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

[ThailandRyan]

This is a new study that says that the AZ and Pfizer vaccines are highly effective against the Delta variant 

 

Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines highly effective against Delta variant: study (msn.com)

 

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine proved 79% effective against the Delta COVID-19 coronavirus variant, while the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was 60% effective, The Lancet said in a study published Monday.

 

The fact that the Delta variant could become the dominant coronavirus strain .......by fall raises the prospect of new outbreaks later this year among unvaccinated people.  That variant, The Lancet study said, could double the hospitalization risk compared to the U.K. variant, which has been renamed Alpha. Delta originated in India.  The study was conducted on 5.4 million people in Scotland, where Delta is becoming prevalent. 

Edited June 15, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[anchadian]

Tourism operators in Pattaya are set to propose their very own tourism sandbox scheme, called “Pattaya Move On”, to the government to consider

 

Thanet Supornsahatrangsi, acting chair of the Chonburi Tourism Industry Council, said the operators will propose the project to Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn and National Security Council secretary-general General Nattapol Nakpanit next week.

 

Pattaya Move On will allow vaccinated foreigners to enter Chonburi, provided they spend the first three days isolated in the hotel. After that, they will be allowed to travel to Bang Lamung and Sattahip districts, and go even further within the province after 14 days.

 

To kick off the project, 900,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are required for the 450,000 residents of Bang Lamung and Sattahip districts.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40002060

 

Most of the first para is taken up by names and job titles.

Edited June 15, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised to allocate more money, from the new 500-billion-baht loan, to cover public healthcare costs, if the amount earmarked for healthcare is not enough to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

He told the Senate that about 30 billion baht of the loan has been set aside to buy medical supplies, drugs, vaccines and for research and development initiatives for vaccines. About 300 billion baht is allocated to fund relief schemes for people in various sectors affected by COVID-19. The rest is allocated to social and economic rehabilitation projects.

 

The prime minister said, due to the government's limited funds, it will have to make cuts to some COVID-19 schemes to save money for vaccine procurement.

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158082934152050

[Caldera]

I've looked at the charts of many countries, and this "Thai scenario" where you have an ongoing Covid wave and the daily number of infections virtually stays flat over weeks just doesn't seem to happen.

 

Either the containment measures are sufficient, then numbers go down. Or they aren't, then the unforgiving nature of exponential spread means that the numbers keep going up.

 

Just how likely is it that Thailand's measures actually hit exactly the sweet spot? A feat no other country has mastered!

[brewsterbudgen]

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yes, and this makes as much sense as opening up Phuket to no quarantine in 15 days. Money driven economy has been faltering and children's education has been suffering like we both have discussed before.  The GF's daughter was done with her on-line work today by 11 am....even has all of the worksheets completed that need to go back to the school to the teacher on Friday.

If the "Pattaya News" can be believed, it seems that further relaxations in Bangkok are to happen soon.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/06/15/thai-covid-19-center-to-consider-full-opening-of-restaurants-in-bangkok-will-be-discussed-this-friday-with-public-health-ministry-ccsa-operations-director-says/?fbclid=IwAR1zDyAvhWUIknoMr18-GJ6eetO25jukeH3jc14P9gQwYtpZ3GHl7c4TwuI

[Rhacsyn]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

This is a new study that says that the AZ and Pfizer vaccines are highly effective against the Delta variant 

 

Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines highly effective against Delta variant: study (msn.com)

 

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine proved 79% effective against the Delta COVID-19 coronavirus variant, while the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was 60% effective, The Lancet said in a study published Monday.

 

The fact that the Delta variant could become the dominant coronavirus strain .......by fall raises the prospect of new outbreaks later this year among unvaccinated people.  That variant, The Lancet study said, could double the hospitalization risk compared to the U.K. variant, which has been renamed Alpha. Delta originated in India.  The study was conducted on 5.4 million people in Scotland, where Delta is becoming prevalent. 

