Thailand reports another record high of 14,575 coronavirus cases and 114 deaths

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

For travelers caught out in other Thailand cities by this week's shutdown of domestic air travel into and out of Bangkok, Nok Air starting tomorrow/Saturday is launching a series of alternate domestic flights into and out of the U-Tapao International Airport in unrestricted Rayong, with the airport located right on the edge of Chonburi.

 

The destination cities that Nok will be flying to daily from U-Tapao between July 24 and July 31 are Phuket, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Si Thammarat. The theory is that people who need to travel into or out of Bangkok can arrange ground transportation between Rayong and Bangkok to complete their trips.

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/nokairlines/posts/4147090258659582

 

https://www.thainewsreports.com/2021/07/23/nok-air-to-fly-from-u-tapao-airport-to-6-destinations-in-thailand-including-phuket/

 

Stranded travel repatriation flights for those in country because they need to return to whence they came.  Wonder how long before CAAT tells Nok Air to shutter their doors as well.

[wensiensheng]

8 minutes ago, gk10012001 said:

If all these new case figures are true, then by the number of new arrivals, clearly can not be due to any newly entering travelers.  If so, then why keep blaming incoming tourists or expats or other travelers, that have tested negative prior to travel, have all sorts of mandatory COVID insurance, and could all be vaccinated prior to travel if required to do so?

Incoming vaccinated tourists almost certainly are very little risk to the local population. But, in order to attract those visitors it’s necessary for the local environment to be more open. People need to mix more to provide the services that tourists would like to enjoy whilst on holiday. That means higher Covid risk among the local population, not because of the tourists themselves, but because of the behavior that they engender.

 

it’s only a risk of course. And sometimes risk is worth taking. To that end, already thousands of doses of vaccines have been sent to Phuket to vaccinate healthy young people. So in that example, the risk lies primarily with the elderly living elsewhere who did not get vaccinated. Several hundred thousand people.

 

cases in Phuket have been rising week on week for the last three weeks. Not because of the tourists, but because of the local environment.

Edited July 23, 2021 by wensiensheng

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

Even though the government is now doing the reverse for 1st shot Sinovac folks, now planning their 2nd shot as AZ..... because of the questions re Sinovac effectiveness against Delta.

 

 

This is what’s happening up in my Gfs village up North. 
 

He parents were both given the Sinovac at the local hospital and told it would be AZ on their return. 
 

The Health workers themselves are being given Pfizer. 
 

It’s good to see the local communities pulling together to help each other. Her and  some friends cooked over 100 meals to give to the Nurses and other staff carrying out the vaccines at the village hospital. 

Edited July 23, 2021 by Kadilo

[tlandtday]

4 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Incoming vaccinated tourists almost certainly are very little risk to the local population. But, in order to attract those visitors it’s necessary for the local environment to be more open. People need to mix more to provide the services that tourists would like to enjoy whilst on holiday. That means higher Covid risk among the local population, not because of the tourists themselves, but because of the behavior that they engender.

 

it’s only a risk of course. And sometimes risk is worth taking. To that end, already thousands of doses of vaccines have been sent to Phuket to vaccinate healthy young people. So in that example, the risk lies primarily with the elderly living elsewhere who did not get vaccinated. Several hundred thousand people.

 

cases in Phuket have been rising week on week for the last three weeks. Not because of the tourists, but because of the local environment.

yes if these vaccines work like they say they do why are people even being tested if vaccinated?

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

This is what’s happening up in my Gfs village up North. 
 

He parents were both given the Sinovac at the local hospital and told it would be AZ on their return. 
 

The Health workers themselves are being given Pfizer. 

Can you confirm they are being given Pfizer now, or they will be given Pfizer.  If it is Pfizer then is this from the US Donation.  Not much news surrounding this as far as it being put in play now.  You would think they would be holding a photo op for the Pfizer arriving like they have for the AZ arriving from Japan.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

yes if these vaccines work like they say they do why are people even being tested if vaccinated?

Because you can still be infected even if vaccinated and you can still pass the virus onward.

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

yes if these vaccines work like they say they do why are people even being tested if vaccinated?

Please don't tell me you've not heard the term effective? None are 100% 

[wensiensheng]

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

 

The tourism sandbox program has generated an estimated THB400 million income directly and indirectly for Phuket within a month.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)’s Phuket Office on Wednesday reported that since the launch of the sandbox program on July 1, the province has welcomed 9,358 foreign tourists.

