235 people have been infected with the Indian variant of COVID-19, or B.1.617.2, to date, in 10 Thai provinces, with most in Bangkok, according to the Department of Medical Sciences today (Monday).

 

206 cases were found in the capital, followed by 17 in Udon Thani, 2 each in Nonthaburi, Phitsanulok, Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, and 1 each in Roi Et, Samut Songkhram, Ubon Ratchathani and Buriram provinces.

 

Of the 3,964 infection samples tested by the department so far, most are the UK variant, or B.1.1.7, while 235, or 6%, are the Indian variant.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/indian-covid-19-variant-found-in-235-people-in-10-of-thailands-provinces/

 

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Better ramp-up the vaccination program then ...

Meh...

It was going to show up anyways.

If you want things back to normal look no further to vaccines. . There is no point in worrying about anything else. 

Our numbers have cratered here and things are truly feeling normal again.  The gyms are opening, theatres, everything.  

Since the a Thai Variant was found in the UK and reported on in the news here in Thailand I thought we are not longer allowed to identify the variations by nation of discovery...... 

 

So.. shouldn’t we be referring to the Indian variant as B.1.617 or as Kappa and Delta variants ??

 

OR... is it only the Thai variant that should not be named by is origin of discovery ?

Edited June 7, 20215 yr by richard_smith237

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Of the 3,964 infection samples tested by the department so far, most are the UK variant, or B.1.1.7, while 235, or 6%, are the Indian variant.

Remember when we all laughed at Prince changing to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince ! 

Countdown to take off the Czar needs to be woken up the time of talking the virus to death has passed ???? 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Since the a Thai Variant was found in the UK and reported on in the news here in Thailand I thought we are not longer allowed to identify the variations by nation of discovery...... 

 

So.. shouldn’t we be referring to the Indian variant as B.1.617 or as Kappa and Delta variants ??

 

OR... is it only the Thai variant that should not be named by is origin of discovery ?

 

Isn't that for Karens?  

The Indian variant is in Thailand and the Thai variant is in the UK and the Chinese variant is all over the world...Why don't these variants just stay where they come from...how do they get visas to travel abroad?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57214596

 

The Pfizer vaccine was found to be 88% effective at stopping symptomatic disease from the Indian variant two weeks after the second dose, compared with 93% effectiveness against the Kent variant.

 

The AstraZeneca jab was 60% effective against the Indian variant, compared with 66% against the Kent variant.

15 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57214596

 

The Pfizer vaccine was found to be 88% effective at stopping symptomatic disease from the Indian variant two weeks after the second dose, compared with 93% effectiveness against the Kent variant.

 

The AstraZeneca jab was 60% effective against the Indian variant, compared with 66% against the Kent variant.

It would be interesting to know how effective the Sinovac vaccine is against the Indian variant?

235 have been shown to have the Indian variant after testing . 

That is a more accurate description of the facts .

 

A troll post reported and removed.

 

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Since the a Thai Variant was found in the UK and reported on in the news here in Thailand I thought we are not longer allowed to identify the variations by nation of discovery...... 

 

So.. shouldn’t we be referring to the Indian variant as B.1.617 or as Kappa and Delta variants ??

 

OR... is it only the Thai variant that should not be named by is origin of discovery ?

 

WHO's use of Greek letters was not because of a "Thai" strain. It was WHO politics and social engineering at it's worst, yet again.  From the WHO:

 

"The World Health Organization (WHO) announced May 31 that it has given new names to the several versions, or variants, of new coronavirus spreading around the world. Based on Greek letters, the names are simple and easy to remember."

 

Lol, right. Tell me where Gamma came from and how it relates to Alpha Beta Zappa Dappa Doo. I do remember the Indian variant picked up a UK strain mutation in Vietnam, and that's a problem now ignored by the news. The Greek letters is only a WHO convention and WHO does not set scientific principles or practice.

 

Shuurely you mean the pc Delta  variant, Tv  wouldn't be non pc  now would  it?

