Thailand reports 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, 19 more deaths

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File photo: A healthcare worker administers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination for a Buddhist monk at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand on Tuesday (June 15) reported 3,000 new COVID-19 cases and 19 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.


● 2,360 new infections
● 640 prison / prison infections


Tuesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 202,264 with 1,485 deaths.
(Total infections since April 1: 173,401)

The news comes as the Ministry of Public Health’s online registration page, which just three days earlier had informed foreigners in Thailand they would be able to register for a vaccine from June 14 had been updated to say that vaccine registrations are not currently available.

 

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[Bkk Brian]

Rolling 7 day average (up to 13th June only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

[ThailandRyan]

Looks like the recurring 2,000+ localized cases is continuing in it's "How long is a piece of string" trend.  Its very disturbing to also see the walk in cases and the lack of actual testing outside of where the clusters are found or those in contact with them.  So much for being transparent on the testing end of the spectrum.  The vaccination program also appears to be having many issues with a lack of vaccines, cancelations of appointments, website issues for expats and non Thai's ie... migrant workers being able to get registered.  No wonder many folks are hoping that their embassies get involved in assisting with vaccinating their citizens.  Shambles to say the least.  Unfortunately with the way this keeps moving, I can not even venture a guess if this wave will ever end, as to much is left to the imagination and abstract failures of this government.

[Danderman123]

The bad news is there doesn't seem to be an end in sight for this wave of 2000+ cases a day. It is becoming more likely that only vaccination can put an end to it, and that could take months at the current rate. 

 

The good news is that the big numbers are confined to the Bangkok area. 

[club]

At least deaths have been going down

[Bkk Brian]

10 June: 2,310 - 43 dead

11 June: 2,290 - 27 dead

12 June: 3,277 - 29 dead

13 June: 2,804 - 18 dead

14 June: 3,355 - 17 dead

15 June: 3,000 - 19 dead <— TODAY

 

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1404604788134662147

 

[dinsdale]

Some may say deaths have gone down others may say the goalposts have been moved i.e. classification of what is deemed a death from covid-19 has been changed. Being that there was suddenly an almost 50% reduction from a daily average of around 30 to what now seems a daily average of 18 I think the goalposts have been moved. Nothing has been given to explain such a drastic and large decrease in the numbers of daily deaths reported. There are still over 300 on respirators  and if I remember correctly around 1600 in ICU(please correct me if I'm wrong with these numbers). These numbers have stayed resonably the same yet deaths have decreased 50%. This is my opinion but I just can't see how there can be such a dramatic decrease from one day to the next and now staying at this low number for 3 days. Tomorrow will be under 20. Something changed and as I previously stated if this was due to medical intervention we would have been told about it.  

Edited June 15, 2021 by dinsdale

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Some may say deaths have gone down others may say the goalposts have been moved i.e. classification of what is deemed a death from covid-19 has been changed. Being that there was suddenly an almost 50% reduction from a daily average of around 30 to what now seems a daily average of 18 I think the goalposts have been moved. Nothing has been given to explain such a drastic and large decrease in the numbers of daily deaths reported. There are still over 300 on respirators  and if I remember correctly around 1600 in ICU(please correct me if I'm wrong with these numbers). These numbers have stayed resonably the same yet deaths have decreased 50%. This is my opinion but I just can't see how there can be such a dramatic decrease from one day to the next and now staying at this low number for 3 days. Tomorrow will be under 20. Something changed and as I previously stated if this was due to medical intervention we would have been told about it.  

There are a lot of people thinking the same thing and unfortunately with the CCSA not declaring how exactly they classify covid deaths then all we can do is look at the numbers and do the calculations, the sharp decrease in numbers of deaths despite the same or higher number of covid cases is confusing to say the least especially when the CCSA made this statement a few days ago:

 

"Around two-thirds of Covid-19 patients possibly died due to non-communicable diseases and not Covid-19 itself"

 

Transparency is essential and they still have not learned this basic fact.

