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Many of the new COVID-19 infections recently found in 32 provinces are linked to arrivals from Bangkok and nearby provinces, said the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Thursday), as the country recorded yet another new daily death toll high of 57.

 

Many of the people spreading the coronavirus across the country are believed to be construction workers who fled their dormitories in Bangkok and nearby provinces a couple of days before Monday’s enforcement of a partial lockdown.

 

Senior government officials, however, insist that the number of “escapees” is small, because the government has promised Thai workers, who stay behind, half of their usual wages while the construction sites are closed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thais-returning-home-from-bangkok-vicinities-spread-covid-19-to-32-provinces/

 

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Was anyone expecting different outcome?

Thai's are they own worst enemy  ,we live just a few km from the Pasak Dam in Lopburi province  a popular tourist destination ,the wife is often they, fishing she was their last Sunday , she said it was full of cars  and minibuses ,all with Bangkok registration, Bangkok is only 140 km away. 

To-day, we were they ,fishing, one minibus and 4 cars and pickups arrived ,10 monks got out plus another 10 -12 people with kids ,taking photos ,no one wearing masks , they all then went back to Bangkok ,plus other car's pickups  arrived  with Bangkok registration '

This will be just one example, with hundreds ? of other sites in the country the same, they deserve what  they get, but the problem is us frangs will suffer too. 

Well, Bangkok rolled out the Red Carpet for Thais in BKK to leave just like during Songkran, so obviously it's their intention to spread the virus nationwide again. Turn white, green and yellow into Red like Bangkok.  They have done essentially nothing to stop it. 
Stoke the fear then stoke the "get your vaccination" marketing.  It worked the first time.  Why not again?
There is big money to be made in pharmaceuticals.
Long Moderna.

 

On the bright side locally there are Covid checkpoints set up again entering Chiang Mai on HW11 and for the first time also in Lamphun on HW11 once over the provincial border.
I know that anyone who shows up in our village from Bangkok is forced into quarantine or asked to leave.  As it should be.  Not sure how effective the checkpoints will be but they are there.

Poor management of Covid situation .... 

 

Firstly they didn't stop the Songkran exodus which started the third wave.

 

Secondly they didn't lockdown Bangkok early enough allowing the spread of the virus to more provinces even after high daily cases were reported in Bangkok

 

Thirdly, they are prematurely opening Phuket and other islands when the population are still not vaccinated

Beggars belief really that all this did not happen last year when you think about it.

Since the third wave began back in early April ,the Northeast  got less 20-30 cases per day! Now its over 200 the last couple of days !

Opening schools a few weeks ago and Bangkokians coming home to roost ,yikes !

Unbelievable, what's going  through the Czars head?

 

Our sleepy little Amphoe in Udon Thani only had 4 (all imported) cases over the past 18 Months, yesterday there were 8 positive cases just off one bus from Bangkok!!

8 hours ago, connda said:

On the bright side locally there are Covid checkpoints set up again entering Chiang Mai on HW11

and they are doing what exactly - a useless temp check

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Beggars belief really that all this did not happen last year when you think about it.

while the rest of the world were getting into gear with vaccines etc Thailand thought they were untouchable - and a country that relies heavily on international tourism, what were they thinking ???

 

Oh - we'll let the rest of the world vaccinate and we won't have too - that pretty much sums it up IMO....................................fools

They only care about Bangkok, the rest of Thailand is Buffalo land as far as they're concerned...

A blind man could have seen this coming!

8 hours ago, EricTh said:

Poor management of Covid situation .... 

 

Firstly they didn't stop the Songkran exodus which started the third wave.

 

Secondly they didn't lockdown Bangkok early enough allowing the spread of the virus to more provinces even after high daily cases were reported in Bangkok

 

Thirdly, they are prematurely opening Phuket and other islands when the population are still not vaccinated

 

And, fourthly, they appear to be planning a repeat of The Great Songkran Fiasco at the end of this month:-

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1221686-future-looking-rosier-for-koh-chang-as-hotels-look-forward-to-five-day-holiday-in-july/

 

35 minutes ago, smedly said:

Thailand thought they were untouchable

 

Predicated on complete booze bans, mandatory subscription to rip-off 100k USD insurance policies, etc, etc, of course.

 

50 minutes ago, OJAS said:

 

And, fourthly, they appear to be planning a repeat of The Great Songkran Fiasco at the end of this month:-

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1221686-future-looking-rosier-for-koh-chang-as-hotels-look-forward-to-five-day-holiday-in-july/

 

That one has been cancelled now, but it's a bit late now isn't it.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

That one has been cancelled now, but it's a bit late now isn't it.

 

 

And only one day has been cancelled - Monday 25th and Wednesday 28th are still Public Holidays.

