Must Read Thailand reports 44 COVID-19 deaths, 3,644 new cases

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Do that's a tad over half of Bangkok got their first shot.

 

How do you say 'whoopee <deleted>' in Thai ?

yet a large majority were done in Phuket

 

Oops, forgot that. Good catch.

 

So that's a tad under half of Bangkok got their first shot.

 

Still looking for a translation.

[RichardColeman]

If Thailand has truly done the number of tests that worldometer states  - 8.129 million, that works out as only about 18-19,000 tests per day.

 

That is why the numbers of infections continually shows as 2-4k, which considering the number of tests done, is extremely high and worrying !

 

[ourmanflint]

There are thousands and thousands of empty hotel rooms in Bangkok, they can easily be used to provide isolation facilities for non-symptomatic covid+ patients. Let hospitals do their job and remove all those clogging up beds with no symptoms

[Excel]

5 hours ago, anchadian said:

The BP have reported that over 33 children between 3 and 6 yrs old have tested positive for Covid-19 at a children's home in Pathum

 

Oh dear , I hope those poor kids only have mild symptoms and fully recover with no ongoing long lasting symptoms.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

There are thousands and thousands of empty hotel rooms in Bangkok, they can easily be used to provide isolation facilities for non-symptomatic covid+ patients. Let hospitals do their job and remove all those clogging up beds with no symptoms

Empty and Closed Hotels, completely Closed hotels that have been shut since April of 2020.

[Swimfan]

4 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

There are thousands and thousands of empty hotel rooms in Bangkok, they can easily be used to provide isolation facilities for non-symptomatic covid+ patients. Let hospitals do their job and remove all those clogging up beds with no symptoms

Only if someone is willing to pay for them 

[Mr Meeseeks]

24 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Of the 107 known clusters in Bangkok, 89 have reported cases in the past 14 days including 35 in worker camps, 22 at businesses and factories, 17 around markets and shopping centres, 12 in residential areas, two at care homes and one at a naval academy.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1408302821426925571

 

At what point do clusters become a citywide outbreak?

 

100 clusters? 200? 500? ????

[Excel]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

yes I agree because these self appointed fools are more interested in their own interests and face than the interests of the country as a whole, little do they realise they would be more respected if they actually told the truth rather than these constant deflections and lies 

 

If this virus continues the path it is on in Thailand - variants will spread massively and they will have no option but to totally lock the country down taking us back 12 months - Thailand will be red listed across the world with governments banning all travel to Thailand, I honestly see no other way forward unless foreign countries suddenly start donating tens of millions of effective vaccines to Thailand and they pull out all the stops to vaccinate everyone as fast as possible 

 

Time to get the begging bowl out and appeal across the world for vaccines before this country turns into another India - or maybe even worse

As pessimistic as that sounds, unfortunately it is the most realistic outlook based on the governments approach to date.

[Mr Meeseeks]

In my opinion, vaccinating so many people on a remote island like Phuket over a metropolis such as Bangkok will be one of the biggest mistakes ever in management of this crisis, next to not stockpiling enough vaccines from day one.

[wensiensheng]

45 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Last time it started to stack up like this here in Bangkok they built more field hospital units including opening up the large center across from MTT at the convention center.  They even discussed adding more beds and expanding to other areas as well as creating additional ICU facilities inside Hospitels.  What happened to these plans, did they run out of money and medical staff.  If that is what has happened then we are definitely in dire straights here in Bangkok and we have just only now scratched the surface.  They are definitely using the bubble and seal strategy as the GF's relatives are locked into a factory they worked in in Bangg Phli

I think it’s simply a fact that it’s more fun to plan for tourists arriving in Phuket. The other Covid type stuff is old already.

 

it’s hard to really work out what the plan is, if there is one, but maybe when they diverted vaccines to Bangkok a while ago, that put a check mark in the Bangkok problem check box for them. Ridiculous I know, but I can’t figure out why else they wouldn’t have Bangkok front and centre in their minds. It’s like a light switch was flicked and Covid plans went dark and tourists got bathed in daylight.

