This is a hypothetical question. 

 

What if someone tests positive, has no symptoms and is forced to go into containment --either a "field hospital holding area" or a hospital proper -- who lives alone and has an old dog that must be taken care of?

What if that dog has a reoccurring wound that must be dressed twice a day? What if there were also tropical fish to feed? Plants to water? 

 

What if that person lived alone and did not have a handy girlfriend or friend/relative to take on these duties? 

 

As I say, this is just a hypothetical question, but this could, in fact, become a reality. Is the idea that the dog's wound should just fester as the dog starves and perhaps dies from lack of water?

Not just pets, an elderly parent, children, sick wife husband, lots of scenarios, needs quick organising before imprisonment

I would ask the hypothetical friend whom knows about the dog, fish and plant to take care of them.

time to arrange alternatives.

in europe there are self-help groups, volunteers taking care of dogs, doing shopping for elderly in quarantine.

Look for a local expat groups on fb. There are many in each location. You can appeal for help in any emergency, even from a quarantine/hospital.

The best is to talk now to neighbours, offer compensation for their help. They also might need your help, if they run in a similar situation.

I think at very soon stage, the authorities will allow to do quarantine at home. You can always try to convince health worker with your dear situation. Followed by a box of quality chocolate or whisky

Usually a neighbor would hear a suffering animal and call in police. Police could call in animal control to remedy the nuisance or if the door was not answered after speaking to landlord.

 

By the time they get in there everything is likely gone though.

 

Only other alternative is an emergency contact that could come in, even if it's just the landlord with a spare key, or to just board the dog for a day before you take the test, that way it's at the boarding facility who can handle it humanely if you don't come back.

15 hours ago, internationalism said:

best is to talk now to neighbours

Not only in Thailand  would people be very reluctant to tell their neighbors they are infected. 

I have had the experience that (Western) neighbors just stayed mum, didn't say anything,  tried not to let others know. Off course,  there were a lot of rumors. 

People are afraid of the stigma,  Thais probably even more than Westerners. 

Many pet boarding facilities offer emergency care services if you get hospitalized. Hospitalization for COVID shouldn't be any different. Anyone who is the sole carer for an animal should have an emergency plan in place in case they can't get home, whether that's a friend, relative, or a paid service.