[Bkk Brian]

Chaos and confusion as vaccination drive is left in disarray with no new doses supplied this week

 

The government’s vaccination campaign, on Monday evening, appeared to have descended into chaos and acrimony after deliveries of vaccines to hospitals on Saturday failed to materialise sparking widespread anger.

The breakdown in vaccine supplies was confirmed at a hastily convened press briefing at Government House reportedly ordered by Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha and fronted by the National Security Council Secretary-general, General Natthapon Nakpanich, the Director-general of the Department of Disease Control, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Governor, Aswin Kwanmuang.

 

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2021/06/15/vaccination-drive-in-disarray-no-supplies/

[ThailandRyan]

Time to fire Anutin and the Czar. This is just poor management.  Where did the millions of vaccines evaporate to.....foreign countries perhaps.

[wasabi]

Anutin promised me a third dose. Why can't I even get 1?

[Mr Meeseeks]

The only dose you are likely to get in Thailand is of the clap.

[dinsdale]

31 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

There are a lot of people thinking the same thing and unfortunately with the CCSA not declaring how exactly they classify covid deaths then all we can do is look at the numbers and do the calculations, the sharp decrease in numbers of deaths despite the same or higher number of covid cases is confusing to say the least especially when the CCSA made this statement a few days ago:

 

"Around two-thirds of Covid-19 patients possibly died due to non-communicable diseases and not Covid-19 itself"

 

Transparency is essential and they still have not learned this basic fact.

No longer died from but died with. The UK started this way but changed and the death numbers were adjusted up. 

[Marvin Hagler]

I was reading today that Buriram got more vaccines per capita than any other province including Bangkok. It is not a critical province in regards to tourism and they had very low numbers of Covid cases.

 

Absolutely disgusting. Buriram is of course Anutin political stronghold.

[Bkk Brian]

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/06/15/chonburi-announces-50-new-and-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-with-two-new-deaths-timelines-and-more-business-easing-included/

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The only dose you are likely to get in Thailand is of the clap.

That is getting hard to find too!

[Excel]

Just now, jacko45k said:

That is getting hard to find too!

I'll trust you on that ????????

[anchadian]

Talaadthai Market in Pathum Thani will close the vegetable zone for three days from June 17-19 for disinfection after 86 people tested postive for Covid-19 in the active testing, conducted among 1,513 traders and workers there.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1404657238363365380

 

[anchadian]

Government in race against time after Delta variant shown to be more severe, more transmissible

 

Thailand’s government is now in a race against time to fully vaccinate its population after the Delta variant of Covid-19 is shown to be more transmissible and more deadly in a new study.

 

Research out of the United Kingdom on Monday found that the Delta variant, which was first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalization and is more transmissible than previous mutations.

 

The study, which was carried out in Scotland, has been a cause for concern for public officials both in the United Kingdom and the United States due to its high transmission rate and severity.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28543/government-in-race-against-time-after-delta-variant-shown-to-be-more-severe-more-transmissible/

 

One important factor Thailand will have to consider is that one dose of AZ vaccine is not very effective against the Delta variant - yet Thailand is leaving 16 weeks between doses to try to stretch limited supply. That may have to change.

 

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1404664072520364033

 

Other countries are now reducing time between AZ doses from 12 to 8 weeks.

Edited June 15, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

*in Bangkok. “Thai Ruam Jai’s” (approx. “United Thai Hearts”) vaccination campaign at e.g. malls (basically everywhere that is not a hospital) is run by the city. “Mor Phrom” (“Doctors Ready”) is the @thaimophs registration platform on LINE. #COVID19_

 

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1404645114023014406

 

According to Channel 3 news, 310,000 people had their vaccination dates postponed. 140,000 people using Mor Phrom had their vaccines delayed + 170,000 people using Thai Ruam Jai had their vaccines delayed #whatshappeninginthailand #โควิดวันนี้

[beano2274]

what is the current number of people that were vaccinated in the last few days, is there a graph for that

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Time to fire Anutin and the Czar. This is just poor management.  Where did the millions of vaccines evaporate to.....foreign countries perhaps.