[2 is 1]

4 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

What happens to their holiday if they test positive?Is it off to a field hospital?If one of their kids test positive then is it off the the field hospital alone for 2 weeks on the last day of their holiday and have return tickets and have spent all their money?Lots of scenarios to think about. 

Every parent who bring kids now in Phuket is insane!  Think if parent's get covid, where kids go? If kids get covid , how can parent follow kids in field hospital!? Its like russian roulette to come Phuket whit kids! 

[2 is 1]

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

That's not the current rule.

Change the rule and that might be an option. 

BTW it would not be quarantine at home. That's almost impossible. It would be isolate at home and that's also unlikely. Very few Thai live alone.

If almost every other country in planet can do quarantine in home so why Thais cant?! All family go quarantine like in every other country! There is now 40000 extra people in hospitals who not need medical care!

[ourmanflint]

44 minutes ago, Swimfan said:

Only if someone is willing to pay for them 

The govt should be paying for them isn't that obvious?

 

47 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Empty and Closed Hotels, completely Closed hotels that have been shut since April of 2020.

An even better reason to get them opened.

 

If serious illness from covid starts climbing as it did in India, what can this govt do? It cannot build hospitals, and beds will become critical. If the current policy is because govt does not trust asymptomatic people to self-isolate, why not provide somewhere where they can? 

Would hotel owners complain of earning something? 

[Swimfan]

6 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

The govt should be paying for them isn't that obvious?

 

Should be Could be but they are not. There are lots of things the Junta should be and could be doing in the current situation.

Isn't that obvious??

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

there's NOBODY from the UK planning on climbing into the Phuket sandbox.

Fortunately a few more alternatives are opening up.....

Spain's Balearic Islands, which include Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca and Formentera; Malta; Madeira; and some islands in the Caribbean - including Barbados - have been cleared for quarantine-free travel, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

Sky News

[anchadian]

‘I can’t take this life any more’: Mounting suicides in Thailand during Covid-19

"I can’t take this life any more.”  

These were the last words of a taxi driver before he jumped off the Rama VII bridge into the Chao Phraya River, leaving behind his shoes. Tragedies like this are being seen more frequently in the media, and are inevitably being linked to the economic depression following the Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s handling of the crisis.

 

Suicide is not a new issue.

 

https://prachatai.com/english/node/9310

Edited June 25, 2021 by metisdead
Edited as per fair use policy.

[TheFishman1]

Does anybody know where these 3000+ new virus infected people are living what city do they live in there I will report the number I like to know what city these people are living in TIT

[wensiensheng]

2 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Does anybody know where these 3000+ new virus infected people are living what city do they live in there I will report the number I like to know what city these people are living in TIT

There’s a graphic in this thread with a province by province breakdown

[blackcab]

A troll post has been removed.

[wensiensheng]

21 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) plans to use health personnel from the provinces, new medical graduates and soldiers to help care for the growing number of COVID-19 patients in the Bangkok area.

 

CCSA spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangsan said the CCSA meeting on Thursday discussed mobilization of personnel from all sectors, adding that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is also very concerned about the shortage of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Bangkok and adjoining province. He has instructed state agencies to help increase the number of beds available, particularly for patients with severe symptoms.

 

According to Dr. Apisamai, the Public Health Ministry's emergency operation center agreed that Bang Khun Thian Geriatric and Ratchapipat hospitals will be upgraded to accommodate patients with severe symptoms. The ministry will also ask Mongkutwattana and Thon Buri hospitals to provide accommodation for severe cases.

 

https://www.facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158104965162050/

The warning signs have been there for 2/3 weeks. Now it’s too late, he moves into action. ????????‍♂️

[FarFlungFalang]

43 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

If almost every other country in planet can do quarantine in home so why Thais cant?! All family go quarantine like in every other country! There is now 40000 extra people in hospitals who not need medical care!

I think 40,000 Thais go to a quarantine facility (gaol) not a real hospital.

