Thailand reports new daily record of 13,002 coronavirus cases

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

16 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The Department of Corrections are reporting 1,049 new infections among the inmates bringing the total to 40,821. 47 have died since 1st April. At the moment, 3,824 are in care. So far, 53,544 inmates have received the first shot of the vaccine and 51,581 both jabs #Thailand

So that would suggest they've only fully vaccinated about one-sixth of the 300,000 plus total prison population -- despite promising to vaccinate them all, as best as I can recall, many months ago when the huge spikes in prison cases were first reported in mid-May.

 

[club]

2 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

be prepared to have those kind of bad news for at least the next 6 months, Thailand should reach 40K case a day very soon, thanks to DELTA

 

DELTA is increasing like crazy in Europe, like never seen before, going 150% per week

Your right .The only way to slow it down is with Millions of Vaccines and 20 million doses of Pfizer will not cut it along with 5mil of AZ a month. The PM should have ordered that 50 million Pfizer along with  the 20 million he already ordered. He would have gotten a cheaper price plus maybe a earlier shipping date 

[anchadian]

#PhuketSandbox update on Wednesday: 10 local cases and 0 Sandbox cases with 115 patients now in hospital.

 

WEEK ONE: 24 local + 1 sandbox = 25 cases

WEEK TWO: 38 local + 9 sandbox = 47 cases

WEEK THREE: 49 local + 9 sandbox = 58 cases

#COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417809799979290625

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

New cases in Bangkok rebounded for the second consecutive day on Wednesday reaching a total of 2,921. That is the province's highest number of the past week, but below the peak daily case totals of 3,100+ reached July 9 and 10:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/369693161315681/?type=3

 

[wensiensheng]

5 minutes ago, anchadian said:

#PhuketSandbox update on Wednesday: 10 local cases and 0 Sandbox cases with 115 patients now in hospital.

 

WEEK ONE: 24 local + 1 sandbox = 25 cases

WEEK TWO: 38 local + 9 sandbox = 47 cases

WEEK THREE: 49 local + 9 sandbox = 58 cases

#COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417809799979290625

I wonder if the authorities are noticing the progression in case numbers. 25, 47, 58. Things are very open here in Phuket. Other than early closing for restaurants, very open indeed. Plenty of bars open, but just adhering to restaurant hours. People behave in a fairly relaxed way in terms of groups. The impact of the sandbox isn’t in the numbers of tourists with Covid. It’s the way the scheme encourages local people to behave. And then there are domestic tourists.

 

despite the relatively high proportion of the population that’s vaccinated, a lot is with sinovac and there are still plenty of people who have had one or no doses. 

[metisdead]

An off topic post about the procurement of military equipment has been removed. 

[Bkk Brian]

R.I.P. 

 

Another tragedy strikes. A fire fighter who came to the rescue during King Kaew factory fires last month in Samut Prakarn province died today after he was infected with COVID-19.

 

https://twitter.com/PravitR/status/1417817625824878595

 

[EricTh]

11 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Up, up and away. Friday should see Thailand at number 50 on the covid charts. Up 67 spots in about 3 months.

Thailand is still much better than Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Canada, UK, US, Philippines, Indonesia.

 

 

[DrJack54]

14 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

I wonder if the authorities are noticing the progression in case numbers. 25, 47, 58. Things are very open here in Phuket. Other than early closing for restaurants, very open indeed. Plenty of bars open, but just adhering to restaurant hours. People behave in a fairly relaxed way in terms of groups. The impact of the sandbox isn’t in the numbers of tourists with Covid. It’s the way the scheme encourages local people to behave. And then there are domestic tourists.

 

despite the relatively high proportion of the population that’s vaccinated, a lot is with sinovac and there are still plenty of people who have had one or no doses. 

This is not meant as criticism.

Just one person's opinion.

I find the daily reports about the fascination with Phuket bit of slap in the face 

To talk about bars, restaurants etc open while in dark red zones in particular having increasing hardship and restrictions.

I live by the motto ...one in all in.

 

Even the number of vaccines directed to Phuket is slap in the face to rest of Thailand.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The MoPH didn't provide a map today breaking down the province new case counts...

 

But by my tally, today's new case counts showed 28 of Thailand's 77 provinces reporting more than 100 new cases for the day. That's above the 24 such provinces from yesterday, but below the 32 provinces from the day before.

 

Samut Sakhon for some reason is firmly taking the #2 spot behind Bangkok, with a new case count Wednesday of 932 (hundreds more than the next closest province) and 13 new COVID deaths, the next highest death toll after Bangkok.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Just now, EricTh said:

Thailand is still much better than Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Canada, UK, US, Philippines, Indonesia.

 

 

Thailand had more officially reported COVID deaths for the past day (but fewer new cases) than both Malaysia and the Philippines. Better is a relative term, depending on what you're measuring.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/369692941315703/?type=3

 

 

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1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

I guess there are some sinopharm vaccines here now, so I’ll post this
 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sinopharm-covid-19-shot-delta-variant-weaker-antibody-response-15261742

From that article:

"Researchers said they found no significant difference in levels of antibodies to the two variants from blood serum of vaccinated people compared with the serum of those who had been naturally infected.

