Thailand reports daily record of 9,692 new COVID-19 cases, 67 more deaths

[thailand49]

It is going UP just like their Rocket Program.

[anchadian]

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (July 16, 2021)

 

About 5.13% of the population is fully vaccinated. 10,424,925 (+261,809) people have received the first dose, while 3,398,430 (+28,189) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1415936978353197058

[DrJack54]

15 minutes ago, anchadian said:

says that since daily #COVID19 rates still remain high, they *may* need to tighten restrictions even more but NO decision has been made as of now. This comes after a quasi-lockdown is in effect in 10 provinces incl. BK since Monday

What did they expect. Numbers will not fall in ~ 5 days. Lucky to see a change in 3 weeks.

BTW this week for me has consisted of trip to hospital Tuesday involving MRT and Airport rail. 

Wed drive to big C for stock and also shopping in Homepro for various items.

My condo has positive couple self isolated with symptoms as hospital refused them bed. 

Also stated just above by poster that traveled from Hua Hin to Pattaya this week. 

Hells Bells this isn't a lockdown and even it it was similar to Oz style full lockdown a fall in numbers won't happen when you were previously running at ~ 9k 

Farcical.

Edited July 16, 2021 by DrJack54

[Laughing Gravy]

11 minutes ago, Hockeybik said:

So, you advocate more testing? Who would you test that are not being tested now?

I was going to reply but it is Friday and responding to the obvious seems pointless. Work it out.

[Destiny1990]

Don’t worry maybe in December there will arrive some vaccines. ????

[anchadian]

Photo Essay: Thailand’s poor and needy line up for food handouts amid Covid crisis

 

The homeless and poor line up at Democracy Monument daily to receive food handouts as a government mandated lockdown hit the disaffected of the capital the hardest.

 

People receiving the charity told the Thai Enquirer that during the curfew the homeless people are told by the police to “not walk around.”

 

Police also tried to prohibit people from giving out food as they would need to ask permission first before doing so and would ask for social distancing when distributing food.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29949/photo-essay-thailands-poor-and-needy-line-up-for-food-handouts-amid-covid-crisis/

Edited July 16, 2021 by anchadian

[jacko45k]

Just now, Destiny1990 said:

Don’t worry maybe in December there will arrive some vaccines. ????

I shall put a stocking up over my fireplace.

[TheFishman1]

 Who can really believe the numbers they’re saying of new cases I for one certainly don’t believe anything is government is saying when it comes to the virus first they say they’re ordering it from some companies and the companies are saying we don’t know anything about it it’s a shame this government is basically military they got all the guns they got all the power nothings going to change amazing Thailand TIT

[DrJack54]

1 minute ago, Destiny1990 said:

Don’t worry maybe in December there will arrive some vaccines. ????

An optimistic soul. Refreshing.

 

I'm a bit jaded by all the nonsense I have read from government and various departments. 

[ThailandRyan]

58 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

if the provinces are able to cope with the exodus then maybe it is not a disaster as it has been repeatedly described on ThaiVisa/Asean. A disaster would if they were not able to cope.

Take a look at the numbers in the north today.  Udon Thani has shot back up again over 120 cases, sure there are many government hospitals in the city, but the question is how many of the beds in those were already filled with regular patients as they usually are, and then what do the three big private hospitals in Udon show as far as beds being filled.  Talking with a friend who is a nurse at Bangkok Hospital they are nearing capacity themselves.

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Police also tried to prohibit people from giving out food as they would need to ask permission first before doing so and would ask for social distancing when distributing food

And this is why we actually just adopted a few families to deliver food to as well as other necessities.  Is the Government handing out food, are they truly taking care of those in the locked down camps. I have not observed one update from anyone on social media indicating they have delivered what was promised.  And where are the supposed food delivery convoys they had last year here in BKK and other areas.  I have heard of families being taken care of that need help in villages by the community but not the Government.  This is absolutely ludicrous in the fact that many do not even qualify for the handouts being given as they can not register for the programs or are rejected.

