Thailand reports record high of 17,669 new COVID-19 cases and 165 deaths

[anchadian]

#COVID19 update in #Thailand on Thursday:

 

Since 1 April

532,167 people infected (+17 imported and +17,652 local)

4,468 dead +165

185,976 in care

4,511 in ICU and 1,001 on ventilators

9,798 discharged from care

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1420620494873632769

[tomazbodner]

Just got a jab at Lat Phrao hospital... very efficient (under BOI):

Get to hospital, usual temperature check and a sticker that you're safe. Up to 3rd floor. The moment you walk in they ask if you're for BOI... yes... ok, go right, right, to canteen. There you hand over documents, and get queue number. You're told to wait inside canteen for an hour but actually it was 10-15 minutes before a lady came out with papers and passports and started calling queue numbers. Off to counters to pay 300 baht (for both shots) and sit down in line one behind another. Nurses came and jabbed us one after another. 10 minutes later they brought a bottle of water, some Tylenol, instructions to take it if fever/pain, and appointment for next time near end of October (Astra Zeneca). Whole process from entering to leaving hospital was about 45 minutes. There were also Thais there for Sinopharm, which seemed to have been equally efficient, just that they weren't just jabbed in waiting room but inside doctor's offices.

 

Overall, completely opposite from what pictures from Bang Sue showed. So far, 4 hours later, no symptoms, not even pain on the arm, but expect things to change in the next 8-12 hours.

 

This is for anyone else who registered at BOI, and is doing a jab soon. Also - the entrance to the hospital is not the large entrance facing the road, but one directly in the junction, there's a "tunnel" through the building, and there are 2 entrances there. For COVID, it's 2nd entrance on the left side. I saw many people getting out of cars in front of main window, but then had to walk to actual entrance.

[anchadian]

The British Embassy held a constructive meeting this morning with DPM Don Pramudwinai on the UK’s vaccine donation to Thailand and wider co-operation, including implementation of the Government’s welcome commitment to offer equitable vaccine access for foreigners in Thailand.

https://twitter.com/ukinthailand/status/1420620529673797632

 

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by anchadian

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Just got a jab at Lat Phrao hospital... very efficient (under BOI):

Get to hospital, usual temperature check and a sticker that you're safe. Up to 3rd floor. The moment you walk in they ask if you're for BOI... yes... ok, go right, right, to canteen. There you hand over documents, and get queue number. You're told to wait inside canteen for an hour but actually it was 10-15 minutes before a lady came out with papers and passports and started calling queue numbers. Off to counters to pay 300 baht (for both shots) and sit down in line one behind another. Nurses came and jabbed us one after another. 10 minutes later they brought a bottle of water, some Tylenol, instructions to take it if fever/pain, and appointment for next time near end of October (Astra Zeneca). Whole process from entering to leaving hospital was about 45 minutes. There were also Thais there for Sinopharm, which seemed to have been equally efficient, just that they weren't just jabbed in waiting room but inside doctor's offices.

 

Overall, completely opposite from what pictures from Bang Sue showed. So far, 4 hours later, no symptoms, not even pain on the arm, but expect things to change in the next 8-12 hours.

 

This is for anyone else who registered at BOI, and is doing a jab soon. Also - the entrance to the hospital is not the large entrance facing the road, but one directly in the junction, there's a "tunnel" through the building, and there are 2 entrances there. For COVID, it's 2nd entrance on the left side. I saw many people getting out of cars in front of main window, but then had to walk to actual entrance.

Why were you charged 300 Baht.  The shots have been free, at least my first jab of AZ was at MedPark hospital in June.  I know the Sinopharm was quoted as 888 Baht in an original article.

Edited July 29, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[anchadian]

Today there were 165 deaths in #Thailand

 

94 males & 71 females

3 foreigners died

Median age is 62 (22-99 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (58)

Deaths reported in 22 provinces

21 died in their homes

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420621769971433475

 

[anchadian]

Doctor suggests prayer as he describes the desperate situation at Ban Paew Hospital. Read more: https://thaip.bs/N5ES8q0

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

8 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Pray tell how they would have been allowed to board a flight, oh wait fake certificates.  Is that even possible in todays day and age where follow-ups are supposedly being done by the airlines as well as a self attestation being signed by the flier.  Maybe faked certs in Sweden, perhaps, or is the employer grasping at straws and trying to deflect from his practices on safety.

The CPR tests were from Thailand. Seems like they are either faked or not very accurate. 

[wensiensheng]

26 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Samui Plus project to continue as island chief orders proactive Covid-19 tests after cluster

 

The district chief of Samui ordered immediate proactive Covid-19 tests in a bid to curb the latest cluster on the island. He also confirmed the Samui Plus project would move ahead.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40003903

There could be an earthquake followed by a hit from an asteroid and the sandbox, Samui plus, Chiang Mai circus, Krabi conga, initiatives would still go ahead. And they would be just as irrelevant in those national disasters as they are to this pandemic.

