South African COVID-19 variant cases in Thailand’s South confirmed

[webfact]

 

The country’s first three COVID-19 cases of the South African variant, or B.1.351, have been found in the Tak Bai district of Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Sunday).

 

The CCSA announcement followed the COVID-19 Network Investigation Alliance’s (CONI) findings released yesterday, reporting that three samples from Tak Bai, which it received from the Public Health Ministry on May 17th, are of the South African variant.

 

Using Oxford Nanopore MinION technology and ARTIC Network’s amplicon sequencing, the group said the genomic coverage (the number of unique reads that include a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence) of the three samples are 85.01%, 90.11% and 84.93%.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/south-african-covid-19-variant-cases-in-thailands-south-confirmed/

 

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[Jeffr2]

SA and Indian variants here.  And very few are vaccinated.  Could be the beginning of a perfect storm here.

[vandeventer]

23 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

SA and Indian variants here.  And very few are vaccinated.  Could be the beginning of a perfect storm here.

This is why we need the very best vaccines in Thailand. The Chinese or the AZ vaccine  is not much chop to the SA variant.

[Jeffr2]

4 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

This is why we need the very best vaccines in Thailand. The Chinese or the AZ vaccine  is not much chop to the SA variant.

Interesting article in the Post today.  Google this:

Some jabs help nations recover faster than others

[mrfill]

17 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Interesting article in the Post today.  Google this:

Some jabs help nations recover faster than others

Interesting in that in the countries where rates are rising the blame seems to lie more on government policy failures (too slow to bring in restrictions, lifting restriction too early), poor medical facilities and slow diagnosis, rather than the type of vaccine.

 

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

55 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

SA and Indian variants here.  And very few are vaccinated.  Could be the beginning of a perfect storm here.

A storm with deathly waves like this....

[Jeffr2]

20 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Interesting in that in the countries where rates are rising the blame seems to lie more on government policy failures (too slow to bring in restrictions, lifting restriction too early), poor medical facilities and slow diagnosis, rather than the type of vaccine.

 

 

To a certain extent, but the Seychelles is worth reading about.  A high portion of the population has been vaccinated, but cases are rising.  Seems the blame is on the vaccines, as well as them letting their guard down.

 

Crazy times...

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

SA and Indian variants here.  And very few are vaccinated.  Could be the beginning of a perfect storm here.

Bangkok, and Phetcahburi I thinks the storms arrived

[hotchilli]

34 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Interesting in that in the countries where rates are rising the blame seems to lie more on government policy failures (too slow to bring in restrictions, lifting restriction too early), poor medical facilities and slow diagnosis, rather than the type of vaccine.

 

 

Here we have all of the above and a lack of vaccines.. 

[Stargeezr]

And we all thought it was getting boring with having this pandemic around for a year.... so far.

  Those pesky variants are keeping us all entertained, aren't they?      India is suffering big time, and there are still hot spots

in the rest of the world. I do not hear much about how Brazil is doing as well.    I bet that in those countries right now though ,                                                                                there are less red necks who are anti maskers, or will be anti vaxxers.   Any body on the forum still with that mind set, well if you have any medical

skills, maybe volunteer to go to one if those countries where even doctors are dying, and try to help out a bit.  Any takers?

   Geezer

[cdnvic]

Link to conspiracy video removed.

[Yahooka]

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

And we all thought it was getting boring with having this pandemic around for a year.... so far.

  Those pesky variants are keeping us all entertained, aren't they?      India is suffering big time, and there are still hot spots

in the rest of the world. I do not hear much about how Brazil is doing as well.    I bet that in those countries right now though ,                                                                                there are less red necks who are anti maskers, or will be anti vaxxers.   Any body on the forum still with that mind set, well if you have any medical

skills, maybe volunteer to go to one if those countries where even doctors are dying, and try to help out a bit.  Any takers?

   Geezer

 

Your post doesn`t make much sense ????.

[Justgrazing]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

reporting that three samples from Tak Bai, which it received from the Public Health Ministry on May 17th, are of the South African variant.

 

but we won't Boer you with the details .. 

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Using Oxford Nanopore MinION technology and ARTIC Network’s amplicon sequencing, the group said the genomic coverage (the number of unique reads that include a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence) of the three samples are 85.01%, 90.11% and 84.93%

 

Great stuff .. I'm sure Anutin would grasp that no pompam .. 

[Stargeezr]

Yahooka,  ever hear of sarcasm?