have testing solution and there are now lots of cases where people tested positive nad it took a week for the promised ambulance to pick them up or it never arrived at all.  Also people with no symptoms or mild symptoms don't want to be forced into a primitive field hospital with limited toilet facilities, lots of theft and nowhere to charge your phone.  Why would they want to go there?  So they feel they are on their on their own and will only seek help when they start to feel seriously ill by which time their families are infected and it may be too late for them anyway.  

 

Since the Uk variant spreads very fast and Thailand has a totally unvaccinated population, it is a reasonable assumption that daily infections have actually been going up exponentially, as they did everywhere else, and are already in the several thousands per day.  The mother-in-law reports that in her amphur in Ubon there are cases in just about every tambon now, all contracted from family that came up from the cities to visit over Songkran.  How sad that Thailand is managed by such idiots.  Thai people deserve a lot better. 

 

 

So, we should expect to see some big numbers from Ubon.
 

I posted a datapoint yesterday that Chonburi planned to test 20,000 people over the next three weeks. Well, yesterday, they tested far less than 1,000 people, maybe 650, and there were more than 90 new cases. of the 650 tests, 450 were random samples, ie not sick people coming in for testing.
 

So the positivity rate is through the roof in Chonburi.

Edited April 22, 2021 by Danderman123