[FarFlungFalang]

2 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

The warning signs have been there for 2/3 weeks. Now it’s too late, he moves into action. ????????‍♂️

He hasn't moved into action yet he is planning to move into action a big difference.First he has to form a committee to submit the plan to, which will consider the plan before submitting it to the CCSA for approval then if approved it will be published in the royal gazette.Then he will move into action.

[anchadian]

PM Undecided on Bangkok Lockdown Proposal

 

BANGKOK, June 25 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remained undecided if Bangkok should be locked down for seven days to control COVID-19, saying the issue needed careful consideration.

 

Inspecting a Sinopharm vaccine inoculation station by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Gen Prayut who is also the defence minister said he was glad that the inoculation for underprivileged people, elderly people and people with disabilities started as Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn provided them with the Sinopharm vaccine through the royal academy.

 

Regarding a proposal to lock down Bangkok for seven days to contain Covid-19 in the capital, Gen Prayut said he had yet to consider information from all parties and weigh the proposal against the hardships of people.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-725015

Edited June 25, 2021 by anchadian

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

PM Undecided on Bangkok Lockdown Proposal

 

BANGKOK, June 25 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remained undecided if Bangkok should be locked down for seven days to control COVID-19, saying the issue needed careful consideration.

 

Inspecting a Sinopharm vaccine inoculation station by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Gen Prayut who is also the defence minister said he was glad that the inoculation for underprivileged people, elderly people and people with disabilities started as Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn provided them with the Sinopharm vaccine through the royal academy.

 

Regarding a proposal to lock down Bangkok for seven days to contain Covid-19 in the capital, Gen Prayut said he had yet to consider information from all parties and weigh the proposal against the hardships of people.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-725015

Let's see, hmm cases expanding vs. Lockdown to contain said cases.  Must open Phuket Sandbox,  but what if those vaccinated travelers test positive for covid....hmmm more money from locking them up....yep let's leave it as is.  

[wensiensheng]

12 minutes ago, anchadian said:

PM Undecided on Bangkok Lockdown Proposal

 

BANGKOK, June 25 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remained undecided if Bangkok should be locked down for seven days to control COVID-19, saying the issue needed careful consideration.

 

Inspecting a Sinopharm vaccine inoculation station by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Gen Prayut who is also the defence minister said he was glad that the inoculation for underprivileged people, elderly people and people with disabilities started as Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn provided them with the Sinopharm vaccine through the royal academy.

 

Regarding a proposal to lock down Bangkok for seven days to contain Covid-19 in the capital, Gen Prayut said he had yet to consider information from all parties and weigh the proposal against the hardships of people.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-725015

He doesn’t know what to do, so is hoping the problem will go away by itself.

[Bkk Brian]

The capping of hospital walk in's commences

https://media.thaigov.go.th/uploads/public_img/source/250664.pdf

 

[Danderman123]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The capping of hospital walk in's commences

https://media.thaigov.go.th/uploads/public_img/source/250664.pdf

 

We’ll see if 2800 walk-in cases is a hard cap, or maybe we hit 3000+.

[BritTim]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If Thailand has truly done the number of tests that worldometer states  - 8.129 million, that works out as only about 18-19,000 tests per day.

 

That is why the numbers of infections continually shows as 2-4k, which considering the number of tests done, is extremely high and worrying !

 

 

The number of tests was obviously very low during the extended period last year when Thailand had successfully eliminated Covid-19 from within its borders. Nevertheless, recent test numbers have been reported that show around a 10% positive rate. This is considered extremely high. Given the growing prevalence of the Delta variant, this suggests a strong growth trend in the Greater Bangkok area. With hospitals beginning to suspend tests and admissions, the full extent of the growth over the next four to six weeks is probably only going to be evident from anecdotal reports of people dying having been refused treatment.

[bluedoc]

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Just read that there will be 7 testing centers provided around the Island and the cost is 2,800 baht each test, the result has then got to be sent directly to the command center

Is this to test anyone or just tourists.

[anchadian]

 

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is fluctuating because of persistent rumours that a lockdown is coming in Bangkok. Numbers have stayed above 3,000 cases since the last relaxation of measures.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1408349552306888706