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Thailand on Monday (June 28) reported 5,406 new COVID-19 cases and 22 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

● 5,397 new infections
● 9 prison / prison infections

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 249,853 with 1,934 deaths.
(Total infections since April 1: 220,990)
 
The news comes as next month will be critical for the Thai health system, because hospitals will be overwhelmed and there won’t be enough beds to accommodate the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Worse still, only about half of the 15 million doses of vaccines expected for the July will actually arrive, according to the Rural Doctor Society.

 

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What the !!!!!

Oh dear......

The number of hospital walk-ins vs those detected via testing is critical today. Are the numbers higher due to increased testing? 

1 minute ago, Danderman123 said:

The number of hospital walk-ins vs those detected via testing is critical today. Are the numbers higher due to increased testing? 

I thought I read that testing was being stopped, which has me more concerned.......

Ah…oh dear.

Kaboom, the lid has just been blown off.  I wonder what the good PM and his friends think, oh yeah damned the torpedoes full steam ahead as we must open the country for tourism at all costs.  We will just lock up the rest of the country boys and girls and put a covering of happy faces showing how much fun folks are enjoying since the general brought much happiness back to Thailand.  Ugh this is getting to be to much as we do the wait and see before we take action.....stay safe.

I think it is time for the denial that there is a problem here, or that it is under control to be thrown out the window and time for the progression to be very seriously addressed. The hospital system is overwhelmed already and in all likelihood the numbers are going to go up and up. Very bad news.

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Kaboom, the lid has just been blown off. 

 

You and me both know those numbers are 10 x

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I thought I read that testing was being stopped, which has me more concerned.......

However, what are the chances all of these folks are truly sick, or wait someone will be along to say they are just workers from camp clusters of those to be locked in.

 

Predictable from the recent exponential rise. When you don't have adequate measures to control the spread, exponentials keeps rising. That's what they do.

 

Just now, rabas said:

 

Predictable from the recent exponential rise. When you don't have adequate measures to control the spread, exponentials keeps rising. That's what they do.

 

Oh no you used the term exponential, are you prepared for the fallout...lol

A post using a trolling image hjas been removed. 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

However, what are the chances all of these folks are truly sick, or wait someone will be along to say they are just workers from camp clusters of those to be locked in.

If testing is being reduced or stopped, very high indeed as I would expect them to be symptomatic rather than contact tracing tests. If someone points to a massive cluster uncovered in some worker camp soon, I will feel rather cynical about that. 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Oh no you used the term exponential, are you prepared for the fallout...lol

 

It's time has come.

16 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I thought I read that testing was being stopped, which has me more concerned.......

now you know why

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

If testing is being reduced or stopped, very high indeed as I would expect them to be symptomatic rather than contact tracing tests. If someone points to a massive cluster uncovered in some worker camp soon, I will feel rather cynical about that. 

they cannot test worker camps, the gates are locked and men with guns are standing outside 

Just now, smedly said:

they cannot test worker camps, the gates are locked and men with guns are standing outside 

Seen that for a fact......? Or simply whimsical?

8 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

It's time has come.

not a "sad" emoji in sight lol

If I am not mistaken but it’s almost double from yesterday? Numbers were around 3000 per day already .

 

Well at least have new restrictions from today , might reduce the numbers 

Just now, jacko45k said:

Seen that for a fact......? Or simply whimsical?

news story on here a couple of days ago

2 minutes ago, BestB said:

If I am not mistaken but it’s almost double from yesterday? Numbers were around 3000 per day already .

 

Well at least have new restrictions from today , might reduce the numbers 

Your mistaken yesterday it was 3995 and before also in the 4000 range.. so just a 30% increase nothing to worry about. I am sure in the other topics people will want to open the bars as data is interpreted based on the individual his or her needs not on logic. 

I have no words

 

We all know this was an eventuality, but now that it's here...

5 minutes ago, smedly said:

they cannot test worker camps, the gates are locked and men with guns are standing outside 

Don't be ridiculous...the men with guns are working for the same people as the testers. 

21 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I think it is time for the denial that there is a problem here, or that it is under control to be thrown out the window and time for the progression to be very seriously addressed. The hospital system is overwhelmed already and in all likelihood the numbers are going to go up and up. Very bad news.

Nah they will just turn up the denial dial a few more notches and further reduce testing as more hospitals fill up and their five or so mobile testing units will be all that's left to test all of Thailand.

This is just an artefact so there is nothing to be concerned about.

 

Numbers are up a bit but shopping malls now close at 9pm instead of 10pm so that will bring the numbers down.

 

Also this doesn’t exist outside of workers camps and factories and they have all been locked down now so we should see the end of this soon.

 

All hail our righteous leaders, these are the good people. Simply vote them out in the next election if you don’t like what they are doing.

6 minutes ago, smedly said:

they cannot test worker camps, the gates are locked and men with guns are standing outside 

This does not make it good, but...

 

"Kongcheep says mass testing will be conducted in the camps and infected people will be further isolated."

 

"the government says they will extend construction contracts and pay 50% of workers’ wages as they sealed off in their camps. Additionally, the government intends to supply food and water for the workers."

 

"These forces would also work with the Public Health Ministry by providing beds at military run hospitals to make up for the dwindling supply of beds in hospitals."

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/military-police-deployed-to-seal-of-nearly-600-construction-worker-camps

 

 

2 minutes ago, rabas said:

This does not make it good, but...

 

"Kongcheep says mass testing will be conducted in the camps and infected people will be further isolated."

 

"the government says they will extend construction contracts and pay 50% of workers’ wages as they sealed off in their camps. Additionally, the government intends to supply food and water for the workers."

 

"These forces would also work with the Public Health Ministry by providing beds at military run hospitals to make up for the dwindling supply of beds in hospitals."

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/military-police-deployed-to-seal-of-nearly-600-construction-worker-camps

 

 

We will see. The government is quite good at saying what should be done, but then fails to deliver. Food and water for the construction camps could easily become an issue once they are forgotten about, as recent history has shown.

24 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

Predictable from the recent exponential rise. When you don't have adequate measures to control the spread, exponentials keeps rising. That's what they do.

 

The daily numbers have been in the 3k-5k range for months...exponential increase implies continued increases, which we don't see. However, it is unfortunate the measures taken to date have been unable to reduce the numbers to the triple digits of last year. I guess once you have this level of cases the genie can't be put back in the bottle (without widespread vaccinations).

I feel as though there is a tsunami of delta cases coming and the authorities are building walls of sand on the beach to stop it.