 

“The top five countries with most tourists visiting Phuket in the past 20 days are United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Germany and France,” added the office.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40003649

About 42k baht per tourist. I guess within the realms of possibility.
 

I won’t try and guess how much was spent on advertising and all the paraphernalia required to make the scheme operational. That would spoil the fun.

 

so long as Phuket makes sensible health decisions on containing its Covid numbers irrespective of sandbox considerations, this revenue is better than nothing. It was a hard hearted decision to prioritize income over health protection for elderly elsewhere, but they did it, so I guess count the revenue.

[anchadian]

A further 14 yr old died.

 

Today there were 114 deaths in #Thailand

 

61 males & 53 females

3 foreigners died

Median age is 64 (14-94 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (49)

Deaths reported in 26 provinces

41% died in less than 6 days of diagnosis

23 were infected by family members

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1418447768348028934

 

[sapson]

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Did you get the antibody test?Do you know if the antibody tests are widely available?

Not had the antibody test but it was offered to me at my local lab many months ago for about 900 baht. This lab was part of the Thonburi lab group who have labs around the country.

[wensiensheng]

8 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

yes if these vaccines work like they say they do why are people even being tested if vaccinated?

If you having been keeping abreast of the news, you may have noticed that double vaxxed tourists ARE testing positive. Only small numbers of them. This is because vaccines give very good protection, but not 100%

[anchadian]

46 minutes ago, anchadian said:

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 37: 322,488

DAY 38: 303,036

DAY 39: 289,998

DAY 40: 307,134

DAY 41: 93,273 <— Saturday

DAY 42: 74,834 <— Sunday

DAY 43: 248,648

DAY 44: 257,876

DAY 45: 279,576

DAY 46: 304,243

 

TOTAL: 11,288,418 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1418435958530138117

 

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (July 23, 2021) About 5.41% of the population is fully vaccinated. 11,805,180 (+266,314) people have received the first dose, while 3,583,759 (+37,929) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1418448065149603843

[anchadian]

The US donated Pfizer shots will go to medical workers as booster shots then elderly people, followed by people with underlying diseases. Registration is open at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1418448561109299207

 

[anchadian]

Out of 13,490 local cases (outside of prisons), most in

 

Bangkok - 3,104

Samut Sakhon - 1,067

Samut Prakan - 837

Chonburi - 669

Rayong - 516

Pathum Thani - 511

Ayutthaya - 359

Chachoengsao - 352

Nonthaburi - 305

Pattani - 290

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1418449334677381121

 

[FarFlungFalang]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

The US donated Pfizer shots will go to medical workers as booster shots then elderly people, followed by people with underlying diseases. Registration is open at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1418448561109299207

 

Is that booster shot for the elderly or first dose shots and which elderly?The elderly relatives of those in the power hierarchy?

[anchadian]

From the total 14,575 cases that were found in the past 24 hours:

 

- 9,889 were found via walk-in tests at medical facilities

- 4,673 via proactive tests at known clusters

- 13 imported cases

#โควิด19 #โควิด19วันนี้ #Thailand #Covid19

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1418450067120267265

 

[wensiensheng]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Thailand's Vaccine Tracker (July 23, 2021) About 5.41% of the population is fully vaccinated. 11,805,180 (+266,314) people have received the first dose, while 3,583,759 (+37,929) have been fully inoculated. #วัคซีนโควิด19 #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #KE

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1418448065149603843

The most important chart of the day……and it’s dismal again. At this rate it will take 382 days or just under 13 months to reach the target of 100 million doses. And even that is still only 70% of the population.

[Kadilo]

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Can you confirm they are being given Pfizer now, or they will be given Pfizer.  If it is Pfizer then is this from the US Donation.  Not much news surrounding this as far as it being put in play now.  You would think they would be holding a photo op for the Pfizer arriving like they have for the AZ arriving from Japan.

Apologies, should have been clearer. 
 

They told my gf they will be given Pfizer in the next month (Not sure what they have had initially). 

 

[anchadian]

6 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

The most important chart of the day……and it’s dismal again. At this rate it will take 382 days or just under 13 months to reach the target of 100 million doses. And even that is still only 70% of the population.

And of course, we have the weekend coming up which will again be low numbers vaccinated.

