Dr Kusak speaks ot media at Phuket porvincial Hall yesterday (July 6). Photo: PPHO

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has confirmed that Phuket has marked its first Phuket Sandbox tourist infected with COVID-19.

 

Dr Kusak broke the news during a live broadcast this morning (July 7).

 

“This morning, I received a report marking two new cases of infection. One was a Thai person, and the other person is not what we want because he was a tourist under the Phuket Sandbox scheme,” Dr Kusak said.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-first-sandbox-tourist-infected-with-covid-19-80593.php

 

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It’s inevitable that infected tourists will slip through the net. That’s the nature of the virus and why there are so many cases in the world. Even vaccinated tourists with pre-departure tests can still carry it abroad. 

 

There will never be zero covid cases. Thailand needs to accept that and figure out how to open the country again.  

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

other person is not what we want because he was a tourist under the Phuket Sandbox scheme,” Dr Kusak said.

Maybe he had received 2 shots of the Sinovac vaccine which as we all know is useless .

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

One was a Thai person, and the other person is not what we want because he was a tourist under the Phuket Sandbox scheme,” Dr Kusak said.

One was a Thai person so that's ok but the other person is not what we want because he "was" a tourist but is now a dirty falang who we've detained.Way to go Scum box Scam!

Oh no how can this be .. after all the precautions and preventatives that have been put in place a diseased one has breached them ..

Bad , bad tourist ..

 

7 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

There will never be zero covid cases. Thailand needs to accept that and figure out how to open the country again. 

Agreed. Thailand is so heavily reliant on tourism that they really need to just sort out their chaotic and pathetic vaccine rollout and purchase and open this year to the planet without daft restrictions to save themselves. 

 

Every year hundreds of thousands die of the flu. We live with it. We have to do the same with covid, or just give up.

 

 

Now what? 

 

It's not just a case of Phuket here, what happens when this happens in multiple locations with a largely unvaccinated population?

 

Assuming this is a real tourist, what about a holiday refund? Will his insurance cover this? Will anybody's? If you go to a country with high infection rates and your holiday is ruined by Covid, is that self-inflicted harm?

 

I can't see insurance companies paying out for Covid infections due to deliberate exposure in such cases, when it could have been avoided by not travelling to a high risk country.

 

They need to just forget about torists and focus on decent vaccines. That's the only way out.

31 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

It’s inevitable that infected tourists will slip through the net. That’s the nature of the virus and why there are so many cases in the world. Even vaccinated tourists with pre-departure tests can still carry it abroad. 

 

There will never be zero covid cases. Thailand needs to accept that and figure out how to open the country again.  

but what, if he got infected already on Phuket?

as to sinovac in the next post - this vax is not used in the west, so he had some other vax. 

Identified now isolated and treated of necessary.

I always wonder about the never reported, is he even feeling ill, sniffles?

 

poor tourist, goes to Phuket and gets Covid, now can prepare to be fleeced 

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

Maybe he had received 2 shots of the Sinovac vaccine which as we all know is useless .

According to CNBC, "The UAE’s vaccination campaign, one of the fastest in the world, has relied heavily on the Sinopharm shot." However, there have been concerns over its efficacy and talk of people requiring a third, booster dose.

 

The UAE and Bahrain offer third Sinopharm shots amid questions over vaccine effectiveness

A double vaccinated tourist is now infected with COVID - that's the important part in thie story.

 

Whoever it is has already received two shots of one of the vaccines on the list.

 

I noticed that they don't leave much time after the second shot but it will be interesting to see if the second shot was received at least 6 weeks prior to the infection, because then it will be what they call a 'breakthrough case'.

 

Important to find out which strain of COVID this person has acquired as well as the vaccine used.

Is Phuket free of Covid ?

Is the population on Phuket vaccinated with chinese wax which do not give high protection against covid ?

Is it possible the tourist get covid on Phuket ?

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

as to sinovac in the next post - this vax is not used in the west, so he had some other vax. 

The UAE is not considered to be "in the west," it's in the Middle East..

12 minutes ago, ukrules said:

A double vaccinated tourist is now infected with COVID - that's the important part in thie story.

 

Whoever it is has already received two shots of one of the vaccines on the list.

 

I noticed that they don't leave much time after the second shot but it will be interesting to see if the second shot was received at least 6 weeks prior to the infection, because then it will be what they call a 'breakthrough case'.

 

Important to find out which strain of COVID this person has acquired as well as the vaccine used.

All vaccines have breakthrough cases.  In UK there are probably thousands and thousands cases of fully vaccinated people.

