Thailand reports first local cases of virus variant first found in India

[Surelynot]

7 minutes ago, Pottinger said:

Please start taking this Indian Covid Variant seriously! My neighbour caught it and has been in a korma for a week and he's only just buried his Naan.

You are going to get banned.....

[Justgrazing]

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

the country's coronavirus taskforce said on Friday.

 

this is serious and is like a tikka time bomb ..

Edited May 21, 2021 by Justgrazing
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[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

There'll be clusters poppadoming up everywhere now .. 

They'll be getting pretty gobi when they realise. Not mushroom left to curry favour.

[Bkk Brian]

39 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wow. It has arrived.  Let's be safe and ensure we isolate those locations where it was found.  Take care folks and be safe.  Looks like the ride has hit turbulence 

Lets be thankful this wasn't found at Songkran so they could let it spread by giving the Songkran wave as they did the UK variant! Yep isolate the areas and asap and test test test

[KannikaP]

10 minutes ago, Pottinger said:

Please start taking this Indian Covid Variant seriously! My neighbour caught it and has been in a korma for a week and he's only just buried his Naan.

Read Jacko45 28 minutes ago.

[Justgrazing]

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

They'll be getting pretty gobi when they realise. Not mushroom left to curry favour.

 

personally I'd be in a jal-frenzy to get outta the place ..

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Have no fear, the man is already 'on the job'.

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul convened an urgent meeting with relevant agencies after 15 cases of Indian Covid variant were found in the cluster of infections at the worker camp in Bangkok’s Laksi district.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1395635624409911297

 

Thats ok, it'll all be under control within the week, thank god for that.

[ThailandRyan]

17 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

There is a National holiday next week.  And another the following week.  The big 3 day holiday comes in July.

People are free to move as they please no restrictions, so will have to wait and see.

 

No restrictions? Really, can I get to Chiang Rai without a quarantine? How about Phuket, and ? Oh wait....to many restrictions and quarantines in place in many provinces as it stands.  Best to stay put.  Looks like schools for Bangkok will be a no go for awhile as well.

[FarFlungFalang]

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

They'll be getting pretty gobi when they realise. Not mushroom left to curry favour.

They'll be Gulab Jammin those cases in the daily reports now.

[dukeandduke]

23 minutes ago, madmen said:

Phuket expat population about to swell. BKK the worst place to be, those workers are jammed on top of each other in transport trucks 

 

Can we get vaccinated there sooner? With something other than Sinovac?

[madmen]

18 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Have no fear, the man is already 'on the job'.

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul convened an urgent meeting with relevant agencies after 15 cases of Indian Covid variant were found in the cluster of infections at the worker camp in Bangkok’s Laksi district.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1395635624409911297

 

Urgent meeting? Since he isn't a doctor and consulting one  will loose face we can expect a complete lockdown and booze will be punished again in some way lol

Edited May 21, 2021 by madmen

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lets be thankful this wasn't found at Songkran so they could let it spread by giving the Songkran wave as they did the UK variant! Yep isolate the areas and asap and test test test

My evening runs around the Silom and Sathon Area will now be changed to early morning before all of those workers go to and from all of the work sites, Italian-Thai being a company whom many of them work for, as seen on their work shirts as they walk to and from in the evening after their work ends at 8pm.  Most live outside of the construction sites around us.  The biggest two locations are the One Bangkok, and Dusit Park.  Many smaller ones around BNH hospital.  They either load up in the backs of the big trucks or walk in large groups.

[bluesofa]

11 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

this is serious and is like a tikka time bomb ..

It'll certainly blow your head off. Run for toilet chaps!

[Sheryl]

One should not make the mistake of assuming presence of the Indian variant means the COVID outbreak in the country will resemble that of India.

 

There are some country-specific factors at play in India: extreme crowding, and a public health system that is dysfunctional at the best of times.

 

Neither is true of Thailand in general, though there are some vulnerable sub-population to whom it applies (prisoners, migrants etc). 

 

The Indian variant is already in 44 countries and not wrecking the same degree of havoc in most of them that it is in India.

 

While it is true that the "Indian variant" is more infectious than the original viral strain it is not clear how much more infectious it is (if at all) than the so-called "UK strain" already prevalent here. Also not yet  clear if it is any more lethal.

[ThailandRyan]

14 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 

this is serious and is like a tikka time bomb ..

Trying to curry favor again, oh masala massaman you are.