[ThailandRyan]

10 minutes ago, anchadian said:

A further 14 yr old died.

 

Today there were 114 deaths in #Thailand

 

61 males & 53 females

3 foreigners died

Median age is 64 (14-94 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (49)

Deaths reported in 26 provinces

41% died in less than 6 days of diagnosis

23 were infected by family members

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1418447768348028934

 

The youth are not even getting a chance to live their lives.  My condolences to the family and families of those who have passed.  I wish this government would have stepped up sooner, but yet they still have not truly stepped up to help families and the citizens of Thailand.  Just saw another article where the Red Cross purchase of Pfizer is being requested by the Royal Thai Airforce to vaccinate its employees and their families.  What is wrong with these Government types.  Lets get those who need the vaccines vaccinated and then move on down the line.  Anyone who has one of the 7 medical conditions should also be vaccinated regardless of their ages as long as its approved for them.

[ThailandRyan]

10 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Apologies, should have been clearer. 
 

They told my gf they will be given Pfizer in the next month (Not sure what they have had initially). 

 

Thank you for the clarity.  I have been wondering what the plan will actually be when the time comes to dispense the vaccine itself.

[2 is 1]

Many province dont have any kind system to book vaccine time. Mrs. just talk nurse who live close bye, that they call friends and family members to come and get vaccine! Although they dont have much vaccine's. Why they not give vaccine to older and risk group people first!? Now can see how stinky this country's health care system really is!

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33 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

yes if these vaccines work like they say they do why are people even being tested if vaccinated?

Who is they and what do you imagine that they are saying about how they work?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

39 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Stranded travel repatriation flights for those in country because they need to return to whence they came.  Wonder how long before CAAT tells Nok Air to shutter their doors as well.

 

It's interesting...It's clearly an end run around the intent of the regulations... since most of the travelers who would use this are probably starting out or ending up in the BKK area...

 

But, in my case, my Thai wife is one of those who got stranded up country by the domestic flights ban. She had a death in the family, flew out for the services, and then the flight ban was imposed two days later... Now at least, she'll have a chance to come back home by July 31 (whereupon, she'll promptly go into our own little personal quarantine system at home... ????  ).

 

 

[anchadian]

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

Total: 14,562

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1418454772999282694

Edited July 23, 2021 by anchadian

[dinsdale]

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Out of 13,490 local cases (outside of prisons), most in

 

Bangkok - 3,104

Samut Sakhon - 1,067

Samut Prakan - 837

Chonburi - 669

Rayong - 516

Pathum Thani - 511

Ayutthaya - 359

Chachoengsao - 352

Nonthaburi - 305

Pattani - 290

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1418449334677381121

 

The Samut Sakhon number will probably be higher than this as everyday lately there seems to be an updated number. Having said this there we go the first province outside of BKK to pass the 1000 mark. As a reference June 5 SS had 295 cases. Basically up 772 in around 7 weeks from an official population base of 586K although I don't think this includes migrant workers so maybe 1-1.5 mil. Who knows but per capita it's much, much worse than BKK with 10 mil. people or whatever it is.

[Kadilo]

6 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Many province dont have any kind system to book vaccine time. Mrs. just talk nurse who live close bye, that they call friends and family members to come and get vaccine! Although they dont have much vaccine's. Why they not give vaccine to older and risk group people first!? Now can see how stinky this country's health care system really is!

Seems out in my gf village the ‘village chief’ is coordinating things, collecting names and informing them when it’s time to go for the jab. They are doing it in age order as far as I can tell. 

[anchadian]

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is urging six COVID-19 vaccine importers to prepare procurement plans for next year, to deal with expected virus mutations. Read more: https://facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158155438387050/…

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

25 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Is that booster shot for the elderly or first dose shots and which elderly?The elderly relatives of those in the power hierarchy?

There's supposed to be a 10% setaside of the U.S. donated Pfizer doses for foreign nationals in Thailand. The MoPH has said they plan to direct those to elderly foreign nationals and those with chronic medical conditions.

 

At last report, due to arrive at the end of this month.

 

 

Edited July 23, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[2 is 1]

3 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Seems out in my gf village the ‘village chief’ is coordinating things, collecting names and informing them when it’s time to go for the jab. They are doing it in age order as far as I can tell. 

Good if they get all vaccines what should.