webfact Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man rides his bike on an almost empty road which is usually crowded with people, as lockdown and travel restrictions are imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has given the go-ahead for home isolation of coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and use of home self-test kits, as a stubborn coronavirus outbreak puts pressure on its capital's healthcare and testing capacity. Thailand has so far been predominantly using RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) tests but long queues at testing facilities in Bangkok, the epicentre, have caused a rethink of measures to track infections. The rapid antigen test kits, the approval of which was announced in the official Royal Gazette on Tuesday, should be available in stores next week. A Food and Drug Administration official said efforts were being made to keep the price of the kits, which are less accurate than RT-PCR tests, at around 100 baht ($3.06). Authorities also approved home and community isolation for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic coronavirus cases, as daily infections of more than 9,000 stretch resources. Thailand recorded 8,685 infections and 56 deaths on Tuesday, among the 353,712 cases and 2,847 fatalities overall, most of which have been since early April. The outbreak was initially fueled by the Alpha variant but 57% of recent cases in Bangkok have been the highly contagious Delta variant, officials say. Thailand has also reported seven cases of suspected mixed infection with the two variants at a Bangkok construction site. ($1 = 32.6300 baht) (Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty) -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-07-13 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internationalism Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? 17 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrandPapillon Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 good news for Thailand, they are starting to get a clue!!! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya Spotter Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 Self home isolation has been used by most countries to successfully fight the spread of the Sars-Cov2 virus; with this, hospital resources can be focused on those requiring medical treatment of their symptoms. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said: good news for Thailand, they are starting to get a clue!!! yes a sensible move IMO but they will also lose track of infection numbers, so the daily reported case numbers are now well and truely shafted - not too many believed them anyway The correct way to use these test kits would have been by keeping it official and when someone returns a positive test then do a follow up PCR test to confirm so goodbye to daily case data 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrandPapillon Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 nobody cares anymore about daily cases and they don't mean anything. The only important metrics is the number of hospitalizations in ICU due to COVID 19 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HashBrownHarry Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 25 minutes ago, internationalism said: yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? Free in UK. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailandbeachisland Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 51 minutes ago, internationalism said: yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? no they cost 5 euros in europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 they used to be around e5. Now around 75 cents https://www.lidl.de/c/corona-schnelltests/a10007370?fbclid=IwAR2kEksnbIKX_rTMSM2CsenMewo_2kDc61M-PSiOnFJVJJzvESZ2SqaHdnc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 This was announced yesterday and in much more detail here. Free Rapid Antigen Tests begin today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, GrandPapillon said: nobody cares anymore about daily cases and they don't mean anything. The only important metrics is the number of hospitalizations in ICU due to COVID I was always under the assumption that the number of cases gives an indication as to the number of hospitalizations into cohort wards and ICU, a kind of warning if you like to prepare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 3 hours ago, internationalism said: yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? 750 baht on Shopee.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandPapillon Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said: I was always under the assumption that the number of cases gives an indication as to the number of hospitalizations into cohort wards and ICU, a kind of warning if you like to prepare. it doesn't prepare you to anything since it's always too late to react or to increase the number of ICU beds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Just now, GrandPapillon said: it doesn't prepare you to anything since it's always too late to react or to increase the number of ICU beds Why? If you have a week of high case counts you can be sure the following week you'll have more need for critical care, you can prepare your staff, facilities and decision making, its pretty basic stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Hop Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 10 hours ago, internationalism said: yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? You won’t get an accurate LFT for less than about £5/6€ each, even if you buy in bulk. The brain tickling free ones in the UK are re-packaged Innova tests, which were recently banned by the FDA in the US. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marco100 Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 A German friend who had covid did testing with rapid antigen kit 6 times and 6 times was negative while having covid ???????????? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandPapillon Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said: Why? If you have a week of high case counts you can be sure the following week you'll have more need for critical care, you can prepare your staff, facilities and decision making, its pretty basic stuff yeah, in theory, but when you are at full capacity already, you don't have the personnel to attend more beds, that's what happens in most of Europe and the main reason for the lockdown, to slow the spread of infections so that hospitals weren't over-run with strong cases that needed ICUs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver52 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 9 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said: Free in UK. and useless if they use a >35 cycle test which most of the 'fraudulent hospitals' are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, driver52 said: 10 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said: Free in UK. and useless if they use a >35 cycle test which most of the 'fraudulent hospitals' are Interesting that you think anyone is doing any number of replication cycles on antigen test !!! Or did you get a little mixed up and believe this thread was about PCR tests? And.. even if you did get mixed up.. Which are the ‘fraudulent hospitals’ carrying out >35 replication cycles for the RT PCR test ??.... OR did you just decide to make load of £$%T up but still manage to get it completely wrong ? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Will these rules and cost savings be passed on to sandboxers currently standing at 3000bt a pop and off to a ALQ at ridiculous cost if you fail instead of closing the door on the room you have already paid for 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver52 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: Or did you get a little mixed up and believe this thread was about PCR tests? ah yeah that's the one! Point is all these tests appear to be a 'load o cac', money making scams.........I know a family member who was testing negative to free NHS tests and yet testing positive to expensive private tests Please explain that one to me Doc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted July 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Meanwhile, the Supreme Court in India is considering capping the price of the more accurate RT-PCR tests at 300 Rs (131 THB), allowing a 50% profit, since they actually cost 150 Rs. (65 THB), including kit + lab costs. That's the test that costs 3,000-5,000 baht in Thailand. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/supreme-court-to-take-up-fresh-plea-seeking-to-fix-maximum-rate-for-rt-pcr-test-to-rs-300/articleshow/83959286.cms Edited July 13, 2021 by impulse 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Will these rules and cost savings be passed on to sandboxers currently standing at 3000bt a pop and off to a ALQ at ridiculous cost if you fail instead of closing the door on the room you have already paid for Very good point, Then those people could stay in quarantine in their own SHA+ hotel with self test kit supplied and monitored by the government. Or if applicable let them go to their own house on Phuket for self isolation. But I'm afraid that this is wishful thinking on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chesterubi1 Posted July 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2021 Teenagers are figuring out how to fake positive Covid tests using lemon juice and hacks from TikTok https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/tiktok-fake-covid-positive-test-schools-1079693 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 4 hours ago, impulse said: Meanwhile, the Supreme Court in India is considering capping the price of the more accurate RT-PCR tests at 300 Rs (131 THB), allowing a 50% profit, since they actually cost 150 Rs. (65 THB), including kit + lab costs. That's the test that costs 3,000-5,000 baht in Thailand. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/supreme-court-to-take-up-fresh-plea-seeking-to-fix-maximum-rate-for-rt-pcr-test-to-rs-300/articleshow/83959286.cms that is 100% profit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RayD Posted July 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2021 Good news for me. My biggest fear was getting a positive test and being forced to isolate with a bunch of sick people. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Robert Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Interesting that you think anyone is doing any number of replication cycles on antigen test !!! Or did you get a little mixed up and believe this thread was about PCR tests? And.. even if you did get mixed up.. Which are the ‘fraudulent hospitals’ carrying out >35 replication cycles for the RT PCR test ??.... OR did you just decide to make load of £$%T up but still manage to get it completely wrong ? And here I thought the taxpayers are paying for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, RayD said: Good news for me. My biggest fear was getting a positive test and being forced to isolate with a bunch of sick people. Until it is confirmed that this is also applicable for us it's still straight to the hospital or quarantine hotel I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmondo Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 17 hours ago, internationalism said: yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b. But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b. Who and how much is making on them? dont waste your 100 baht mate, the tests are not accurate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayD Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Fortunately I live alone out in the sticks ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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