Must Read Thailand reports another record high in new COVID-19 cases

[Danderman123]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

--New record daily high of 20,920 new COVID cases (+720), surpassing yesterday's prior record 20,200 total. Second consecutive day of 20,000+ new daily cases.

 

--160 new COVID deaths, Thailand's fourth highest daily death toll of the pandemic, brings the nation's total to 5,663 fatalities. Today's number is down from the record high 188 reported yesterday.

 

--New record high 4,993 COVID patients in critical condition (+83), up from prior record 4,910 yesterday.

 

--New record high of 1,058 critical COVID patients on ventilators (+23), up from 1,035 yesterday.

 

--New record high total of 213,910 COVID patients (+2,834) as active cases in various kinds of treatment/monitoring, including 87,150 in traditional hospitals and 126,760 in other types of monitoring/treatment. Up from the 211,076 reported yesterday.

 

--The 17,926 COVID patients listed as released and recovered is again substantially exceeded by the day's number of 20,920 new cases.

 

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

Does the number 4009 represent people who tested positive via rapid Antigen tests?

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 hour ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office has just announced they have 1,312 new cases and 7 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (276), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (207), and Si Racha (374). 15,759 patients are now in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1423074197400477700

Cases up a third in a few days.

[drenddy]

Thailand reports another daily high of recovered patients...Boring?

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, drenddy said:

Thailand reports another daily high of recovered patients...Boring?

Also untrue

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

Far too many of the vaccines that have been administered so far have gone to people who have been cherry picked or have had strings pulled from them by people of influence.

The elderly and sick are missing out time and time again.

Do you have any hard data to back up this statement? I personally know several "at risk" elderly expats who received their first AZ jab already...and Bangkok Pattaya Hospital is calling high risk individuals for vaccines they have in their records.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter

[dinsdale]

4 minutes ago, drenddy said:

Thailand reports another daily high of recovered patients...Boring?

As I previously posted I believe these are not recovered but released from hostital care i.e. home isolation or community isolation. They are not recovered.

[Bkk Brian]

Not sure if this vaccination link has been shared before but no harm posting again if it has as its for all area's of Thailand for foreigners:

 

Foreigners living in #Thailand can now register for a vaccination appointment. This is for anyone no matter where they live but priority will be given to people aged 60+ or with underlying conditions https://expatvac.consular.go.th/ The only condition is that this must be your first shot.

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1422931564325859337

 

[smedly]

26 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

It's difficult. Sometimes it's not a solution but best alternative.

For me, we see the median # of new cases is often ~ 67.

That of course means that half of new cases are 67+.

The focus moving forward should be vaccination of 60+ and of course front line workers.

The Phuket joke is a slap in the face to the rest of Thailand. Just shows lack of understanding.

Recently there seems to be push to vaccinate 60+. Hopefully that can continue.

BTW I'm not suggesting it's a solution however at least it's a strategy.

Naturally we need to buy time with continued lockdown and more importantly control of inter province travel. 

so you are basically saying vaccination should be No1 priority - that's something new lol

 

and in the meantime lockdown to contain until sufficient numbers are vacinated - another strategic revelation lol

 

genius 

[Olmate]

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

As I previously posted I believe these are not recovered but released from hostital care i.e. home isolation or community isolation. They are not recovered.

Rubbish. Anything other than. 'I believe'

[Callmeishmael]

I seem to recall some Govt. figure stating, about a month ago, that we might reach 10,000 cases per day before the end of the year...  ????

 

Living in Bangkok, C19 seemed like something that was happening to other people, elsewhere in the world, or to Burmese workers in Samut Sakhon.  Now I personally know half a dozen people who have or had Covid and my wife knows another half dozen, one of whom has died.

 

It's getting real and it's just going to get worse.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

With more than 20,000 new COVID cases daily now, the current growth of cases is far exceeding the government's own worst-case projections of just several weeks ago.

 

Their worst case scenario was about 32,000 new cases per day by the end of October, and the current trend line would well exceed that if the current rate of case growth continues.

 

I added the red line below to show the current case levels of 20,000 per day in early August.

 

Around July 19, when the government released this projection, the daily case count was around 11,784, as shown by the purple shading in the lower section of the graphic.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/368286208123043/?type=3

 

 

[Phoenix Rising]

23 minutes ago, Olmate said:

What makes you think Pattaya reports are inaccurate.. im about most days seems people are very observant of precautions and daily reporting very informative.

