Thailand reports daily record of 15,335 coronavirus cases, 129 deaths

[anchadian]

The pandemic is increasing in the Bangkok Metropolitan region, and in the southern, central and the northeastern regions. In the graph, blue is Bangkok and five neighbouring provinces, green is 71 other provinces and red is the entire country #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419145655423963136

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The pandemic is increasing in the Bangkok Metropolitan region, and in the southern, central and the northeastern regions. In the graph, blue is Bangkok and five neighbouring provinces, green is 71 other provinces and red is the entire country #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419145655423963136

i think you got it all wrong.

 

[Eric Loh]

Really a sign that the government is losing control of the situation when we only hear reports of daily infections and deaths and not about plans to control the surging cases. I have not heard of late any plans on making testing readily available and building more field hospitals to isolate the infected people from the general public.
 

Most hospitals have stopped providing tests because of the lack of kits and capacity. They will not test because they have to admit infected people and they simply run out of beds. 

 

There still a large proportion of unvaccinated people. Restrictions alone is part solution. People must be tested and the government must provide and announce these testing availability.
 

Many infected people can’t be admitted to isolation facilities and have to stay home and can passed the infection to others. The tracing is almost not heard anymore.

 

The government seem to lose hope to contain the situation and only rely on vaccination and perhaps reaching herd immunity. Real disappointment in way the government handling of the pandemic. 

[Misty]

35 minutes ago, The Cipher said:

Have you gone outside in a dark red zone? Literally everything is closed except grocery/convenience stores and pharmacies.

 

I can't even go try on a pair of sneakers and most Thai government services (like passport renewals) are closed too. I don't live near a beach but remember reading that it's now illegal to even go for a walk on one? What's even left to close.

What, can't try on sneakers? A hardship indeed. : )

 

To answer your question, I did go outside in deep, dark red Bangkok Sukhumvit near the end of last week, about mid-afternoon. For a bit of exercise, I walked to my local hospital to get a medical certificate and blood test for work permit renewal (am assured this is still required).  Not much open along the way - a couple of take-out only restaurants. (An aside: passed a guy inert in the grass beside the sidewalk. Spouse convinced me not to check if he was breathing. Hopefully just passed out from something.)

 

Hospital not empty, but not that busy either. I was relieved to find out - after decades of living and working in Thailand - I still do not have tertiary syphilis....nor even leprosy! 

 

No idea about COVID, though, since that doesn't seem to be of interest.

 

Walked back, uneventfully.

[WaveHunter]

58 minutes ago, Swimfan said:

That is Delta for you. A variant that spreads so fast it makes contact tracing futile. 

Too much blame going to the Delta variant as a way to deflect from the poor way this pandemic is being managed, if you ask me.

[NONG CHOK]

Hi all, some say there's no restrictions when travelling between 4am and 9pm daily and others say there is restrictions. Are there checkpoints in place during working hours? I've seen a few checkpoints recently and no one was being pulled over. It was late afternoon so maybe they were preparing for the overnight travellers. Cheers.

[ThailandRyan]

33 minutes ago, The Cipher said:

Have you gone outside in a dark red zone? Literally everything is closed except grocery/convenience stores and pharmacies.

 

I can't even go try on a pair of sneakers and most Thai government services (like passport renewals) are closed too. I don't live near a beach but remember reading that it's now illegal to even go for a walk on one? What's even left to close.

Construction sites which were already supposed to be shuttered but are in fact working at full speed and the workers transported to and from or walking to and from while stopping to shop at 7-11 in large numbers.  Limiting the numbers shopping in the Talads instead of them being shoulder to shoulder, but then they are this way because a few have been forced to close because of Covid.  It unfortunately can not be done without putting a final nail in the coffin of Thailand, unless this government started to supplement income for all, subsidize the businesses and then deliver free food to folks in need. 

[edwinchester]

41 minutes ago, smedly said:

it was also recently reported that farting in a confined space could spread covid from an infected person - I kid you not, studies are now being carried out 

My wife could definitely help with that study.

[ThailandRyan]

52 minutes ago, smedly said:

it hurts them to spend money unless there is some flexible accounting included - China seems to be very fexible  

Hurts them because they have to reach into their pockets, or because they have to rely on a billionaire or two to take care of the country.

[anchadian]

Out of the more than 33,000 temples in #Thailand, the prime minister’s office has revealed that 593 of them have agreed to carry out free cremations of bodies that were infected with #COVID19. There are 62 temples in Bangkok, 124 in neighbouring provinces, and 407 elsewhere.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419149662750076928

 

[mancub]

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

They won't count. But, if your kit tests positive, you can then get a test at a lab or hospital or testing site. 

But get to the back of the queue,,,,,,,

[WaveHunter]

1 hour ago, The Cipher said:

I shudder to ask this, but what stricter measures have they even got left in the bag at this point? 

 

Measures taken have already turned what was a nice place into a dystopian hellhole of boredom. What is there even left to close?

If you ask me, stricter measure that should be taken are simply to enforce the rules that have already been made. 

 

For instance, the lockdown on intra-provincial travel announced last week has turned out to be a total joke!  I, and many others had to drive into Bangkok this week for our vaccinations, and there was not a single road checkpoint to be seen in either direction!

 

The CCSA (the official agency in charge of managing the pandemic here is Thailand) is very politically oriented and has a history of "talking the talk", but not "walking the walk".

 

They make all sort of announcements, whether it is about containment efforts or the vaccinations rollout, but their words alway differ drastically from their actions. 

