Thailand reports 8,685 new COVID-19 cases, 56 more deaths

[anchadian]

TIMELINE: Chonburi and Pattaya authorities inform residents who visited places in relation to most recent Covid -19 confirmed cases

 

See here:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/07/13/timeline-chonburi-and-pattaya-authorities-inform-residents-who-visited-places-in-relation-to-most-recent-covid-19-confirmed-cases/

[anchadian]

Opposition leader urges government to plan for looming shortage of ventilators, oxygen

 

The government should come up with an emergency plan to cope with the looming shortages of ventilators and oxygen tanks, an opposition leader said on Tuesday.

 

“The rapid increases of new cases and severe cases are leading to higher demands for ventilators and oxygen tanks and these will keep on rising,” said Chaturon Chaisang, former deputy prime minister and former chief strategist of the now-dissolved Thai Raksa Chart Party.

 

“Even affluent people are already finding it difficult to find them right now so where will the poor people get them from?” he added.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29775/opposition-leader-urges-government-to-plan-for-looming-shortage-of-ventilators-oxygen/

[BE88]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

 Not saying it isn’t, but if your country’s gov was as opaque and incompetent and only tested 1/1000th of the population per day, yours too might be one of those with ‘low contamination’. 

The low numbers infected favors giving a good image of Covid in Thailand and therefore favoring the return of tourism, then like all lies comes the moment of truth.

 

[wensiensheng]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

New pandemic record for COVID patients in various kinds of hospital type facilities -- 95,410  (53,619 in traditional hospitals and 41,791 in alternate hospital facilities)

 

New pandemic record for COVID patients in critical condition -- 3,042 (first time passing the 3,000 threshold). 24th consecutive day of increases.

 

New pandemic record for critical COVID patients requiring ventilators to breathe -- 794. 8th consecutive day of increases.

 

The hospitalized population has doubled since late June, about the past two weeks.

 

The critical condition population has doubled in the past three weeks.

 

The critical-ventilators population has doubled in the past three+ weeks.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/363950295223301/?type=3

 

Says it all right there.

[stubuzz]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

REUTERS file photo/Soe Zeya Tun

Look at the angle of the swab in relation to the angle of the nasal passage!

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

This is getting worse by the day. 4th. wave on the way with this delta variant. Wear masks, everybody!!!

It's a continuous wave now... just getting going.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

8,685 more infections & 56 more deaths. Only 3,797 recovered so nearly 5,000 more patients to care for. How long the system can take 4,000 to 5,000 additional patients per day before collapsing?

 

https://twitter.com/PravitR/status/1414750829689532437

 

If it keeps rising as it is then by the end of this month, hospital saturation point will have been reached.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Koh Samui is reopening for fully vaccinated international travellers without quarantine requirements starting from 15 July. Here’s the entry procedure for the #SamuiPlus model.

https://twitter.com/MandalaySamui/status/1414822715735773192

 

Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.  Do they really think it will be any different then the Sandbox and the issues they are seeing there, or is it also worth the risk.  Are there quarantine facilities on the islands to isolate those vaccinated tourists who test positive? 

Edited July 13, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

11 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand’s Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has asked people not to talk to others or on the phone while riding on trains as the latest precaution against COVID-19.

 

DRT Director-General Kittiphan Panchan said people are urged to practice social distancing, wear masks and to refrain from talking during train rides. The department has issued a set of practical measures to be followed in maximizing health safety for passenger and cargo transport.

 

The public are also asked to use hand sanitizer before entering and after leaving a train, scan body their temperature and log into the Thai Chana app for easy tracing. Related agencies will make sure trains are not crowded. Suburban or electric trains may run more frequently during rush hours.

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158138045567050

The BTS lines in BKK have had the "no talking" policy for many months now, in addition to the other related measures.

 

I rode on the Airport Rail Link line the other day, and saw no sign they were asking for or enforcing the same kind of policy. Nice to see they're finally catching up.