[ThailandRyan]

25 minutes ago, Hockeybik said:

So, you advocate more testing? Who would you test that are not being tested now?

Sarcastic or a Rhetorical question, but it is to late in the day for someone who has not spent the time to understand that widespread testing is needed to get a true picture of the infected, but then you knew that already and just decided to possibly troll.

[Macrohistory]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Friday

Total: 9,677

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158143801937050

 

We need a theory as to why the new case numbers in Bangkok continue to moderate, and in fact are now back down below 2,200.  The vaccination rate continues to rise (close to 50% of Bangkokians now have at least one jab), but mostly this is Sinovac.  So what exactly is going on?  Anyone have a theory?  Danderman?

 

 

 

 

[blackcab]

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[jerrymahoney]

21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Take a look at the numbers in the north today.

I do every day and in Khon Kaen most of the new cases are related to emigres from Bangkok so maybe those who are going to do so already have so maybe if a hospital is nearing capacity or busting-at-the-seams it actually won't get there.

 

I was at a hospital in KK 2 days ago taking a Thai friend for a PCR test and it wasn't nearing capacity.

Edited July 16, 2021 by jerrymahoney

[DrJack54]

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Talking with a friend who is a nurse at Bangkok Hospital they are nearing capacity themselves

Great hospital and so close to Day-Night bar area. Geez those businesses must be on their knees.

[wensiensheng]

27 minutes ago, anchadian said:

About 30% of people arriving to enter Phuket by road yesterday were refused entry for failing to satisfy the new entry requirements for those coming from the 34 ‘red’ and ‘dark-red’ COVID high-risk provinces, according to local officials https://thephuketnews.com/30-of-arrivals-denied-entry-to-phuket-on-day-1-of-new-requirements-80706.php… #Thailand

 

Hmm, 30% of what is the question I suppose. I don’t see any absolute number mentioned.

[wensiensheng]

Just now, jerrymahoney said:

I do every day and in Khon Kaen most of the new cases are related to emigres from Bangkok so maybe those who are going to do so already have so maybe if a hospital is nearing capacity or busting-at-the-seams it actually won't get there.

Do you feel the authorities should make plans based on your “maybe” though? Perhaps when absolutely full, is too late to make plans for additional beds/staffing/equipment.

 

fingers crossed can work, but not always.

[ThailandRyan]

39 minutes ago, anchadian said:

UPDATE: In a delayed briefing,

@oc_ccsa

says that since daily #COVID19 rates still remain high, they *may* need to tighten restrictions even more but NO decision has been made as of now. This comes after a quasi-lockdown is in effect in 10 provinces incl. BK since Monday.

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1415933469365096449

 

Nothing like failing to decide to on a course of action prior to announcing it, and then delaying the announcement of the action while it was immediately put in place, so that more of an exodus could not occur over the holiday weekend.  That would just make to much sense.... 

[dinsdale]

21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Take a look at the numbers in the north today.  Udon Thani has shot back up again over 120 cases, sure there are many government hospitals in the city, but the question is how many of the beds in those were already filled with regular patients as they usually are, and then what do the three big private hospitals in Udon show as far as beds being filled.  Talking with a friend who is a nurse at Bangkok Hospital they are nearing capacity themselves.

Hospitals are one thing having specialised beds, equipment, doctors and nurses is another.

[jerrymahoney]

11 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Do you feel the authorities should make plans based on your “maybe” though? Perhaps when absolutely full, is too late to make plans for additional beds/staffing/equipment.

 

fingers crossed can work, but not always.

I think they have their plans well founded. They have a big university medical school as well as a large public health staff at their disposal. -- I haven't communicated with them as yet as to my 'maybes' but I'll certainly let you know if they ask.

 

It seems also they have a enough medical staff here in KK as they routinely send staff to Bangkok metro to lend support.

Edited July 16, 2021 by jerrymahoney

[wensiensheng]

16 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Take a look at the numbers in the north today.  Udon Thani has shot back up again over 120 cases, sure there are many government hospitals in the city, but the question is how many of the beds in those were already filled with regular patients as they usually are, and then what do the three big private hospitals in Udon show as far as beds being filled.  Talking with a friend who is a nurse at Bangkok Hospital they are nearing capacity themselves.

