We have a problem - Thailand's health minister finally admits the inevitable as search for beds continues

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

Thailand's embattled DPM and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul admitted to INN that there are many cases of Covid-19, especially in Bangkok and Greater Bangkok.

 

The often blase minister said the numbers were getting large with 5-6,000 new infections per day.

 

Working with several agencies in the health field he is demanding more testing.

 

Priority now in the Thai capital is finding beds for people who are showing symptoms.

 

There is already a large amount of people waiting at home and the minister is keen to find out who needs a bed most. 

 

He pointed to new field hospital possibilities at Busaram Hospital and the airport. The former would be able to cater to 4,000 people possibly more later. 

 

With little respite in the numbers of infected and a possible lockdown on the immediate horizon Thailand finds itself at a crucial juncture in the fight against Covid-19, suggests ASEAN Now. 

 

And the health minister is central to the ongoing fight. 

 

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[DrJack54]

It just snuck up on him? 

[Thaiwrath]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

And the health minister is central to the ongoing fight. 

If he had never been involved in health matters in the first place (being from a construction background), things would almost certainly be a bit better.

[Boomer6969]

Amazing.. The Government can't be blamed for Covid. However he is the sole culprit for appalling state of the vaccination campaign in Thailand. And isn't Mr. Anustin, the Minister for health, the main player in this sad game of brown envelopes. 

[Geoffggi]

Ohhh NO, you mean it's not actually under control !!!!!!! ...............LOL

[ThailandRyan]

Wait, say what, you mean you were wrong with "It has peaked", "It is under control", "It will be over in a few weeks", but wait the best line was by the PM and sums it up spectacularly "It will be what it will be", at least the PM was right with that statement, even though the way he said it was very flippant at the time.

 

He should have said "we have a problem, looks like Thailand's space craft has veered of course and is about to implode upon impact like that last Space-X rocket when it tried to re-land on the launch pad... "

Edited July 8, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[AndyFoxy]

Quick......mandate Sinovac for everyone......even those dirty farang dogs.....but make sure you give them the ones that have turned to gel.

[SmartyMarty]

I've seen more intelligence in a single grain of rice.

[worgeordie]

It must be a lot worse than has been admitted, if he is now saying

its a problem, he, been the health minister has to take  full responsibility

for this cock up, not ordering enough vaccines, and not quickly  enough.

and relying too much on Sinovac, which I believe is not effective against

the Delta variant......but as he has said in the past nothing to do with him !

regards Worgeordie

 

 

[smedly]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Working with several agencies in the health field he is demanding more testing.

yeah right

[Danderman123]

And now, the Lambda variant is on the loose ……

[internationalism]

today it's 7k, 1k more than yesterday.

Within days 10k, faster than in December (as expected by "medical expert").

Welcome to Thonglor Sonkran Covid Death Party and Let's No Buy Any Vaccinations Outside of Siam Bioscience.

Huston, I can't hear you

Edited July 8, 2021 by internationalism

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, internationalism said:

today it's 7k, 1k more than yesterday.

Within days 10k, faster than in December (as expected by "medical expert").

Welcome to Thonglor Sonkran Covid Death Party and Let's No Buy Any Vaccinations Outside of Siam Bioscience.

Huston, I can't hear you

However, lets keep inviting tourists to the sandbox because after all they have been double vaccinated and can not quite possibly test positive ....ooops.  Also TAT can now invent a Nationwide tour for those tourists to see the true devastation that this will have on the economy and lives nationwide.

[Captain Monday]

 

TSCDP

[NCC1701A]

maybe he just read this:

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/covid-19-coronavirus-ultra-contagious-lambda-variant-detected-in-australia/LAUYIDU2L7SSWMX6IQDTOYCX6A/

 

or this:

 

https://nypost.com/2021/07/07/california-epsilon-strain-of-covid-19-could-evade-vaccines-study/

 

wake me when the XXX variant gets here. 

[Somtamnication]

Yep! Houston we have a problem! These people will create new lockdowns due to their incompetence!