 

The theory, of course, is that an infected person who's talking is likely to emit more virus particles from his/her mouth via talking than compared to just breathing without talking.

 

[Bkk Brian]

Needing more and more of these daily

 

The Ministry of Public Health received 20 high-flow ventilators worth 5 million baht from Siam Gas and Petrochemicals Public Company Limited for delivery to 7 public health service units to support service units in Caring for sick people

https://twitter.com/pr_moph/status/1414873656493105152

 

[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

The major rollout of vaccines happened recently so most of the doses are still 1st dose due to the 12 weeks between AZ doses I'd wager.

Firstly, these people would have been Vaccinated with Sinovac, and secondly, I believe the Gov,t reduced the time between shots to 8 weeks in order to get people vaccinated sooner

So we should be seeing those numbers double vaxxed start to sky rocket soon then.

[Bkk Brian]

Opposition leader urges government to plan for looming shortage of ventilators, oxygen

The government should come up with an emergency plan to cope with the looming shortages of ventilators and oxygen tanks, an opposition leader said on Tuesday.

“The rapid increases of new cases and severe cases are leading to higher demands for ventilators and oxygen tanks and these will keep on rising,” said Chaturon Chaisang, former deputy prime minister and former chief strategist of the now-dissolved Thai Raksa Chart Party.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29775/opposition-leader-urges-government-to-plan-for-looming-shortage-of-ventilators-oxygen/

[FarFlungFalang]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Or "What will be will be". Gotta love the irony of the situation.  I think Karma could do a little better though.

Well I just saw Thailand on the ABC news in Oz talking about its tough restrictions complete footage of a crematorium being loaded.

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Opposition leader urges government to plan for looming shortage of ventilators, oxygen

The government should come up with an emergency plan to cope with the looming shortages of ventilators and oxygen tanks, an opposition leader said on Tuesday.

“The rapid increases of new cases and severe cases are leading to higher demands for ventilators and oxygen tanks and these will keep on rising,” said Chaturon Chaisang, former deputy prime minister and former chief strategist of the now-dissolved Thai Raksa Chart Party.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29775/opposition-leader-urges-government-to-plan-for-looming-shortage-of-ventilators-oxygen/

You have to wonder if they will isten to anyone at this point in time.  Would that be a loss of FACE if they did?

[metisdead]

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[2 is 1]

Weekly covid case's look terrable!

 

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/7/12/as-thailand-hit-by-its-worst-covid-outbreak-economic-risks-rise

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

TIMELINE: Chonburi and Pattaya authorities inform residents who visited places in relation to most recent Covid -19 confirmed cases

 

See here:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/07/13/timeline-chonburi-and-pattaya-authorities-inform-residents-who-visited-places-in-relation-to-most-recent-covid-19-confirmed-cases/

Looking at that linked article I can see why its not possible to list all the timeline warnings just too many!

[anchadian]

 

The “Mix and Match” vaccination practice, in which a shot of a whole virus vaccine is followed by a shot of a vector vaccine, can boost immunity, according to prominent Thai virologist Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology.

 

Adding that over 30 scientists and medical experts at the centre are working on five COVID-19 vaccine projects, it has been found that a shot of Sinovac, which is a whole virus vaccine, followed by a shot of AstraZeneca, which is a vector virus vaccine, works well in boosting immunity.

 

“The whole virus version works in a way similar to getting us infected and it helps our bodies become familiar with the virus. When injected with a different kind, such as the vector virus type, it has what is called a ‘booster effect’. It’s like when someone has recovered from a COVID-19 infection and then receives another vaccine dose, their immunity is boosted again,” he said.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mix-and-match-vaccinations-can-boost-immunity-effectively-dr-yong/

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

15 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

The “Mix and Match” vaccination practice, in which a shot of a whole virus vaccine is followed by a shot of a vector vaccine, can boost immunity, according to prominent Thai virologist Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology.

