Thailand reports 17,970 new COVID-19 cases, 178 deaths

[anchadian]

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health says that the Bussarakham field hospital, in Nonthaburi province, has added another 550 oxygen machines and 17 intensive care units, which will open on Monday.

 

Public Health Ministry assistant permanent secretary Dr. Kittisak Aksornwong said the field hospital has been in operation since May 14th, initially with 1,100 beds. The number of beds has increased to 3,700 as more patients arrive. In the ten weeks since its opening, 12,929 patients have been treated.

https://www.facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158177798642050/

[Bkk Brian]

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Phuket village goes under lockdown

 

PHUKET: Baan Nanai in Moo 7, Tambon Thepkrasattri, in Thalang District, has been ordered “to close” to contain the spread of COVID-19 after eight local residents in the village were found to be infected, resulting in many local high-risk contacts.

 

“The area is locked [down]. People inside [the area] cannot move out, and outsiders cannot come in,” confirmed the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department (PR Phuket)

 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-village-goes-under-lockdown-80898.php

Google translate:

 

Because his mother was infected with the Covid-19 virus, this young child had to be picked up from the hospital to bring it to another relative in the Ban Na Nai community. Thep Krasattri Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket Province, continue to take care of the mother during treatment at the hospital. The results of the child test were not infected, while the Ban Na community in the lockdown 14 days after 8 infected people were found.

https://twitter.com/TichilaThaipbs/status/1422095337800359938

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/378047573813573/?type=3

 

The above chart is the MoPH's CUMULATIVE per capita comparisons for Thailand and their selected list of comparison countries...

 

Here's the CURRENT per capita comparisons for new COVID cases and deaths for Thailand and those same countries, where Thailand isn't looking quite so good, with more per capita new cases than the U.S. and Indonesia.

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases?country=~THA~#daily-confirmed-cases-per-million-people

 

Right now, Thailand is reporting more per capita COVID deaths than both the U.S. and the U.K.

 

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths

 

 

Edited August 2, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Bkk Brian]

Lots of conditions there for the medics, for instance,those who received Sinovac as their first dose and AstraZeneca as their second will not be getting a Pfizer booster. Why not? 

 

Donated Pfizer vaccine passed to Thai government on Monday, some medics eligible for shots

 

700,000 doses will be allocated to frontline medical personnel, which means that not all will receive shots from this batch.

The Disease Control Department today defined who is eligible to receive the vaccine:

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/donated-pfizer-vaccine-passed-to-thai-government-on-monday/

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lots of conditions there for the medics, for instance,those who received Sinovac as their first dose and AstraZeneca as their second will not be getting a Pfizer booster. Why not? 

 

Donated Pfizer vaccine passed to Thai government on Monday, some medics eligible for shots

 

700,000 doses will be allocated to frontline medical personnel, which means that not all will receive shots from this batch.

The Disease Control Department today defined who is eligible to receive the vaccine:

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/donated-pfizer-vaccine-passed-to-thai-government-on-monday/

 

Posted on this earlier in the thread:

 

 

[2 is 1]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yes, transported on Anutins "Covid train and Covid Plane" or by Big Joke and crew to the restive south.

Reason people in province's not react the numbers like they should! Many think numbers come from outside so we dont need to worry! They really not tell how many infection has locally transmitted in province.

Edited August 2, 2021 by 2 is 1

[Daithi85]

5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Whats unbelievable is missing out the point he made:

 

"dozens of people crowding around lottery ticket sellers, with the usual chatting and shouting. Hardly essential."

Good to see u always defending the complainers, they too need a hero.. I'm off to buy some  lottery tickets,support the locals, wish me luck  ????????????

[Puwa]

54 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Once again Sumut Sakhon with at a guess one tenth of the popolation of BKK has at a guess around 40% infections of that of BKK. This doesn't make sence. BKK must be higher. Any one have a logical argument other than testing rates and not counting rapid antigen testing why this disparity exists? 

At a guess, fish canneries?

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, Daithi85 said:

Good to see u always defending the complainers, they too need a hero.. I'm off to buy some  lottery tickets,support the locals, wish me luck  ????????????

Good for you, no talking English and no shouting....555

[anchadian]

You can now find COVID-19 testing sites and vaccine centers in Greater Bangkok via Apple Map https://timeout.com/bangkok/news/you-can-now-find-covid-19-testing-and-vaccination-sites-in-thailand-on-apple-maps-080221… #Bangkok #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1422118231804981251

 

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Former classmates, who studied at the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University with, both twin daughters of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, have asked them to tell their father to step down, to take responsibility for his gross mismanagement of the COVID-19 situation, and pave the way for a more capable successor.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/classmates-of-thai-pms-daughter-want-her-to-ask-her-father-to-resign/

Sounds like someone will be charged with defamation by telling the truth. This is getting tenuous for the PM and it looks to be hitting from all sides. If he would not let the grievances of the many impact his frail ego and create new rules to silence them, well then maybe he could admit his incompetence and beg for assistance because he is definitely out of his depth.