 

500,000 people in Phuket and all anyone worries about is the 6k or so tourists that are here atm. Just enact the necessary procedures to combat Covid among the permanent residents and let the tourists comply like everyone else.

 

in Samui’s case, letting people party like there’s no virus at all invites a cluster breaking out, whether there are tourists on the island or not.

[anchadian]

Out of 17,391 local cases (outside prisons) most in

 

Bangkok - 3,963

Samut Sakhon - 1,172

Nakhon Pathom - 984

Chonburi - 982

Samut Prakan - 810

Nonthaburi - 633

Chachoengsao - 589

Rayong - 394

Pathum Thani - 313

Udon Thani - 303

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420623358450757633

 

[anchadian]

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 45: 279,576

DAY 46: 304,243

DAY 47: 352,879

DAY 48: 128,026 <— Saturday

DAY 49: 90,934 <— Sunday

DAY 50: 138,892 <— public holiday

DAY 51: 327,389

DAY 52: 164,270 <— public holiday

 

TOTAL: 12,490,808 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420624276353257480

 

[wensiensheng]

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Out of 17,391 local cases (outside prisons) most in

 

Bangkok - 3,963

Samut Sakhon - 1,172

Nakhon Pathom - 984

Chonburi - 982

Samut Prakan - 810

Nonthaburi - 633

Chachoengsao - 589

Rayong - 394

Pathum Thani - 313

Udon Thani - 303

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420623358450757633

 

Do you know why the Bangkok number is shown in green? Samat Prakan I can understand because the arrow is pointing down, so presumably less cases today. But Bangkok is an equals sign, although the number actually looks like it’s gone up.

 

but I can’t read thai so don’t know what the column headings say.

[anchadian]

#MFAThai deeply appreciatesSwiss Government's goodwill in donating 102 ventilators and 1.1 million SARS-COV Rapid Antigen Test kits to assist Thailand in tackling the #COVID19. MFA’s European Affairs DG welcomed the arrival of Switzerland’s support at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

https://twitter.com/MFAThai/status/1420624511746011138

 

[tomazbodner]

15 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Why were you charged 300 Baht.  The shots have been free, at least my first jab of AZ was at MedPark hospital in June.  I know the Sinopharm was quoted as 888 Baht in an original article.

Hospital service fee, 2x 150 baht. It was announced up-front, and I didn't see anyone making fuss over it.

 

Still better than paying 3500 up-front for Moderna a month ago which I might never get.

Edited July 29, 2021 by tomazbodner

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Today there were 165 deaths in #Thailand

 

94 males & 71 females

3 foreigners died

Median age is 62 (22-99 years)

Most deaths in Bangkok (58)

Deaths reported in 22 provinces

21 died in their homes

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420621769971433475

 

21 died at home, this figure is rising daily showing just how desperate a situation Thailand is in. A nightmare scenario for the families and loved ones involved. 

 

Where is the clear action plan to address this now?? Prayut telling people he hopes it will be under control in 4 - 6 weeks is not good enough for the 100's dying daily and those who cannot even get to a hospital only to die at home.

 

I hope this becomes worldwide news and Thailand is shamed by this negligence.

[wensiensheng]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

National Vaccination Rollout:

 

DAY 45: 279,576

DAY 46: 304,243

DAY 47: 352,879

DAY 48: 128,026 <— Saturday

DAY 49: 90,934 <— Sunday

DAY 50: 138,892 <— public holiday

DAY 51: 327,389

DAY 52: 164,270 <— public holiday

 

TOTAL: 12,490,808 doses

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420624276353257480

 

An average of about 220k over the last 8 days. Nothing more to be said.

[2 is 1]

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Pray tell how they would have been allowed to board a flight, oh wait fake certificates.  Is that even possible in todays day and age where follow-ups are supposedly being done by the airlines as well as a self attestation being signed by the flier.  Maybe faked certs in Sweden, perhaps, or is the employer grasping at straws and trying to deflect from his practices on safety.

Private plane , thats how pickers come to Finland like last year! They take covid test after landed!

And they live in own houses anyway in farm where they work. Pickers have special thing coz farmers really needed them. But mostly pickers come from Ukraine!

[anchadian]

Chargé d'Affaires Michael Heath

@USAmbThailand

Had a productive meeting with the DPM & MOPH minister Anutin Charnvirakul to discuss vaccine distribution. He agreed that vaccines need to be distributed to all residents of Thailand, no matter their nationality. No one is safe until all of us are safe.

https://twitter.com/USAmbThailand/status/1420593743145488385

[wensiensheng]

1 minute ago, tomazbodner said:

Hospital service fee, 2x 150 baht. It was announced up-front, and I didn't see anyone making fuss over it.