[mancub]

Regardless of the "varient" isn't it consistently the older/vulnerable members of society that are most at risk of requiring hospitalization. Prioritize this group and perhaps the number of deaths can be better managed. This in itself might help quell some of the hysteria/panic that seems to be spreading nationwide .

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Amazing.. The Government can't be blamed for Covid. However he is the sole culprit for appalling state of the vaccination campaign in Thailand. And isn't Mr. Anustin, the Minister for health, the main player in this sad game of brown envelopes. 

Vaccinated countries don't seem to be doing any better!

[pokerface1]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

And the health minister is central to the ongoing fight. 

No he’s been behind the 8 ball from the start and about to disappear from sight once the daggers come out. 

[BritManToo]

4 minutes ago, pokerface1 said:

No he’s been behind the 8 ball from the start and about to disappear from sight once the daggers come out. 

I think they will need guns and tanks to remove Anutin.

He's probably as much the leader as Prayut.

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, internationalism said:

today it's 7k, 1k more than yesterday.

Within days 10k, faster than in December (as expected by "medical expert").

Welcome to Thonglor Sonkran Covid Death Party and Let's No Buy Any Vaccinations Outside of Siam Bioscience.

Huston, I can't hear you

One step from panic setting in.

[SooKee]

But didn't you say the Songkran winds would blow it away?  I'm confused now.

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He pointed to new field hospital possibilities at Busaram Hospital and the airport.

The airport field hospital is not due for completion until August.

How many deaths before then?

[herfiehandbag]

" We have a problem"

 

Yes we do.

 

It is you!

[wensiensheng]

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

And now, the Lambda variant is on the loose ……

How many cases in Thailand so far?

[wensiensheng]

46 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Vaccinated countries don't seem to be doing any better!

Do you mean in terms of hospitalizations/deaths, or cases?

[BritManToo]

Just now, wensiensheng said:

Do you mean in terms of hospitalizations/deaths, or cases?

I keep reading stories like this ......... they might be fake news.

Covid-19 Killed 26 Indonesian Doctors in June—at Least 10 Had Taken China’s Sinovac Vaccine - WSJ

[wensiensheng]

Just now, BritManToo said:

I keep reading stories like this ......... they might be fake news.

Covid-19 Killed 26 Indonesian Doctors in June—at Least 10 Had Taken China’s Sinovac Vaccine - WSJ

I see. So that’s Indonesia which has a low vaccination rate and predominantly sinovac vaccine which has a low efficacy against the Delta variant currently rampaging there.

 

any other vaccinated countries that aren’t doing well in terms of hospitalizations/deaths?

 

USA, UK, Singapore, most of Europe?

[connda]

I called that one spot on.  And here we are.

The government needs to give up its draconian control.
They need to work with moobaan leaders in villages and khet leaders in cities to mobilize volunteers and local workers on the government payroll and train these people to monitor the asymptomatic who have popped positive on a PCR.
Quarantine and monitoring - strict monitoring.  If people fail to stay in quarantine, then force them into field hospitals.
The model they use of incarcerating asymptomatic cases like they are lepers was bound to fail.  Now it has.
The UK and US allow 'patients' to recover at home.  It's time for Thailand to step up.  Concentrate the health care on those who are actually sick instead of stretching health care resource to the breaking point. 
"But you can't trust Thai people."
Well, it's about time to start.  This is a new day with a new set of rules. 

[dinsdale]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It must be a lot worse than has been admitted, if he is now saying

its a problem, he, been the health minister has to take  full responsibility

for this cock up, not ordering enough vaccines, and not quickly  enough.

and relying too much on Sinovac, which I believe is not effective against

the Delta variant......but as he has said in the past nothing to do with him !

regards Worgeordie

 

 

I disagree with full responsibity. Mr. Empty Head has to take that. He actually told the nation that he would take full responsibilty. Bet he doesn't. As for Anutin well he's just another emty head that's where he is due to a corrupted election and electoral process.