43 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

So why publish 5,000 cases yesterday? 

Because cases are rising and that is a fact that can’t be hidden completely, only “managed”.

 

there’s no proof (other than the prison cases that were unreported for weeks), so it’s just an opinion/observation, made slightly tongue in cheek.

 

no need to get your underwear twisted.

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1399600747239469060

46 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

 

Well, no surprise as the Asians are all FACE obsessed societies.

 

That aside, the maligned World Health Organisation cried out at the start of this China-started pandemic that it was not appropriate to call the virus the China Covid virus or Wuhan Covid virus or similar.

 

They then proceeded to be OK with naming all the variants after the countries they were first detected in.

 

All these people are absolute morons.

I think WHO finally got round to changing it today. Greek letters are being used, alpha, beta, delta etc.

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Many Thais were shocked and frustrated at international news reports identifying a “Thai variant” of COVID-19 last week. Among them was Medical Sciences Department director-general Dr. Supakit Sirilak,

Well the UK news said that in future the variants are all Greek.....

Alpha, Beta, Gamma etc.....I just wish it was Omega

COVID19 update in #Thailand on Tuesday:

 

Since 1 April 2021 133,159 people infected (+21 imported cases & +2,209 local cases)

 

975 dead +38

49,218 in care

1,236 in ICU &

378 on ventilators

3,390 discharged from care

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1399601317761355778

 

18 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

To be clear, Thailand conducts over 50,000 Covid tests a day, but some of these tests are for people who have been tested before.

Many of those tests are people tested previously. As a minimum you can divide the total number of tests claimed to have been undertaken ( 8,112,000+)  by 2 to get a ball park figure of actual people tested. Now tell me , you were in ASQ, as have many of my friends been so how many tests were done on you whilst in ASQ ? Any different from what 11 of my friends have said than I shall doubt your authenticity. Once we have that answer then perhaps that figure is the real denominator we should use to ascertain exactly how many people have been tested rather than the figure these cranks in government use of number of tests undertaken. So as a maximum there has only been 4,056,000 people tested, possibly less dependant upon your answer, out of an adult population of around 47,000,000. In other words in 17 months the maximum number of people tested is  8.5 % of the population, and that is in the nation that were 2nd only to China in determining that covid was in-country. That is not just abysmal it is criminal in my opinion.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Of the 2,230 new cases that were found in the past 24 hours: - 864 were found in Bangkok - 548 in the metropolitan region (5 provinces) - 720 in 71 other provinces - 77 were found via pro-active tests at prisons - 21 imported cases

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1399602404627128326

 

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

It's being change to Greek symbols, alpha, beta etc.

..... but that's insulting to Alpha Males.

 

And Delta Airlines will not be happy.

 

But when we get to Xi - at least it comes home.

Out of the 2,132 local cases (outside of prisons), most in:

 

Bangkok - 864

Samut Prakan - 253

Phetchaburi - 166

Trang - 164

Nonthaburi - 112

Saraburi - 83

Samut Sakhon - 82

Pathum Thani - 61

Chonburi - 47

Nakhon Pathom - 40

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1399602764930371586

 

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

You point to the fact that the poor don't take the MRT. Quite so they take sangteows and buses and go to local markets. The person mentioned is a cleaner. 

That person was a cleaner working for the MRT, not riding on the MRT !!!  My point as you are well aware , is that the poor can not ride on the MRT. Of course they are employed clearing up behind those that do ride.

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Forgive me for being suspicious, but that is a very dramatic drop in daily numbers. Did they run out of tests?

No; first they ran out of fingers and then their one fingered calculator !

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

weekend numbers, run out of tests and run out of vaccines, run out of common sense ..... just name it.. The only way is up.... 

They never had any Common Sense to start with !

3 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

I wonder how the Greeks feel about being blamed for all of the variants?

They still want to declare War against Turkey !

3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

You gotta give it to them, they are smart and the plan is working.

 

A. 117,000 foreign made AstraZenica vaccines arrive and are given to Prayut and ever person that is connected to him. Happy times.

 

B. Go cheap and purchase Sinovac as a quick stopgap measure so we can all pretend the vaccine rollout is going to plan. Happy times.

 

C. Start pumping out the local made AstraZenica by the 100 millions and watch the cash machine spin in the right pockets. VERY HAPPY TIMES!

The only 'smart' plans they are ever any good at are Corrupt ones !