More than worth it to avoid queue’s and overcrowding I would have thought.

[sathornlover]

3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Wow. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Correct but some of the author's thoughts are also well worth reading:
 

„I wonder what the Prayut of 2014 would make of the Prayut of 2021, maybe he would stage another coup.

Because right now, the country is in flames and the major reason is Prayut.“ 

 

 

[wensiensheng]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Chargé d'Affaires Michael Heath

@USAmbThailand

Had a productive meeting with the DPM & MOPH minister Anutin Charnvirakul to discuss vaccine distribution. He agreed that vaccines need to be distributed to all residents of Thailand, no matter their nationality. No one is safe until all of us are safe.

https://twitter.com/USAmbThailand/status/1420593743145488385

Please don’t tell me that Heath believed him, SMH.

[tomazbodner]

1 minute ago, wensiensheng said:

More than worth it to avoid queue’s and overcrowding I would have thought.

Absolutely agree.

[ourmanflint]

4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Do you think that will be the peak or do you see infections and deaths continuing to rise through September?

Here is the graph of confirmed cases in Malaysia and Thailand. Delta variant was first detected in Malaysia 3 weeks before Thailand (May 1st & May 22nd) so reasonable to assume Thailand is 3 weeks behind Malaysia all things being equal.

Now look at that graph and push the Thailand curve back 3 weeks! That is what Thailand has coming. Scary stuff!

 

 

[anchadian]

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

Total: 17,652

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1420624876088397826

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Chargé d'Affaires Michael Heath

@USAmbThailand

Had a productive meeting with the DPM & MOPH minister Anutin Charnvirakul to discuss vaccine distribution. He agreed that vaccines need to be distributed to all residents of Thailand, no matter their nationality. No one is safe until all of us are safe.

https://twitter.com/USAmbThailand/status/1420593743145488385

I am sure Anutin will take that as "Thai's first then"

[anchadian]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

I am sure Anutin will take that as "Thai's first then"

Priority also to be given later for booster shots to Prayut and his government 

[anchadian]

New clusters in #Thailand:

 

Samut Sakhon (4 factories) +64

Nakhon Pathom (factory) +621

Chonburi (company) +12

Rayong (company) +10

Ayutthaya (company) +17

Prachinburi (company) +29

Phetchabun (community near factory) +32

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1420628211474464771

 

[Antonymous]

44 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Indeed. In fact what you (google) say, is what I said. The more vaccinated, the less risk of the virus spreading. As you move from zero to 5%, that holds true, just that the effect is negligible. Get to 50% and perhaps you start to see an overall difference in the rate of infection. Get to 70% and there is a bigger effect.

 

I think that the point both i and, it appears google, are saying is that there is no hard percentage where herd immunity is reached. Every vaccination builds herd immunity to a degree and cumulatively it builds and builds. But there isn’t a threshold which you cross and then breath a sigh of relief because you have just  reached “herd immunity”. Hence it’s a concept, not a hard target.

 

It’s just what I understand, so happy to be corrected.

While there is evidence that herd immunity occurs within communities where infections reach a certain proportion (ie acquired naturally) there is no data that shows that herd immunity can be reached through vaccination (ie unnaturally).

 

Data presented to the Israeli Health Ministry July 13, 2021, and reported in Israel National News July 13, 2021 revealed that, of the more than 7,700 COVID-19 cases reported since May 2021 those who were vaccinated were nearly 700% more likely to develop COVID-19 than those who had natural immunity from a prior infection — and this is largely in response to the Delta variant, which has led to increasing infections in Israel.

Reuters July 13, 2021

 

It was reported two weeks ago that 100 fully injected crew members had tested positive onboard the British Defense aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Navy ship has a case rate of 1 in 16 — the highest case rate recorded. This suggests vaccine-induced herd immunity is impossible, as these injections apparently cannot prevent COVID-19 even if 100% of a given population gets them.

 

You can read about that here:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/14/covid-outbreak-aboard-hms-queen-elizabeth-strikes-100-sailors/

[RichardColeman]

I get the feeling they will soon be saying their vaccination plan is not going to plan as the donated foreign vaccines are not arriving on time and it's their fault

[rott]

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

 

 

It’s just what I understand, so happy to be corrected.

You sure about that.? It's not the traditional TVF spirit. 

Oh, I forgot. 

[2 is 1]

9 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

It was reported two weeks ago that 100 fully injected crew members had tested positive onboard the British Defense aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Navy ship has a case rate of 1 in 16 — the highest case rate recorded.

Most scary thing is that In Thailand case rate from tested people are even higher than 1/16! So if in really closed place in ship where all have get vaccine rate is 1/16 and Thailand has more from tested people , i can say im "doomsday man"! They say earlier can have 10k case/day in August , that start sunday and already way over 10k/day! If they test more they can find 50k/day or even more!