 

https://www.ft.com/content/08577e07-faeb-4cd2-96ed-567151b539f6

 

"UK Covid cases may soar to 100,000 a day, Sajid Javid warns"

 

And all vaccines so far are pretty good in preventing severe covid.

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

but what, if he got infected already on Phuket?

as to sinovac in the next post - this vax is not used in the west, so he had some other vax. 

Read the article...he was tested on arrival at the airport. Unlikely to get it there.

 

This sandbox is not going to last very long. One needs to look at Portugal and Spain where the UK virus spreaders were allowed to go.

 

https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/nightlife-restrictions-return-to-spain-as-covid-19-cases-soar/

32 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

The UAE is not considered to be "in the west," it's in the Middle East..

o, I didn't know from where he was. I didn't read, he was detected in the airport. In that case it's not issue at all - he will be quarantened (sp) and send back

But UEA has probably all vax available in the world, and fully approved (not just experimental use). So there is less than 20% chance that he got sinovac.

They are already doing the 3rd jab for all those, who had previously only sinovac, with yet different vax.  

5 minutes ago, gearbox said:

Read the article...he was tested on arrival at the airport. Unlikely to get it there.

 

This sandbox is not going to last very long. One needs to look at Portugal and Spain where the UK virus spreaders were allowed to go.

 

https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/nightlife-restrictions-return-to-spain-as-covid-19-cases-soar/

and the start with all the fanfare was so promising LOL

Well ! Thats his Holiday messed up.

And the Holidays of all the other people in his Tour Group.

They will all have to do Quarantine now.

And what about the other passengers on his Flight, the Flight Crew, Airport Staff Etc Etc Etc , will they all be in Quarantine as well

20 minutes ago, gearbox said:

All vaccines have breakthrough cases.

I know.

 

20 minutes ago, gearbox said:

"UK Covid cases may soar to 100,000 a day, Sajid Javid warns"

Mostly among the younger unvaccinated population.

 

Mt niece (about 20 years old) got Covid a few months ago, no big deal, someone came into the office and gave it to everyone - a week off work then back to normal.

 

She wasn't sent to a COVID prison though - that's the difference.

 

40 minutes ago, finnsk said:

Is Phuket free of Covid ?

Is the population on Phuket vaccinated with chinese wax which do not give high protection against covid ?

Is it possible the tourist get covid on Phuket ?

This is my unofficial tracking, from a couple of different web pages:

* https://mobile.twitter.com/nbtworldnews?lang=en

* https://www.facebook.com/83ssj/?__tn__=-UC*F

 

Note also, for many weeks now, anyone coming into Phuket, had to have proof of COVID testing for a short time prior to entry (or proof of full Sinovac vaccination or single AstraZeneca jab).  For a short time (not any more) people who did not meet the above were actually tested upon arrival at the bridge (or airport).  So Phuket has limited its exposure - although clearly not enough.  Almost all of the new cases (?) to Phuket come from people who were either outside of Phuket, or who were in contact with someone who recently arrived into Phuket.

 

The relatively low numbers of people in Phuket hospitals (compared to the rest of Thailand) confirms these numbers to be approximately representative.

  No comment TIT

Yep, this was fully expected... 

 

Sincerely

 

MORRIS

Ex Special Forces, Speaks Thai, Laos

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

Maybe he had received 2 shots of the Sinovac vaccine which as we all know is useless .

Maybe means nothing 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

This morning, I received a report marking two new cases of infection. One was a Thai person, and the other person is not what we want because he was a tourist under the Phuket Sandbox scheme,” Dr Kusak said.

Good start to the sandpit.

46 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Well ! Thats his Holiday messed up.

And the Holidays of all the other people in his Tour Group.

They will all have to do Quarantine now.

And what about the other passengers on his Flight, the Flight Crew, Airport Staff Etc Etc Etc , will they all be in Quarantine as well

Will be allowed to roam free but under observation.

new varaints are apearing all the time ,the lamda strain has apeared in the uk from peru

there will always be others n future its never ending

3 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

new varaints are apearing all the time ,the lamda strain has apeared in the uk from peru

there will always be others n future its never ending

Waiting for the Rumba and Salsa to arrive then watch the party.

29 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Will be allowed to roam free but under observation.

Apparently not...and good luck with the refund LOL

 

4 hours ago, internationalism said:

but what, if he got infected already on Phuket?

as to sinovac in the next post - this vax is not used in the west, so he had some other vax. 

It's possible but unlikely to be Phuket as symptoms take a few days to appear, so more likely picked it up in his home country just before or after taking the test.