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Thai Medical Sciences Department approves first 14 batches of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine

 

The first 14 batches of AstraZeneca vaccine, produced by Thai pharmaceutical company Siam Bioscience, have passed the quality tests of the Thai Department of Medical Sciences.

 

The department director-general, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, said that samples of the first five lots of AstraZeneca vaccine and the next nine lots, sent to the department by Siam Bioscience, have met the department’s quality standard, following tests.

 

He said, however, that the department is waiting for a summary production protocol from the drug company before it can issue the release document for use.

 

 

More:

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-medical-sciences-department-approves-first-14-batches-of-locally-produced-astrazeneca-vaccine/

Sure they have.

Local Covid vaccine ‘ready for clinical trials

 

The locally developed Covid-19 vaccine – ChulaCov19 – will be ready for human trials this month after proving to be effective in lab tests.

 

In a Facebook post, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said the vaccine, developed by Dr Kiat Ruxrungtham from Chulalongkorn University, will be tested on 100 volunteers this month.

 

The clinical trial also aims to work out the right dosage for immunization. Once the trial is successfully completed, the first lot of vaccines will be produced in the US, before Thailand’s BioNet-Asia begins mass production in September.

 

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40001546

less testing i guess

Another 153 Covid-19 cases were found at a factory of Sri Trang Gloves Thailand and surrounding communities, bringing the Trang cluster to 300 cases. The Phetchaburi cluster at CalComp’s factory also found 145 new cases, bringing its total to 4,476 cases.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1399612360952750082

 

27 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

They still want to declare War against Turkey !

Probably quite proud that it is the Greek alphabet that is shown again to be the most preeminent language in the scientific and technical world to withstand the test of time. No ,the Thais will bitch about that because a few years ago the buffoon in charge here said that the Thai language would become the international language of choice - conceited , delusional idiot.

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/pcb.336677844617213/336676941283970

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/pcb.336677844617213/336677091283955

 

1 hour ago, Fex Bluse said:

 

Thailand is BARELY testing, so all the stats are fundamentally suspect.

 

Thailand records tests (including retesting the same subjects), rather than the number of people being tested.

 

I was able to find some data from https://service.dmsc.moph.go.th/labscovid19/indexen.php

 

 

 

 

 

My guess is the Thai data in worldometer stops around the 24th April same as our world in data when things started going pair shaped.

Domestic Covid-19 cases by provinces in Thailand on 01 June 2021:

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158052775147050

5 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

With only 131 death in the US, Thailand have just passed the US in daily covid mortality.  The table have really turned.

Wow talk about skewing the figures. You've got to be joking lol

US 33 million cases 554k deaths

Thailand 162k cases 1100 deaths..

 

No wonder all those whiney US citizens are too scared to go home for a vaccine.  Much safer to just stay here and whinge about it

 

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Forgive me for being suspicious, but that is a very dramatic drop in daily numbers. Did they run out of tests?

No, probably not, but, as this is Thailand and money is number 1, they’ve probably just stopped, or cut short on, any further testing. No testing = nothing to report = (government) can open the country = (government) can make more money = (government) can carry on lining their pockets regardless!!

Unfortunately its not a sharp fall at all.  Community transmissions are close to where they were.

23 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/pcb.336677844617213/336677091283955

 

The blue bars indicate that a lot of people are still showing up hospitals for testing (and are testing positive).  Not as many as in April, but the number is still quite large.

5 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

So the new  name  the "Not  in my backyard variant"

Pretty much the same as all the Brits here blowing up about a UK variant then?

But but but it's different in the UK it came from Calais and all those filthy French...sound familiar?

 Same same not different 

Just now, starky said:

Pretty much the same as all the Brits here blowing up about a UK variant then?

Or The  Scots  saying its  the  Kent variant.

As of yesterday, Sinovac hasn't been approved by the WHO.

 

CP Group, part-owner of Sinovac, says will pursue other vaccines for its own workers

 

Thailand’s largest conglomerate, Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) says that will pursue ‘alternative vaccines’ for its healthcare workers. The CP Group is a partial owner of the company that manufactures the controversial Sinovac Vaccine.

 

So far, Thailand only imported the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines to much criticism. Sinovac has not yet been approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization for emergency use with the body asking for more information from manufacturers before granting authorization.

 

Despite millions of Sinovac vaccines being imported to Thailand and being administered to frontline workers, CP said it would pursue other vaccines for its workers.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28116/cp-group-owner-of-sinovac-says-will-pursue-other-vaccines-for-its-own-workers/