This suggested that Sinopharm's vaccine may be able to induce antibody-based responses against the two variants similar to the levels seen following natural infection, the paper said."

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Even the number of vaccines directed to Phuket is slap in the face to rest of Thailand.

 

They were supposed to have been allocating the vaccines based on medical need and vulnerability to the disease. But instead, they chose to allocate them, at least in the early going, based on economics and to maintain that area's tourism industry.  Other people/places in Thailand are now paying the price for that decision.

 

[anchadian]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

BREAKING: Bangkok Governor has signed the order to close the following places from Friday: sports fields, golf courses, public parks, exhibition centres, art galleries, libraries, museums, childcare centres, beauty salons and barbers, tattoo parlours, and swimming pools.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417805776203046912

 

This is absurd. The Thai authorities have made a mess of vaccine procurement and curbing the latest outbreak - yet they still think, against all evidence, that closing public parks will help. People have been restricted for months and are now locked down - they need open space.

 

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1417821764562743300

 

Can someone please explain to me why the Bangkok Governor thinks public parks must be closed but it is perfectly fine for public transportation, like these boats on Saen Saeb, to continue running with people packed in like sardines? (@Opdiner) #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand #Bangkok

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1417820912976465930

 

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1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

They were supposed to have been allocating the vaccines based on medical need and vulnerability to the disease. But instead, they chose to allocate them, at least in the early going, based on economics and to maintain that area's tourism industry.  Other people/places in Thailand are now paying the price for that decision.

 

Still, it does provide an opportunity to see how a community vaccinated with Sinovac's and AstraZeneca's vaccines fares against the disease, 

[Marvin Hagler]

15 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Thailand is still much better than Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Canada, UK, US, Philippines, Indonesia.

 

 

All of those countries have the chance to vote out their leaders if they are not happy with their tackling of Covid...it is the people they voted in and chose.
 

Thailand didn’t choose these leaders that are now ruining their lives and livelihoods and nor can they ever remove them.

[Bobydog]

10 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Oh please... quote the headline!!!!  ????   It looked so beautiful!!! 

 

Profiles in leadership!  You bought it... You own it, Man!!

 

 

 

They were never "His People ", prisoners of war would be closer, after all it was a Military takeover, just another country to rape and steal from.

[anchadian]

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Director of National Vaccine Institute Nakorn Premsri said Wednesday Thailand will now join COVAX and apologized to the public for inadequately procuring vaccines for the country, saying the current situation was "unforseen."

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1417763484675108867

 

Many Thais would say this apology is overdue. Others, that it should come from the Health Minister, even PM, accompanied by resignations. It’s also a bit rich for a top medical figure to describe the situation as ‘unforeseen’. Isn’t it his job to prepare for likely eventualities?

 

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1417824775842398215

 

[simon43]

10 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

I still see younger generation happily nearly daily posting pics from parties during lockdowns... big wide smiles with no masks on, a dozen faces in the frame of a camera, with alcohol in hands. One girl in 30s had 8 birthday parties one after another with different groups of people, then started complaining because her favourite bar has closed would not let her have the 9th...

 

How would you describe this? Very responsible behaviour?

In Laos, 5 people have been sent to prison for 3 years and 7 months each, for illegally entering the country from Thailand and bringing Covid-19 virus with them.  Now that's the kind of punishment that will encourage people to stick to the rules about stamping out Covid-19...

[anchadian]

Almost 400 denied Phuket land entry under new rules

 

PHUKET: Almost 400 people attempting to enter Phuket by road yesterday (July 20) were refused entry for failing to satisfy the revised entry requirements that were announced on Sunday.

 

The new provincial order was issued by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew on Sunday and came into effect yesterday. It extends to anyone wishing to come to Phuket from all 76 provinces on the mainland.

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/almost-400-denied-phuket-land-entry-under-new-rules-80769.php

[The Cipher]

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BREAKING: Bangkok Governor has signed the order to close the following places from Friday: sports fields, golf courses, public parks, exhibition centres, art galleries, libraries, museums, childcare centres, beauty salons and barbers, tattoo parlours, and swimming pools.

Barbers are closing on Friday? <deleted> hell. That means I gotta go tomorrow. What a pain in the...

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

MoPH provided a breakdown Wednesday on the current kinds of COVID hospitalizations occurring in the Bangkok region (Bangkok and its 5 adjoining provinces) as of July 20.

 

I believe the stats below include those "hospitalized" in field hospitals in addition to the smaller regular hospitals portion, which accounts for the large portion of asymptomatic cases. Those with moderate to severe symptoms presumably are in regular hospitals, but MoPH isn't breaking out just the regular hospitals portion.

 

It's showing

--18,025 patients or 51.78% asymptomatic

--9,154 patients or 26.3% with minor symptoms

--6,299 patients or 18.1% with moderate symptoms

--1,330 patients or 3.82% with severe symptoms

 

The number of patients with severe symptoms has increased over the past month from 786 to 1,330.