[anchadian]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

The fifth batch of the 10 million doses ordered by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy arrived from China on Sunday. This batch had one million doses. #Sinopharm #vaccine #ThailandNews #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004083

People can place bookings for inoculation with the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine through the Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), starting from 10 am Wednesday (Aug 10).The registration through https://sinopharm.cra.ac.th and the app CRA SINOP accepts 75,000 registrations.

@TNAMCOT

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1422117815331430401

 

[dinsdale]

40 minutes ago, Puwa said:

At a guess, fish canneries?

No. It's wide spread. Not like the last time.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health says that the Bussarakham field hospital, in Nonthaburi province, has added another 550 oxygen machines and 17 intensive care units, which will open on Monday.

 

Public Health Ministry assistant permanent secretary Dr. Kittisak Aksornwong said the field hospital has been in operation since May 14th, initially with 1,100 beds. The number of beds has increased to 3,700 as more patients arrive. In the ten weeks since its opening, 12,929 patients have been treated.

https://www.facebook.com/130075662049/posts/10158177798642050/

Looks like they know more then they are letting on at this point.  If that is so, it is truly a fact that this government is lying with everything they say.

[Rimmer]

Some off topic bickering posts have been removed

[anchadian]

The Chon Buri Tourism Council has revealed that Pattaya intends to postpone its reopening plan because Thailand may not be able to control the high rate of infections and provide sufficient vaccinations until the fourth quarter of the year.

 

Council acting president Thanet Supornsahasrungsi said tourism operators have acknowledged that the plan to reopen two districts to international tourists in September may be delayed, as the country grapples with a severe vaccine shortage during the third wave of COVID-19, which began to affect the reopening schemes in Phuket and Samui last week.

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158177800752050

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

Interesting not seen this extra 3,450 doses of Pfizer donated by the US accounted for anywhere?

 

 

"Marked the arrival of 1,503,450 doses of #Pfizer #Covid-19 #vaccine with

@PrayutOfficial

and Deputy PM Anutin at Government House. Urged the PM and DPM to continue recent efforts to vaccinate U.S. citizens. Together we will save lives."

 

https://twitter.com/USAmbThailand/status/1422107370419671042

 

[2 is 1]

54 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looks like they know more then they are letting on at this point.  If that is so, it is truly a fact that this government is lying with everything they say.

They eat so much yellow snow ! The "stuff" what make that yellow color has filled they head!

[ThailandRyan]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Interesting not seen this extra 3,450 doses of Pfizer donated by the US accounted for anywhere?

 

 

"Marked the arrival of 1,503,450 doses of #Pfizer #Covid-19 #vaccine with

@PrayutOfficial

and Deputy PM Anutin at Government House. Urged the PM and DPM to continue recent efforts to vaccinate U.S. citizens. Together we will save lives."

 

https://twitter.com/USAmbThailand/status/1422107370419671042

 

Probably to be used for the Cabinet, Senate, Parliament, and aides boosters.  He did say the 1.5 million was not for VIP's, so he did not lie, he just omitted the minor details.

Edited August 2, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[zhounan]

Invest on treatments, not in vaccines.

 

Taking money away from multinational pharmaceutical companies.

[DrJack54]

Just now, zhounan said:

Invest on treatments, not in vaccines.

 

Taking money away from multinational pharmaceutical companies.

You mean like towel over head and steam bowl with lemon juice? 

[zhounan]

9 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Heading into August with terrible statistics that show no signs of waning. With the hospitals already at breaking point the situation can only get worse. The images coming from some hospitals are akin to a war zone. The medics need support and the patients need the government to visit the hospitals and tell them why they will be dying waiting for a bed.

17,970 new cases with 175 of those from prisons. 178 COVID deaths.

 

Rolling 7 day average up till 31st July. Community cases chart from official figures.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

 

Attach vaccination graph.

[zhounan]

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You mean like towel over head and steam bowl with lemon juice? 

Not funny Jackie.

 

Let me guess, you're British?

[Kadilo]

7 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I guess it's not really surprising. Covid-forum-fatigue must be setting in.

Well lets be honest. 
 

Its a pretty depressing subject and hence a pretty negative read  on the whole for most people. 
 

There are only so many times you can read and dissect the same daily numbers shown in a different graphical form. 
 

It is pretty much frequented daily by the same handful of individuals who are churning out the data and summarising the trends, despite the fact that some believe the numbers could be x10 worse than the numbers they are analysing. 
 