 

Adding that over 30 scientists and medical experts at the centre are working on five COVID-19 vaccine projects, it has been found that a shot of Sinovac, which is a whole virus vaccine, followed by a shot of AstraZeneca, which is a vector virus vaccine, works well in boosting immunity.

 

“The whole virus version works in a way similar to getting us infected and it helps our bodies become familiar with the virus. When injected with a different kind, such as the vector virus type, it has what is called a ‘booster effect’. It’s like when someone has recovered from a COVID-19 infection and then receives another vaccine dose, their immunity is boosted again,” he said.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mix-and-match-vaccinations-can-boost-immunity-effectively-dr-yong/

 

 

 

Also from that article they are doing a separate study on the delta variant, for this they are using 2 shots Sinovac and 1 shot AZ the same as they are currently doing for health workers.

 

This is a far better approach then watering down the effects of AZ with just one shot of both.

 

"He said the centre is also conducting a study on the Delta variant, which is becoming more dominant in many countries, including Thailand, and on T cell immunity. Dr. Yong said that the mix and match approach of Sinovac and AstraZeneca can boost immunity within six weeks, as opposed to 12 weeks needed for vector vaccines, and that using AstraZeneca as a third shot, after two Sinovac shots, will help achieve “very high level of antibodies”.

[ThailandRyan]

21 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

The “Mix and Match” vaccination practice, in which a shot of a whole virus vaccine is followed by a shot of a vector vaccine, can boost immunity, according to prominent Thai virologist Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology.

 

Adding that over 30 scientists and medical experts at the centre are working on five COVID-19 vaccine projects, it has been found that a shot of Sinovac, which is a whole virus vaccine, followed by a shot of AstraZeneca, which is a vector virus vaccine, works well in boosting immunity.

 

“The whole virus version works in a way similar to getting us infected and it helps our bodies become familiar with the virus. When injected with a different kind, such as the vector virus type, it has what is called a ‘booster effect’. It’s like when someone has recovered from a COVID-19 infection and then receives another vaccine dose, their immunity is boosted again,” he said.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mix-and-match-vaccinations-can-boost-immunity-effectively-dr-yong/

 

 

 

However, the WHO cautions against it. 

https://www.businesstoday.in/coronavirus/story/who-chief-scientist-cautions-against-mixing-covid-19-vaccines-301157-2021-07-13

 

We are talking about the same WHO who said Covid was not necessarily the big one

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/world/who-covid-pandemic-big.html

[Bkk Brian]

Mounting COVID-19 deaths in Thailand drive crematories to verge of failure

“We don’t know if there will be more (bodies) arriving today. Our crematory isn’t working well because it is overheated (from the continued use). If we place the coffins inside, it will just burn without us pushing any buttons. This is the truth,” said the Executive Committee of Siam Nonthaburi Foundation, Pairuch Sudtoop.

The crematory at Rat Prakong Tham temple in NonthaBuri province is now overheated and the temple is trying to build the backup crematory as quickly as possible. Pairuch said the temple has organized over a hundred funerals, for free, around the clock, since May.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mounting-covid-19-deaths-in-thailand-drive-crematories-to-verge-of-failure/

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Opposition leader urges government to plan for looming shortage of ventilators, oxygen

The government should come up with an emergency plan to cope with the looming shortages of ventilators and oxygen tanks, an opposition leader said on Tuesday.

“The rapid increases of new cases and severe cases are leading to higher demands for ventilators and oxygen tanks and these will keep on rising,” said Chaturon Chaisang, former deputy prime minister and former chief strategist of the now-dissolved Thai Raksa Chart Party.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29775/opposition-leader-urges-government-to-plan-for-looming-shortage-of-ventilators-oxygen/

 

My wife does purchasing for a prominent company in BKK that's helping set up field hospitals. She was telling me the other day, right now, she's having no problem ordering and getting oxygen tanks for prompt delivery. But she said trying to order ventilators from suppliers in TH right now was gonna be a several months wait for delivery. FWIW.  Hopefully the hospitals themselves have better purchasing connections.

