People in Samut Prakan advised to avoid ice after ice factory workers found infected with COVID-19

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

The provincial health office in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province has issued a warning to consumers, advising them not to put ice in their drinks or disserts, out of concern that it may be contaminated with COVID-19, after many workers at an ice factory, in Bang Phli district, were found to be infected.

 

Dr. Nont Chindavech, the deputy health chief of Samut Prakan, told the Samut Prakan news bulletin website on Friday that 86 of 156 workers, including eight Thais, 76 Myanmar and two Indian migrant workers at the ice factory in Bang Chalong sub-district, have tested positive for COVID-19.

 

One of them has symptoms, while the rest are asymptomatic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/people-in-samut-prakan-advised-to-avoid-ice-after-ice-factory-workers-found-infected-with-covid-19/

 

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[wasabi]

Always a shame when a country's education system fails them creating faulty logic like we see in this article..

[Pravda]

It's Sunday and I didn't know what to do. I thought of visiting an Ice Factory in Samut Prakan but these plans are now on hold.

 

 

 

[HampiK]

When you buy it, then heat the ice up to maybe 70 degrees.. This would kill the Covid. Problem solved.. the company still could make profit with selling the ice.

[Nojohndoe]

3 minutes ago, Pravda said:

It's Sunday and I didn't know what to do. I thought of visiting an Ice Factory in Samut Prakan but these plans are now on hold.

 

 

 

I feel for your inconvenience!

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

advising them not to put ice in their drinks or disserts,

i never put ice in my disserts. 

[pkrv]

Pop the ice in a double G&T and the Covid will surely be killed off!

[ThailandRyan]

So no shaved ice cones with yummy flavors... :-(

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

that 86 of 156 workers

 

 

That's a pretty high infection rate, seems higher than some other "factory" figures which have been published.

 

 

[brucegoniners]

Avoid ice? Maybe they should spray the dirt some more...

[Caldera]

Just cook it well before consuming it. Next.

[MasterBaker]

i visited ice factory back in 2005, since that time i never touch ice unless it is made in my fridge

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i never put ice in my disserts. 

My beers diluted enough already.

[bangon04]

5 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

i visited ice factory back in 2005, since that time i never touch ice unless it is made in my fridge

yes - covid is the least of the various germs available in provincial ice factories....

[Elkski]

So assuming ice can keep the virus healthy which sounds highly likely.  So any food at the market that had ice on it, drinks, coolers, all suspect.  For how big of region.   Did they test the delivery drivers?   I can't imagine Thailand back to anything like  normal until late 2022.   Tourist numbers will never hit 40  million in the next 20 years.  Unless it becomes a bit more defacto China state.  

Edited June 6, 2021 by Elkski

[wasabi]

12 minutes ago, Elkski said:

So assuming ice can keep the virus healthy which sounds highly likely.  So any food at the market that had ice on it, drinks, coolers, all suspect.  For how big of region.   Did they test the delivery drivers?   I can't imagine Thailand back to anything like  normal until late 2022.   Tourist numbers will never hit 40  million in the next 20 years.  Unless it becomes a bit more defacto China state.  

 

There are no reported cases of catching Covid-19 by eating food or drinking including using ice in drinks. The closest thing is someone touching an ice machine in a hotel where someone with Covid previously touched it but that is not what's being discussed.  If I am wrong I would love to see the proof.

[nausea]

3 hours ago, wasabi said:

 

There are no reported cases of catching Covid-19 by eating food or drinking including using ice in drinks.

Maybe not, but there's plenty of evidence of other bacteria and viruses surviving in permafrost and ice, so I wouldn't rule it out. Just because it's not reported doesn't mean it ain't so. Pending definitive testing, confirming freezing deactivates covid, I'll hold my judgment. The truth is our knowledge of covid is chracterised by vast areas of ignorance, and much of the advice we receive and action taken, is based on best guesses given the information available.

[Stargeezr]

Thank gosh that Bangkok has lots of small ice factories in the city. Of course these ones make ice for keeping food

cool and not to plop in the drinks. 555

Geezer