 

That totals to 34,808 hospitalized COVID patients in those six provinces, including 7,629, or almost 22%, with moderate to severe COVID symptoms.

 

The government said Wednesday it had 3,786 COVID patients nationwide in critical condition. And a total of 131,411 total COVID patients nationwide in hospitals and various kinds of alternate hospital facilities.

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/369693274649003/?type=3

 

It would be a more interesting chart, I suspect, if they just tracked the COVID patient loads and severity levels in traditional hospitals only, though lately, according to reports, they've also begun shifting some moderate condition patients to field hospital facilities, presumably due to a lack of available space in regular hospitals.

[impulse]

46 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

This is not meant as criticism.

Just one person's opinion.

I find the daily reports about the fascination with Phuket bit of slap in the face 

To talk about bars, restaurants etc open while in dark red zones in particular having increasing hardship and restrictions.

I live by the motto ...one in all in.

 

Even the number of vaccines directed to Phuket is slap in the face to rest of Thailand.

The problem with "one in, all in" is you never learn anything.  If different areas try different things, you find out what works and what doesn't.

 

The doses steered toward Phuket were barely enough to vaccinate 0.7% of the Thai population.  That would have been a negligible effect on the success of the nationwide vaccination program.  The data gleaned from opening the Sandbox to tourists could help Thailand manage opening up and taking millions of Thai people out of abject poverty. 

 

For one thing, they have learned that it's local's behavior, and not the foreigners who will decide whether the virus spreads from the Sandbox.  As a result, they tightened up requirements for locals to visit Phuket.  Lesson learned.  Now we'll see how that goes.  And they'll have a better picture when high season comes around, they have some more venues opened and dusted off, and more tested employees migrating back to work.

 

I'm not dismissing the possibility that the Sandbox will go down in flames.  But it' won't be because of the tourists.  And they'll have learned a lot about how to re-open, without putting any undue risk into Phuket or the rest of Thailand.

Edited July 21, 2021 by impulse

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

30 minutes ago, anchadian said:

This is absurd. The Thai authorities have made a mess of vaccine procurement and curbing the latest outbreak - yet they still think, against all evidence, that closing public parks will help. People have been restricted for months and are now locked down - they need open space.

 

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1417821764562743300

 

Can someone please explain to me why the Bangkok Governor thinks public parks must be closed but it is perfectly fine for public transportation, like these boats on Saen Saeb, to continue running with people packed in like sardines? (@Opdiner) #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand #Bangkok

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1417820912976465930

 

 

I don't see a lot of 50% capacity going on there, per the government's supposed new rules for public transportation, unless they decided to exempt boats!

 

[The Cipher]

4 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

It's showing

--18,025 patients or 51.58% asymptomatic

--9,154 patients or 26.3% with minor symptoms

--6,299 patients or 18.1% with moderate symptoms

--1,330 patients or 3.82% with severe symptoms

Lmao. So what you're saying is that the base case expected value is...absolutely no ill effects even if you get infected with Covid. Only a 3-4% chance of serious effects and therefore a smaller chance than that of actually dying?

 

But Cipher can't get a haircut tho. Seems proportionate. Don't @ me.

[anchadian]

The latest vaccination statistics for Phuket show that only 68% of the population are fully vaccinated while 87% have had at least one jab #PhuketSandbox #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1417831047098630145

 

[dinsdale]

37 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Thailand is still much better than Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Canada, UK, US, Philippines, Indonesia.

 

 

Ok. Let's look at Japan. What you need to do is look at now first. How things are going now. Today Japan reported 3,758 new cases and 19 deaths. Today per capita for infections Thailand is more than Indonesia. Deaths in Indonesia are a lot and this accounts for lag. Deaths in Thailand will go up. Canada yesterday reported 342 new cases with 4 deaths. Weekly trend Thailand is 14, Japan is 27 and Canada is 78. I think it's fair to say Thailand is doing pretty bad. Broaden your field of of view.

[rabas]

54 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Thailand is still much better than Japan, Israel, Malaysia, Canada, UK, US, Philippines, Indonesia.

 

Beauty in the eye of the beholder? This is cases. It's hard to judge deaths when cases are rising sharply because of lag time. The real message is Delta is dangerous.

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases

Edited July 21, 2021 by rabas

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 minutes ago, The Cipher said:

Lmao. So what you're saying is that the base case expected value is...absolutely no ill effects even if you get infected with Covid. Only a 3-4% chance of serious effects and therefore a smaller chance than that of actually dying?

 

But Cipher can't get a haircut tho. Seems proportionate. Don't @ me.

 

Looking at it another way, that chart is telling you that almost 22% (more than 1 in 5) of all people who test positive for COVID in Bangkok and 5 adjoining provinces lately now have/end up with moderate to severe symptoms.

[tandor]

...looks like we're going to reach 'herd immunity' quicker by developing our 'T' and 'B' cell responses, (natural means); long before we get anywhere near that by vaccinations. RIP those who have succumbed.

Edited July 21, 2021 by tandor