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Thailand on Monday (July 19) reported 11,784 new COVID-19 cases and 81 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 
 

● 11,684 new infections
● 100 prison / prison infections
 

Monday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 415,170 with 3,422 deaths. 

(Total infections since April 1: 386,307)

The news comes as people living in “maximum controlled and restricted” or “Dark Red” areas of Thailand are being told not to leave their residences unless it is necessary to buy food or medicines, to seek medical treatment, to get vaccinations or to go to their offices because they cannot work from home.

 

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Climbing, and a little reprieve on deaths, Be safe folks.  

Hospitals full, being forced to turn away sick covid patients with more now dying at home as a result. 

 

Not being given the chance to recover because there are no medical facilities is now a reality here in Thailand daily. Together with the unreported deaths in Thailand then a repeat of what is now happening in Indonesia is almost inevitable.

 

On the 12th July a semi lockdown was introduced to dark red zones but these half baked approaches do not work with Delta, either it do it effectively or prepare for mass deaths worse than could ever be imagined just a few weeks ago.

 

11,784 positive cases today with 100 of those from prisons, 81 deaths

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 17th July only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

 

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

The news comes as people living in “maximum controlled and restricted” or “Dark Red” areas of Thailand are being told not to leave their residences unless it is necessary to buy food or medicines, to seek medical treatment, to get vaccinations or to go to their offices because they cannot work from home.

In the  “maximum controlled and restricted” I can go to work as normal if I can't work from home?So pretty much a soft lock of a lock down, and a red zone would be a "maximum controlled unrestricted zone"?

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 615 new cases and three more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (117), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (175), and Si Racha (201). The total cases so far is now 15,990 with 6,770 remaining in care

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1416926102975508481

 

It is a very desperate situation with no signs of getting better. I hope people can stay safe and the farce that is supposedly helping the country do something to contain the spread. Although i am not holding my breath on that.

NEW HIGH - #COVID19 Update on Monday: 11,784 cases & 81 deaths (100 cases from prisons). Full details at 12:30pm #Thailand

15 July: 9,186 - 98 dead

16 July: 9,692 - 67 dead

17 July: 10,082 - 141 dead

18 July: 11,397 - 101 dead

19 July: 11,784 - 81 <— TODAY

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1416924245356015616

 

At this rate of climb this week or just after should get to 500,000 total and in around a couple of wks around 500,000 in 5 months. Prayut must really be looking over his shoulder now. This should never have been allowed to happen and responsibilty must start at the top and then work down. I've always said generals run armies not countries.

4 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

In the  “maximum controlled and restricted” I can go to work as normal if I can't work from home?So pretty much a soft lock of a lock down, and a red zone would be a "maximum controlled unrestricted zone"?

Yes.  I'm still planning on going into work.  Also, have they confirmed that parks are closing again?  If not (and I haven't seen this specifically stated), then presumably people can still go there to exercise?  I expect street-food sellers will still be allowed to work - and no doubt the Viagra sellers on Sukhumvit Road!

What happened to the 'weekend  effect? '

Australia has locked down the country again with no entry for anyone with just over 100 new cases daily and Thailand with now over 11,000 new daily cases is opening up to tourists you have to wonder what the mentality of this Government is .

Just now, sungod said:

What happened to the 'weekend  effect? '

Maybe this is a weekend effect. This wk will really show the situation albiet with manipulation i.e. BKK throttling testing.

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Yes.  I'm still planning on going into work.  Also, have they confirmed that parks are closing again?  If not (and I haven't seen this specifically stated), then presumably people can still go there to exercise?  I expect street-food sellers will still be allowed to work - and no doubt the Viagra sellers on Sukhumvit Road!

Seems like the lock down could do with some of that viagra.

Just now, FarFlungFalang said:

Seems like the lock down could do with some of that viagra.

Except it's usually the fake stuff!

 

Good news Thailand is now open for tourists said TAT

 

4 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Australia has locked down the country again with no entry for anyone with just over 100 new cases daily and Thailand with now over 11,000 new daily cases is opening up to tourists you have to wonder what the mentality of this Government is .

Still plenty of people coming and going from OZ.

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I've always said generals run armies not countries.

Do you reckon he could run the army after this fiasco?

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

On the 12th July a semi lockdown was introduced to dark red zones but these half baked approaches do not work with Delta, either it do it effectively or prepare for mass deaths worse than could ever be imagined just a few weeks ago.

we all were united on here (except for a couple) that this was not enough and this crowd of builders and generals were putting everyone in grave danger by not acting - they were more interested in opening up to tourists than protecting citizens - couple that to the continued vaccine shambles and this is the result - how they can sleep at night is beyond me - time for them to go and put people in place that have people and not their own pockets as priority - it is a shameful dereliction of duty and should not go unpunnished 

4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

If true, I wonder why they aren’t vaccinating more people everyday? 10m AZ plus 10 mil sinovac, equals 20 mil in total per month, which is roughly 600k or so a day.

 

It would suggest that there is another bottleneck.

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

The news comes as people living in “maximum controlled and restricted” or “Dark Red” areas of Thailand are being told not to leave their residences unless it is necessary to buy food or medicines, to seek medical treatment, to get vaccinations or to go to their offices because they cannot work from home.

Comparing to the Premier of New South Wales response to Sydney, i.e. locking it down with just 29 cases of the Delta variant, one might say that was an over reaction, but the Premier see's, hears and knows what's happening in Thailand and other places without lockdowns, suffice to say they are containing the spread as opposed to letting it run ramped here.

 

Oh well, here now, just got to keep ducking and weaving, like from the time I moved here 5 plus years ago, it is what it is, I keep telling myself.

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

Yea but maybe would have been better for them to be honest and said that we have plenty of supplies of the Sinovac stuff and if you're really lucky we maybe able to throw in a few AZ

9 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Do you reckon he could run the army after this fiasco?

running the army in Thailand is creating huge budgets and getting rich - the Thai people might not totally understand this but we certainly do

THanks to the big Czar maybe end of the week 15.000 cases. Happiness to the people and less vaccinations.. everything under control..

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yea but maybe would have been better for them to be honest and said that we have plenty of supplies of the Sinovac stuff and if you're really lucky we maybe able to throw in a few AZ

Dr. Opas did say.

18 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

Good luck on people taking Sinovac. Not going to happen

22 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

At the same time as Anutin is trying to put pressure on AZ  for the 10Million Doses, just to save his own lying A@@

BTW, 10 M doses would be the entire SB production per Month.

AZ will just retaliate with a " Component shortage problem " or something.

 

9 minutes ago, club said:

Good luck on people taking Sinovac. Not going to happen

49 minutes for the first Sinovac putdown. You guys are slipping.

29 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

Yes 9999999 doses of Sinovac and 1 dose of Az left 

24 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

If true, I wonder why they aren’t vaccinating more people everyday? 10m AZ plus 10 mil sinovac, equals 20 mil in total per month, which is roughly 600k or so a day.

 

It would suggest that there is another bottleneck.

 

The 10 million AZ per month is not happening, you can read other threads on this matter and the 'disagreement' between AZ and Thai Government.

 

Correspondence has been leaked indicating Thailand ordered 3m AZ per month in Sep'20, rejected AZ advise to join COVAX and is now, in the face of local political pressure, is suddenly requesting 10m AZ per month. This would mean AZ deliveries will be cut to other countries in the region who have previously ordered vaccines in good faith.

 

AZ have offered to increase Thailand's share to 5m per month, we will see how it all plays out !...