BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Cabinet has extended the state of emergency nationwide for two months, until the end of September, to cope with the domestic COVID-19 situation.

 

Deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul said the extension is from 1 August to 30 September, as proposed by the National Security Council (NSC), which functions as the operations unit of the government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

She said the extension is necessary to facilitate the swift and integrated implementation of measures to control COVID-19 for the sake of public safety.

 

Ms Traisulee said the decision was in response to the thousands of new COVID-19 cases being recorded daily in Greater Bangkok, where easily transmissible and drug-resistant COVID-19 variants are spreading and being carried by workers returning to their home provinces. The Public Health Ministry predicts about 10,000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 100 fatalities a day.

 

Today (21 July), Thailand’s daily COVID-19 infections reached a new high of 13,002, bringing cumulative infections, since 1 April 2021, to 410,614, with new 108 deaths reported. 2,921 new infections were found in Bangkok.

 

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Why only state of emergency for 2 months, you may as well make it 12 Months, because you are no nearer combating this virus than you were 6 months ago... 

Does this include the suspension of public transport for two months ? Buses and flights ?

3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Does this include the suspension of public transport for two months ? Buses and flights ?

No.  That is not part of the emergency decree.  There is a current 2 week suspension of these transportation services but they are temporary and I bet will resume in a couple of weeks.

What emergency? I thought they had it all under control.

New TAT  slogan :   Thailand :  STATE OF EMERGENCY  .  Come and relax in one of our many

quarantine facilities

Time enough to 'get more sand in the box'  ~_~

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Cabinet has extended the state of emergency nationwide for two months, until the end of September, to cope with the domestic COVID-19 situation.

And protests.

State of emergency and the government granting themselves excecutive powers. I bet people wish they could take that power back.

No plans to relinquish the new powers....ever.

Just in time to open up Thailand on 1/10/21

What - if anything - will close-down/state of emergency etc mean for those of us nearing annual renewal of stay? with all the mountains of paper & running around from bank to this'nthat to Immigration & back ...

15 hours ago, rumak said:

New TAT  slogan :   Thailand :  STATE OF EMERGENCY  .  Come and relax in one of our many

quarantine facilities

Criminals will be flocking to Thailand next year for a busman's holiday. 

 

Banged up Abroad featuring the family that tested positive for COVID on arrival in Phuket. 

 

Ghost tours of Samui. Is that a ghost? No, it is the only foreign arrival this week on the SamuiPlus scheme and he's Irish but doesn't like the sun. 

This is not newsworthy anymore. Next year, same time: same news.

18 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

What emergency? I thought they had it all under control.

They just need 2 more months to 'cope with' it.

19 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

No.  That is not part of the emergency decree.  There is a current 2 week suspension of these transportation services but they are temporary and I bet will resume in a couple of weeks.

Unless the Lockdown Measures will bring down number of cases I don’t think in two weeks inter regionaltransport will resume .

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

extended the state of emergency nationwide for two months,

To prepare for another coup??????

State of emergency got another 2 months while they keep opening up to tourists, talk about mixed messages???? Clearly the Whac-A-Mole approach to handling the pandemic hasn’t worked but let’s keep doing it, Einstein comes to mind, height of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result????