They will find all the foreign variants but guarantee will not find any of the Thai variant. Guaranteed 

49 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

They will find all the foreign variants but guarantee will not find any of the Thai variant. Guaranteed 

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-new-thai-variant-investigated-more-than-100-cases-085512118.html

 

New 'Thai variant' investigated after 109 cases found in UK

14 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Meh...

It was going to show up anyways.

If you want things back to normal look no further to vaccines. . There is no point in worrying about anything else. 

Our numbers have cratered here and things are truly feeling normal again.  The gyms are opening, theatres, everything.  

4th wave soon?

35 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

4th wave soon?

They're predicting this in the US.  Typical for the fall flu season.

what's worrying is that the news soming from the UK is that this indian variant is hitting 5 - 15 year olds. Has this been reported in Thailand yet (especially as they are contemplating opeing schools very soon)?

Weren't we scolded by the spokesman that using the country-name was verbotten, and that we should use the Greek letter naming convention?

 

DELTA.

 

 

26 minutes ago, greenmonkey said:

what's worrying is that the news soming from the UK is that this indian variant is hitting 5 - 15 year olds.

True (although it's not just them, it's also people in their 20's) but I think the view is that this is because they are the least-vaccinated age groups, not because this variant is somehow inherently more capable of infecting younger people.

Edited June 8, 20215 yr by GroveHillWanderer

so from zero reported it suddenly jumps to 235.

there was cover up going for weeks, but blown up by somebody, probably by medics.

They do dare to reveal figures only when vax program has started, so it looks less scary now.

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Since the a Thai Variant was found in the UK and reported on in the news here in Thailand I thought we are not longer allowed to identify the variations by nation of discovery...... 

 

So.. shouldn’t we be referring to the Indian variant as B.1.617 or as Kappa and Delta variants ??

 

OR... is it only the Thai variant that should not be named by is origin of discovery ?

It correlates directly to how insecure the locals are and how inadequate they feel compared to others.

27 minutes ago, internationalism said:

so from zero reported it suddenly jumps to 235.

there was cover up going for weeks, but blown up by somebody, probably by medics.

They do dare to reveal figures only when vax program has started, so it looks less scary now.

No, is hasn't gone from zero to 235, it's been going up gradually. The first reports were of around 30 cases, nearly 3 weeks ago (see link below), and there have been other reports in between.

 

Thailand sees first local cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

 

If you don't bother keeping up with the news, you're not going to get a true picture of what's going on.

Edited June 8, 20215 yr by GroveHillWanderer

And all the Bankokians were allowed out to party at Sonkran, was this the plan to allow people to spread and not over whelm  the Bkk hospitals especially that the people of Bkk were told not to return after partying.

It took less than. a month for this Indian variant to become the dominant one in the UK, even after all the vaccinations. This will happen in Thailand  as well

 

edit: it took 60 days from first case to 90% dominance and predicted same for USA

Edited June 8, 20215 yr by ourmanflint

7 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57214596

 

The Pfizer vaccine was found to be 88% effective at stopping symptomatic disease from the Indian variant two weeks after the second dose, compared with 93% effectiveness against the Kent variant.

 

The AstraZeneca jab was 60% effective against the Indian variant, compared with 66% against the Kent variant.

Pfizer and AZ only 32% after first dose, for Sinovac there is no data as yet

1 hour ago, ourmanflint said:

Pfizer and AZ only 32% after first dose, for Sinovac there is no data as yet

Despite having both phfizer jabs and taking the usual precautions the Indian variant got me, now on day 10 of isolation, feeling better but now worried about future infections

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Since the a Thai Variant was found in the UK and reported on in the news here in Thailand I thought we are not longer allowed to identify the variations by nation of discovery...... 

 

So.. shouldn’t we be referring to the Indian variant as B.1.617 or as Kappa and Delta variants ??

 

OR... is it only the Thai variant that should not be named by is origin of discovery ?

It's classified as the "Tikka Masala" wave.

6 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-new-thai-variant-investigated-more-than-100-cases-085512118.html

 

New 'Thai variant' investigated after 109 cases found in UK

That must be the "Sticky lice" wave.