 

If they just did what they say they are going to do, things right now would be dramatically better than they are.

 

[mancub]

2 hours ago, HampiK said:

Are the 3'000 workers from the factory in Pechabun already included?

Who knows ? Another 4000 supposedly locked in there with them to be tested also !

[anchadian]

During 22-24 July, 6,587 workers at a chicken processing plant in Phetchabun were tested for #COVID19. So far, 3,117 tested positive. Another 613 will be tested today. Workers at the plant have received 1st jab of Sinopharm vaccine and most have no or mild symptoms #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419151329348358148

 

[ThailandRyan]

29 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Yes I have gone outside in the dark red zone and here (Sumut Sakhon) it's like any other day even the diamond shop is open. During the wk banks close at 2:30. The wet market is closed due to covid. I did, however, go to Tesco on Friday and absolutely everything except the supermarket section was closed. Indeed I'm about to go out soon. I fancy a pad kapeow moo sap kai dow.

Pretty much the same on my side of Bangkok here in the Sathon Area, The main streets are pretty quiet but the side soi's and the talads are very busy.  Took our morning walk around the area and was even surprised at the amount of traffic, but then it is the start of Buddhist Lent tomorrow.  We did see many Monks making their walks to the smaller Wats this morning as well, looks like they are returning to their home Wats where they will stay for the next 3 months to study, meditate, pray, and teach the younger monks.

[dinsdale]

28 minutes ago, Almer said:

Idiots, the numbers in Bkk are slowing and rising in the provinces

Funny how the numbers in BKK are falling around the same time the covid prisons stopped getting tested and hospitals are turning people away. Coincidence I'm sure.

[ThailandRyan]

22 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

i think you got it all wrong.

 

Care to explain

[mancub]

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Some of the anti-lockdown people point to the fact that Thailand has so many road deaths that the virus just isn't a big deal. 

 

They fail to understand that lockdowns also serve to reduce road deaths. 

There are many measures that can be implemented to reduce road deaths, lockdowns really only serve to postpone them.

[ThailandRyan]

On the Channel 34 news they are now showing the Phetchabun Chicken factory and talking about over 3k cases there now.  They are building a large warehouse style building now to house those that have Covid.  Seems the factories are and have always been a Covid breeding factory.

[Chivas]

Numbers out of control now. Complete 3 month hard lockdown needed. Country has more than enough Foreign Currency reserves at $246 Billion to compensate workers whether they want to or not is the question

 

These numbers will escalate to 50,000 a day in very short order otherwise

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

it was also recently reported that farting in a confined space could spread covid from an infected person - I kid you not, studies are now being carried out 

True dat!

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-could-spread-flatulence-ministers-143119195.html

[dddave]

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Pattaya area keeps rising.  I have regular girls I date who keep contacting me.  No way Jose, not worth the risk at this point will stick to the internet for my fun.

Yup.  A HUGE surge of likes and "Hi's" on TF & Tinder.

[anchadian]

In a Facebook post on “COVID-19 Samut Sakhon” page” on Saturday, the governor admitted that communication between patients and officials, about requests for hospital beds, has been an issue all along, adding that he has instructed the officials to improve the communication and to make sure that the patients’ requests receive a response within 24 hours.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/samut-sakhon-governor-offers-to-quit-if-he-cant-solve-communication-problem-with-covid-19-patients/

 

[IamNoone88]

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That's what happens when you don't restrict travel outside of cluster areas.

This what happens with an ineffective vaccine program. UK rates climbed and have now levelled off despite the opening. If we had all been vaccinated with a quality vaccine at the start, we would not be in this mess now.

[cocoonclub]

1 hour ago, LazySlipper said:

if someone tests positive they will double check at a hospital...

Wouldn’t be too sure about that. I know a couple of cases and they just stay at home because they don’t see the point going to a hospital that is full anyway. 
 

One of the maids of one my staff, for example. And that maid is a live-in maid who doesn’t have anywhere to go. So my staff and her whole family are now quarantining at home with a maid that tested positive. 

 

One of my gf’s drivers actually drove all the way to Ayutthaya to get into a hospital because he was worried that his symptoms could get worse. Everyone told him there’s no point and indeed he ended up in some field hospital. The maids are all Burmese and no one knows when they can get vaccinated. 

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, James105 said:

9th April - Bars ordered closed in Chonburi and no alcohol to be served in restaurants.  Number of cases = 34

25th July after 3 months of these measures.   Number of cases = 795

 

Any explanation as to why these measures have made the situation so much worse?  

You seem to mis-link cause and effect....if you believe closing bars causes Covid infections, I am afraid you are rather mad,

 

[DrJack54]

13 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

On the Channel 34 news they are now showing the Phetchabun Chicken factory and talking about over 3k cases there now.

So are these factory positive tests included in today's totals or will that show up later.

[dddave]

1 hour ago, Misty said:

For an example, see the US state of Florida.  Nearly 50% fully vaccinated with one of the US approved vaccines (Moderna, Pfizer, J&J).  But currently no restrictions -delta is burning through Florida's unvaccinated.

Gov. DeSantis is screaming "Fake news!!, Fake news!!".

[cocoonclub]

16 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Seems the factories are and have always been a Covid breeding factory.

Who would have thought so. That’s the price you pay for cheap labour. 

[Kinnock]

If you factor down the new daily case numbers in India to match Thailand population - you get 15,000.

 

I know there's lots of variables like testing rates, vaccination and health of local populations,  but the simplistic media reports only focus on big total numbers, not per capita ....  fortunately for Thailand and the tourism plans.