 

 

[wensiensheng]

39 minutes ago, anchadian said:

 

The “Mix and Match” vaccination practice, in which a shot of a whole virus vaccine is followed by a shot of a vector vaccine, can boost immunity, according to prominent Thai virologist Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology.

 

Adding that over 30 scientists and medical experts at the centre are working on five COVID-19 vaccine projects, it has been found that a shot of Sinovac, which is a whole virus vaccine, followed by a shot of AstraZeneca, which is a vector virus vaccine, works well in boosting immunity.

 

“The whole virus version works in a way similar to getting us infected and it helps our bodies become familiar with the virus. When injected with a different kind, such as the vector virus type, it has what is called a ‘booster effect’. It’s like when someone has recovered from a COVID-19 infection and then receives another vaccine dose, their immunity is boosted again,” he said.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mix-and-match-vaccinations-can-boost-immunity-effectively-dr-yong/

 

 

 

Good that they are looking at possibilities.
 

A little bit concerning that they can’t have been looking at this for very long as delta is relatively new here. And yet, it seems the whole countries vaccination strategy has been changed because of it.

 

might be great, but relatively unproven for anything beyond 3 months I suspect.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

New pandemic record for COVID patients in various kinds of hospital type facilities -- 95,410  (53,619 in traditional hospitals and 41,791 in alternate hospital facilities)

 

Closing in on the big 100,000 COVID positive cases in various kinds of hospital and hospital type facilities in Thailand.

 

Tomorrow could well clinch it, the way things have been going. Or the following day at the longest.

 

[riparian]

37 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Mounting COVID-19 deaths in Thailand drive crematories to verge of failure

“We don’t know if there will be more (bodies) arriving today. Our crematory isn’t working well because it is overheated (from the continued use). If we place the coffins inside, it will just burn without us pushing any buttons. This is the truth,” said the Executive Committee of Siam Nonthaburi Foundation, Pairuch Sudtoop.

The crematory at Rat Prakong Tham temple in NonthaBuri province is now overheated and the temple is trying to build the backup crematory as quickly as possible. Pairuch said the temple has organized over a hundred funerals, for free, around the clock, since May.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mounting-covid-19-deaths-in-thailand-drive-crematories-to-verge-of-failure/

and we are supposed to believe the government figures?
 

[Boedog]

10 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

This is getting worse by the day. 4th. wave on the way with this delta variant. Wear masks, everybody!!!

Everyone says follow the science, well the science states that wearing masks does not stop or prevent an airborne virus, wearing a surgical masks in a non sterile environment will  do more harm than good

[edwinchester]

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Firstly, these people would have been Vaccinated with Sinovac, and secondly, I believe the Gov,t reduced the time between shots to 8 weeks in order to get people vaccinated sooner

So we should be seeing those numbers double vaxxed start to sky rocket soon then.

I got a shot of AZ 28th June, 2nd one is 20th Sept so 12 weeks for me. I think 8 weeks is only a very recent change.

[Bkk Brian]

20 minutes ago, riparian said:

and we are supposed to believe the government figures?
 

I believe they report the numbers given to them within their own unpublished criteria. I also believe there there are far more that do not reach their criteria for a covid death. Then the numerous others who have died untested. I believe this is a major problem and one of the reasons the mortality rate remains quite low.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

My wife does purchasing for a prominent company in BKK that's helping set up field hospitals. She was telling me the other day, right now, she's having no problem ordering and getting oxygen tanks for prompt delivery. But she said trying to order ventilators from suppliers in TH right now was gonna be a several months wait for delivery. FWIW.  Hopefully the hospitals themselves have better purchasing connections.

 

 

Hopefully they can order from overseas if they are not needed. I know the US has a stockpile of them.

[ThailandRyan]

22 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

I got a shot of AZ 28th June, 2nd one is 20th Sept so 12 weeks for me. I think 8 weeks is only a very recent change.

And even with the change will they have enough AZ vaccine to kick up the vaccinations.