He saved them all up for the 7th June ,in the hope that more would arrive. Then they exploded the vaccination program on that day to impress his boss, but more didn't arrive and now he's shown up to be as useless as Pattaya level pathing department !

[anchadian]

17 minutes ago, beano2274 said:

what is the current number of people that were vaccinated in the last few days, is there a graph for that

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1404314100830597122

 

[anchadian]

The vaccination venue at the Bang Sue Grand Station will start inoculating the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, whose inoculation appointments were postponed by hospitals, from tomorrow, said Somsak Akasilp, director-general of the Medical Services Dept.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1404666819437232130

 

[beano2274]

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1404314100830597122

 

thanks, seems to be a bit of a joke with those numbers

 

[anchadian]

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, has again introduced new technology in the hope of raising Thailand’s healthcare capability.

 

The items of technology invented by King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang together with King Mongkut Chaokhun Tahan Hospital Foundation included Thailand’s first ever Ai-operated detector able to detect a mutating Coronavirus.

 

According to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of KMITL, Dr. Anan Srikiatkhachorn, there are currently eight major coronavirus strains that are being monitored worldwide as they tend to mutate more than others, as well as being able to cause more severe symptoms. The detector will read the genome of the virus and report if there is a risk of mutation, so further medical techniques can be applied.

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158082912792050

[2 is 1]

1 hour ago, Marvin Hagler said:

I was reading today that Buriram got more vaccines per capita than any other province including Bangkok. It is not a critical province in regards to tourism and they had very low numbers of Covid cases.

 

Absolutely disgusting. Buriram is of course Anutin political stronghold.

In provinces whitch have even get some vaccine, they give first to "vip" people. Old people in village's all around Thailand have not get any! 

[ThailandRyan]

53 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Government in race against time after Delta variant shown to be more severe, more transmissible

 

Thailand’s government is now in a race against time to fully vaccinate its population after the Delta variant of Covid-19 is shown to be more transmissible and more deadly in a new study.

 

Research out of the United Kingdom on Monday found that the Delta variant, which was first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalization and is more transmissible than previous mutations.

 

The study, which was carried out in Scotland, has been a cause for concern for public officials both in the United Kingdom and the United States due to its high transmission rate and severity.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28543/government-in-race-against-time-after-delta-variant-shown-to-be-more-severe-more-transmissible/

 

One important factor Thailand will have to consider is that one dose of AZ vaccine is not very effective against the Delta variant - yet Thailand is leaving 16 weeks between doses to try to stretch limited supply. That may have to change.

 

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1404664072520364033

 

Other countries are now reducing time between AZ doses from 12 to 8 weeks.

If they do not reduce the time back downwards between doses then I personally believe that there will be even more cases where folks who had one vaccination are infected as it seems that AZ may not do much at all with the Delta variant until the second dose.  However, if there is no AZ then they best be scrambling to shore up the vaccines they have and get more stocked and then get the vaccinations moving instead of in a state of stagnation. 

[anchadian]

#COVID19TH Vaccine Tracker (15 June 2021) + 323,060 doses administered yesterday (1st dose: 230,149; 2nd: 92,911) TOTAL: 6,511,184 doses (Goal: ∼ 100 mil doses) (1st dose: 4,762,063; 2nd 1,749,121)

 

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1404674359797506049

 

[anchadian]

 

#COVID19 update in #Thailand on Tuesday:

Since 1 April 2021

173,401 people infected (+5 imported cases & +2,995 local cases)

1,391 dead +19

38,061 in care

1,249 in ICU & 365 on ventilators

4,774 discharged from care

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1404674936682160130