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

And only one day has been cancelled - Monday 25th and Wednesday 28th are still Public Holidays.

Yes I know, but they've the cancelled the special Tuesday one which joined up the official holidays into one 5 day break. I guess they're hoping it will be a disincentive to folks travelling.

 

Why not just get fully draconian and ban travel period?

5 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Yes I know, but they've the cancelled the special Tuesday one which joined up the official holidays into one 5 day break. I guess they're hoping it will be a disincentive to folks travelling.

 

Why not just get fully draconian and ban travel period?

I guess it could still happen.  

1 hour ago, zyphodb said:

They only care about Bangkok, the rest of Thailand is Buffalo land as far as they're concerned...

Yes, it’s the red vs yellow, south vs north thing again, they don’t seem to be able to snap out of this revolving door bs. 

I am surprised daily by the very high percentage of deaths compared to the number of infections!  i can only conclude that there are many more people who are infected, but either have not been declared or are suddenly appearing sick at a hospital.  Very, very odd!

First we had the fiasco before, and after Songkran than initiated this 3rd ? Wave of Covid 

Now we have exactly the same scenario again, with people travelling all over the Country and little, or no effective, Covid measures put in place.

Is it really possible that this much stupid, arrogant and ignorant is running a Country

 

10 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

I am surprised daily by the very high percentage of deaths compared to the number of infections!  i can only conclude that there are many more people who are infected, but either have not been declared or are suddenly appearing sick at a hospital.  Very, very odd!

Incorrect. The ratio of cases to deaths in Thailand currently is about 100 to 1 (1%). This is actually lower than the global average of 2%. Those countries with widespread testing (so picking up asymptomatic cases) and high vaccination rates may get a ratio of 1000 to 1 (0.1%), e.g. UK. Obviously Thailand isn't one of those.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Many of the new COVID-19 infections recently found in 32 provinces are linked to arrivals from Bangkok and nearby provinces, said the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Thursday), as the country recorded yet another new daily death toll high of 57.

 

Many of the people spreading the coronavirus across the country are believed to be construction workers who fled their dormitories in Bangkok and nearby provinces a couple of days before Monday’s enforcement of a partial lockdown.

BS

Workers started to leave Bangkok Friday/Saturday to beat the camp closures on Monday.

How can they say that they've already seen infections because of these movements.. testing takes time to process and for results to return and be recorded?

Mind you give it a week or two and see the real numbers.

3 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

Predicated on complete booze bans, mandatory subscription to rip-off 100k USD insurance policies, etc, etc, of course.

 

Yes what use is Wuflu insurance if there are no beds available?¹

Who isn't angry at these feeble incompetents? Do you know how you stop the spread of Covid? Not by wearing masks at home, and treating this as a zombie apocalypse. By shutting down seafood markets, when there are 900 cases in one day, setting up a 2 km. perimeter, and forbidding ANYONE to come and go, and by testing and quarantining those who are infected. 

 

And by shutting down construction sites, before this happens. Why let them stay open? Are real estate developers above the law? If you know these are clusters, why did you not do anything? And if you do decide to shut them down, you do not announce it days in advance, giving super spreaders a chance to leave, and spread their infections all over the nation. You visit the sites with qualified personnel, you do some testing, and you lock up infected people! 

 

So, stop with the nonsense. Stop telling us how to live our lives. Start behaving responsibly, start doing your jobs, and start to address this, rather than yakking about it nonstop. Do something. Do anything. You guys are a blight on the nation, and the degree to which you are all unqualified simply boggles the mind. 

 

You must go. You must get out now. You are saboteurs of the future of this nation. You all must resign. The nation needs serious people, during this emergency. Out with the dinosaur creeps! In with the far more intelligent and capable youth. 

Willful sabotage is the only logical explanation at this point, for serial failures, of any kind of plan to stop the spread of Covid. 

 

A nearly unbelievable dereliction of duty, a staggering level of incompetence and an unforgivable indifference towards the people. 

There are three Covid cases in our village. One is a school van driver who caught it from a worker who has returned from Bangkok. My wife has been in his house twice in recent days, wearing a mask, and a kid from his van has tested positive and the school has been closed. Actually, every school in Kalasin Province has been closed anyway, I believe.

 

The advice my wife received from the local health centre was to drink ginger and lime in boiled water as that would cure any Covid symptoms. Banging your head against the wall time again then......

They just keep making the same mistakes over and over again.  Total incompetence.  

5 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Yes I know, but they've the cancelled the special Tuesday one which joined up the official holidays into one 5 day break. I guess they're hoping it will be a disincentive to folks travelling.

 

Why not just get fully draconian and ban travel period?

banning travel completely for those July dates is what they should be doing.