Below is a similar study in Toronto. Results just released and similar, or slightly  better / promising findings:

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/national/coronavirus/2021/6/14/1_5470525.html

[Danderman123]

16 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I've looked at the charts of many countries, and this "Thai scenario" where you have an ongoing Covid wave and the daily number of infections virtually stays flat over weeks just doesn't seem to happen.

 

Either the containment measures are sufficient, then numbers go down. Or they aren't, then the unforgiving nature of exponential spread means that the numbers keep going up.

 

Just how likely is it that Thailand's measures actually hit exactly the sweet spot? A feat no other country has mastered!

Lots of countries have relatively flat numbers for months on end, such as UAE. 

[Bkk Brian]

49 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Lots of countries have relatively flat numbers for months on end, such as UAE. 

UAE however conducts over 229k covid pcr tests daily on average however and thats just the PCR tests. It also shows a 0.9% positivity rate throughout the whole country.

 

Its far more likely to be a true representation of the actual situation on the ground.

 

It also has over 50% of its population inoculated so lots of variables there too.

 

https://covid19.ncema.gov.ae/en

Edited June 15, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

If the "Pattaya News" can be believed, it seems that further relaxations in Bangkok are to happen soon.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/06/15/thai-covid-19-center-to-consider-full-opening-of-restaurants-in-bangkok-will-be-discussed-this-friday-with-public-health-ministry-ccsa-operations-director-says/?fbclid=IwAR1zDyAvhWUIknoMr18-GJ6eetO25jukeH3jc14P9gQwYtpZ3GHl7c4TwuI

Ran in Lumpini Park this evening.  Not many out, but then no workout equipment is available either.....

[FarFlungFalang]

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

One fatality in an adjacent moo baan in Chonburi yesterday. Rumoured to be COVID-19

 

Meat wagon arrived to cart away the body, guys in white protective clothing with headgear and masks, body was on a stretcher wrapped in similar. 

If it wasn't covid they wouldn't take them away,they would rent a fridge start the funeral and cremate in the temple.If they get carted away nobody can keep count.That's one way of keeping the numbers under control.

Edited June 15, 2021 by FarFlungFalang

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Lots of countries have relatively flat numbers for months on end, such as UAE. 

Is one country is lots is it?

[FarFlungFalang]

5 hours ago, anchadian said:

“As Prime Minster and director of the CCSA, I am the Supreme Commander in this Covid war.” said Prayut said after on Tuesday.

 

“I am sorry for the problems that have emerged and I am responsible for fixing all of them," he added.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1404709349876912140

 

They misspelt "causing" it's not spelt "fixing".It should read  " I am responsible for "causing" all of them," he added.

[Daithi85]

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Is one country is lots is it?

One? There's a few countries who's numbers seem  to hover around  the same for a a fair few weeks  or even months, Cambodia  has been  bouncing  around  600 for 2 months. 

[DJBenz]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

This is a new study that says that the AZ and Pfizer vaccines are highly effective against the Delta variant 

 

Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines highly effective against Delta variant: study (msn.com)

 

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine proved 79% effective against the Delta COVID-19 coronavirus variant, while the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was 60% effective, The Lancet said in a study published Monday.

 

The fact that the Delta variant could become the dominant coronavirus strain .......by fall raises the prospect of new outbreaks later this year among unvaccinated people.  That variant, The Lancet study said, could double the hospitalization risk compared to the U.K. variant, which has been renamed Alpha. Delta originated in India.  The study was conducted on 5.4 million people in Scotland, where Delta is becoming prevalent. 

 

There's a new pre-print study here from Public Health England showing Pfizer at 96% effective against hospitalization due to infection with Delta and AZ at 92% effective (both after two doses, after one dose they're 94% and 71% respectively)

 

[webfact]

COVID-19: Thailand reports 40 more deaths and 2,331 new cases

 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO for reference only

 

Thailand on Wednesday (June 16) reported 2,331 new COVID-19 cases and 40 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1220649-covid-19-thailand-reports-40-more-deaths-and-2331-new-cases/

 

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