I guess for anyone who tries to have a more positive outlook on life it doesn’t make a good read. So no surprise to see people posting elsewhere or out living their life rather than a taking part in a thread worrying about the possibility of dying. 
 

If you are more of a half empty type of person i guess it may be somewhere to wallow and worry yourself a bit more.
 

Long term you may find the stress more of threat to your life than the virus. 
 

Each to their own. 
 

edit. This post will probably get deleted as someone will take it personally and run to the report button again ????

Edited August 2, 2021 by Kadilo

[ThailandRyan]

20 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Well lets be honest. 
 

Its a pretty depressing subject and hence a pretty negative read  on the whole for most people. 
 

There are only so many times you can read and dissect the same daily numbers shown in a different graphical form. 
 

It is pretty much frequented daily by the same handful of individuals who are churning out the data and summarising the trends, despite the fact that some believe the numbers could be x10 worse than the numbers they are analysing. 
 

I guess for anyone who tries to have a more positive outlook on life it doesn’t make a good read. So no surprise to see people posting elsewhere or out living their life rather than a taking part in a thread worrying about the possibility of dying. 
 

If you are more of a half empty type of person i guess it may be somewhere to wallow and worry yourself a bit more.
 

Long term you may find the stress more of threat to your life than the virus. 
 

Each to their own. 

So you finally are agreeing to disagree on the views that we share, Thank you.  No stress in my life because of the discussions or the numbers, no frustration, just disbelief that people buy into the governments numbers as the truth much like the Deniers, and the antivaxxers for other news. My glass is more than half full, have no worries about dying, have a positive outlook, but am negative as far as anything coming from the Government as the truth, just like them saying they received 1.5 million doses of Pfizer from the US when in actuality it was 1,503,450 doses, and in another OP running now they have indicated how they have spread out the 1.5 million doses, however the numbers do not match the 1.5 million and there are still 1,550 doses unaccounted for as well.  So accountability and reality of the situation is what many of us do discuss here, believe what you may and to each there own as you say.  If your happy with beingtold fibs and accept them well then good on you.

Edited August 2, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[anchadian]

Bangkok is spreading Covid-19 to the countryside according to the government

 

Covid cases in the provinces are increasing due to imported cases from the Bangkok and Metropolitan Region (BMR), the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday.

 

“The number of cases in the Bangkok and Metropolitan Region is dipping down, but it could come back up again […] and cases in other provinces are increasing,” said Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan, the CCSA’s assistant spokeswoman.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30721/bangkok-is-spreading-covid-19-to-the-countryside-according-to-the-government/

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Bangkok is spreading Covid-19 to the countryside according to the government

 

Covid cases in the provinces are increasing due to imported cases from the Bangkok and Metropolitan Region (BMR), the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday.

 

“The number of cases in the Bangkok and Metropolitan Region is dipping down, but it could come back up again […] and cases in other provinces are increasing,” said Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan, the CCSA’s assistant spokeswoman.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/30721/bangkok-is-spreading-covid-19-to-the-countryside-according-to-the-government/

Wel no duh, the interprovincial travel has not been cut off.  People are still moving around and even traveling to BKK and then back.  What did they think was going to happen without strict and true restrictions. 

[Macrohistory]

Good news for Thailand down the road, assuming Princess Chulabhorn's Royal Academy continues to import Sinopharm

MarketWatch

China's Sinopharm Working on Modified Vaccines Against Covid-19 Variants
Published: Aug. 2, 2021 at 7:16 a.m. ET

China's Sinopharm is developing updated versions of its Covid-19 vaccines based on the Beta and Delta variants, according to an article published Monday by the company.

 

The Chinese state-owned vaccine maker is conducting animal tests for an inactivated vaccine based on the variant discovered in South Africa, according to the article on the company's official account on WeChat. The company didn't specify at which stage the study on the Delta variant, first identified in India, was progressing.

 

 

 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-s-sinopharm-working-on-modified-vaccines-against-covid-19-variants-271627903010

Edited August 2, 2021 by metisdead
Edited as per fair use policy.

[anchadian]

Thailand steps up home isolation as virus cases strain hospitals

 

BANGKOK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Thailand will increase the number of people required to isolate at home with COVID-19 to 100,000, health officials said on Monday, as capacity in healthcare facilities dwindles amid a surge in cases driven by the Delta variant of the virus.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-steps-up-home-isolation-virus-cases-strain-hospitals-2021-08-02/

[anchadian]

New COVID-19 infections and deaths are expected to drop and the pandemic situation in Thailand brought under control in the next two weeks, if the latest semi-lockdown measures, now imposed in 29 provinces, and extended, are 5% more effective in curbing the continued spread of the disease, said Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiatiphum Wongrajit today (Monday).

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/covid-cases-may-drop-in-2-weeks-with-extended-semi-lockdown-mass-vaccinations-moph/