[madmen]

9 minutes ago, dukeandduke said:

 

Can we get vaccinated there sooner? With something other than Sinovac?

Yes and no plus 14 day quarantine 

[NCC1701A]

 

‘B.1.617.2 May Be 50% More Contagious Than Variant First Seen in UK’

 

https://science.thewire.in/health/b-1-617-2-may-be-50-more-contagious-than-variant-first-seen-in-uk/

[Pravda]

One liners are great today

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Pravda said:

One liners are great today

And that's just for starters.

[Justgrazing]

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

And that's just for starters.

 

Yea but I'm sa'aging abit now ..

And I need to use the vindaloo as well ..

[FarFlungFalang]

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

And that's just for starters.

It's a real pita this virus has arrived here I'd much paratha the UK strain which is a bit of a curry puff by comparison.

[ourmanflint]

20 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

One should not make the mistake of assuming presence of the Indian variant means the COVID outbreak in the country will resemble that of India.

 

There are some country-specific factors at play in India: extreme crowding, and a public health system that is dysfunctional at the best of times.

 

Neither is true of Thailand in general, though there are some vulnerable sub-population to whom it applies (prisoners, migrants etc). 

 

The Indian variant is already in 44 countries and not wrecking the same degree of havoc in most of them that it is in India.

 

While it is true that the "Indian variant" is more infectious than the original viral strain it is not clear how much more infectious it is (if at all) than the so-called "UK strain" already prevalent here. Also not yet  clear if it is any more lethal.

Neither should you make the mistake of assuming it is not going to be like India. Govts must always prepare for the worst

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

It's a real pita this virus has arrived here I'd much paratha the UK strain which is a bit of a curry puff by comparison.

Do you mean you weren't trying to Curry Rivel?

(Somerset)

 

[AlfHuy]

26 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Trying to curry favor again, oh masala massaman you are.

You mean mamasan

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Construction sites were the new and upcoming clusters. Looks like it is a bigger cluster cluck then anyone wanted.    Ugh.

The Construction Worker Camps certainly seem to be the center of the new outbreaks, which is certainly bad news for all.

I wonder how long all these clusters have been kept quiet from the Media.

With the numbers of people involved in these Builders Camps ( approx 450,000 in Bangkok alone ), this could get as bad, if not worse than the Prisons.

However, this also raises the question " what about all the overcrowded Factories, and other sweat shops ".

Are there cover ups happening here also ?

Are the high Infection rates of all these places only being slowly drip fed out into the Public domain to ease panic and the pressure on the Hospitals.

We  can only guess, and try to protect our Families as best we are able.

[madmen]

8 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

You mean mamasan

Fish curry? 

[AlfHuy]

13 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The Construction Worker Camps certainly seem to be the center of the new outbreaks, which is certainly bad news for all.

I wonder how long all these clusters have been kept quiet from the Media.

With the numbers of people involved in these Builders Camps ( approx 450,000 in Bangkok alone ), this could get as bad, if not worse than the Prisons.

However, this also raises the question " what about all the overcrowded Factories, and other sweat shops ".

Are there cover ups happening here also ?

Are the high Infection rates of all these places only being slowly drip fed out into the Public domain to ease panic and the pressure on the Hospitals.

We  can only guess, and try to protect our Families as best we are able.

Building even more hotels and high-risers must continue.

They are under pressure from the banks to get them ready.

Thing is, there are no buyers.

[Cake Monster]

10 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Building even more hotels and high-risers must continue.

They are under pressure from the banks to get them ready.

Thing is, there are no buyers.

Until they are completed, the banks have Zero Asset against the Money they have lent out to Build them.

Even after completion, the Asset will go onto the Banks Loan to Asset Ratio Portfolio, and if there are no buyers the Asset then becomes bad.

[AlfHuy]

2 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Until they are completed, the banks have Zero Asset against the Money they have lent out to Build them.

Even after completion, the Asset will go onto the Banks Loan to Asset Ratio Portfolio, and if there are no buyers the Asset then becomes bad.

Exactly and do not forget about NPL

Waiting to hear again from Bierley

[cclub75]

No problem.

 

WHO just said that all vaccines are efficient against all variants... !

 

"All COVID-19 virus variants that have emerged so far do respond to the available, approved vaccines," Kluge said Hans Kluge (WHO Europe chief)

 

Source : https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/covid-19-vaccine-effective-variants-overseas-travel-not-safe-who-14849520

 

So we are saved !

 

Ah wait... we do not have vaccine yet....