Each time I have been to the government hospital in Udon to visit my mother in law, who has to stay over quite often, the hospital has been bursting at the seams, patients on beds in corridors etc. a friend had an eye operation there recently and the eye ward was chok a block. I can’t attest to it always being like that, just every time I have been.
 

The area outside is always packed with cars/people though. If in Udon, I run around Nongprajak Park each night and the hospital side is bustling. I can’t think that they had lots of spare beds…..no matter what danderman might say.

 

I’ve never stayed over at Wattana, AEK or Bangkok hospital so don’t know what their capacity situation is usually like.

 

I suspect a number of rural provinces are like that. Historically I find it hard to believe that hospitals would be built without a dire need for bed capacity, so most are likely fairly full. They will cope for a while, but obviously there will be a limit. As Mahoney xiensheng says, currently most seem ok, the future is unknown to us, but hopefully they each have contingency plans should things take a turn for the worse.

[ThailandRyan]

11 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Great hospital and so close to Day-Night bar area. Geez those businesses must be on their knees.

Soi SamPan has been slowly dying for a number of years, I actually would drive that way to get around the Traffic heading to Central in order to get to UD Town and of course spent a lot of time at the hospital there when my daughter had pneumonia in 2015, and my now former FIL was recovering from his medical conditions.  I like your intended pun though catchy ????

 

[wensiensheng]

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

I think they have their plans well founded. They have a big university medical school as well as a large public health staff at their disposal. -- I haven't communicated with them as yet as to my 'maybes' but I'll certainly let you know if they ask.

You mean you have no clue? I thought you had the inside track 5555.

 

keep us posted, eh?

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I like your intended pun though catchy ????

Ha! Wasn't intended.

Now my mind wanders back to times at Zan Zee bar.

Shout out to all the guys soi Sampan.

[Danderman123]

21 minutes ago, Macrohistory said:

 

We need a theory as to why the new case numbers in Bangkok continue to moderate, and in fact are now back down below 2,200.  The vaccination rate continues to rise (close to 50% of Bangkokians now have at least one jab), but mostly this is Sinovac.  So what exactly is going on?  Anyone have a theory?  Danderman?

 

New case numbers are impacted by low numbers of hospital walk-in-in cases, which are limited by available beds. Also, low testing allows only 2,000 or so new cases from testing.

 

Hospitals are probably going to be completely filled in a few days. At that point, reported new cases will drop. We will be seeing case numbers equal to the number of hospital discharge numbers plus proactive testing numbers, probably about 8,000 or so, not counting prisons.

 

Unless new hospital beds are opened up in large numbers, that would allow higher case numbers.

 

[ThailandRyan]

Just got ahold of PCT lab where we tested and was told that because of the backlog we will not hear until tomorrow, which is a 3 day lag from the day of testing.  If this is truly how long it is taking for many in BKK, then it is no wonder, if they are positive, that this virus is continuing it's spread undeterred because many are still probably wandering around into 7-11  and wherever else, or worse still working their food cart.  I know we have now been inside for 2 days straight without going anywhere except the Balconies to relax outside.

[jerrymahoney]

11 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

You mean you have no clue? I thought you had the inside track 5555.

Absolutely no clue. I'm signed up for a few vaccines, I read the local stats, do a few Google searches. and let you folks on here worry about the big picture as you all seem to do daily.

 

But I do enjoy the posts that begin Last night as I was reading the latest Lancet ...

Edited July 16, 2021 by jerrymahoney

[Danderman123]

20 minutes ago, ed strong said:

In the UK the virus number have shot up since the vaccinations started!

 

Great increases throughout this year, yet 2/3 rd are now vaccinated!

 

Not really. Your premise is based on misinformation.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

[wensiensheng]

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

Absolutely no clue. I'm signed up for a few vaccines, I read the local stats, and let you folks on here worry about the big picture as you all seem to do daily.

Great. All bases covered then. 5555