Judging by what me and (more importantly) my wife are being told when talking to locals the numbers is highly inaccurate. Most people we talk to know/know of several people sick from Covid and riding it out at home so extrapolating from that the figure should be much higher.

[dinsdale]

Just now, Olmate said:

Rubbish. Anything other than. 'I believe'

People are being released from hospital into home isolation or community isolation. Asymtomatic or mildly symptomatic the so-called green patients. We know this to be fact. If they are recovered why would they have to isolate? 

[DrJack54]

12 minutes ago, smedly said:

so you are basically saying vaccination should be No1 priority - that's something new lol

 

and in the meantime lockdown to contain until sufficient numbers are vacinated - another strategic revelation lol

 

genius 

Think your missing the point. 

 

I'm saying that vaccination of 60+ group should be #1 priority with a bullet. Yes some recent noise re appointments for that group. It's also a mindset thing. You don't try and vaccinate 70% of Phuket all ages as a sideshow.

 

Lockdown with emphasis on inter province travel restrictions. 

Which also has not been done. Travel is free and easy so to speak. 

 

Don't even dream this is a lockdown. 

It's a set of basic restrictions.

Edited August 5, 2021 by DrJack54

[utalkin2me]

The trend is an indication of the virus pattern and seriousness of the initial wave. 
 

It is not a condemnation of the policies. 
 

I just prey that at some point the <deleted> is going to hit the fan hard enough that they’ll say, ok, <deleted> it, open it all up. There’s no other solution, you have to afford people the right to make a living… most of you here are retired on pensions so you have no clue, you get no vote on the matter. 

[utalkin2me]

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Think your missing the point. 

 

I'm saying that vaccination of 60+ group should be #1 priority with a bullet. Yes some recent noise re appointments for that group. It's also a mindset thing. You don't try and vaccinate 70% of Phuket all ages as a sideshow.

 

Lockdown with emphasis on inter province travel restrictions. 

Which also had not been done. Travel is free and easy so to speak. 

 

Don't even dream this is a lockdown. 

It's a set of basic restrictions.

Your first point is reasonable. The rest of it you fail. 
 

How many of you have even asked yourselves, because I don’t see it if you do, “what if I was working, had three kids to feed, and my wife and I lost our jobs due to covid”. 
 

This seriously does not eve on dawn on a single person in here. Quite amazing. 

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

The trend is an indication of the virus pattern and seriousness of the initial wave. 
 

It is not a condemnation of the policies. 
 

I just prey that at some point the <deleted> is going to hit the fan hard enough that they’ll say, ok, <deleted> it, open it all up. There’s no other solution, you have to afford people the right to make a living… most of you here are retired on pensions so you have no clue, you get no vote on the matter. 

Fortunately you get no vote either..............and its obvious from your post you are the one with no clue.

[dinsdale]

15 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

The trend is an indication of the virus pattern and seriousness of the initial wave. 
 

It is not a condemnation of the policies. 
 

I just prey that at some point the <deleted> is going to hit the fan hard enough that they’ll say, ok, <deleted> it, open it all up. There’s no other solution, you have to afford people the right to make a living… most of you here are retired on pensions so you have no clue, you get no vote on the matter. 

Assumes most on here are pensioners and that if you are you have no clue. Brilliant. 

Edited August 5, 2021 by onthedarkside
flame comment removed

[anchadian]

WHO calls for halting COVID-19 vaccine boosters in favor of unvaccinated

 

Aug 4 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is calling for a halt on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September, its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, as the gap between vaccinations in wealthy and poor countries widens.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-calls-moratorium-covid-19-vaccine-booster-doses-until-september-end-2021-08-04/

[DrJack54]

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

People are being released from hospital into home isolation or community isolation. Asymtomatic or mildly symptomatic the so-called green patients. We know this to be fact. If they are recovered why would they have to isolate? 

Only one case but here it is.

Thai friend 50 feeling ill almost couple weeks back. Gets test private hospital.

Positive. Symptoms mild.

Tries to get into hospital.

Told to isolate at home. 

Checks into a hotel as has wife +couple kids.

Few days later admitted to hospital when bed available. (Had bleeding nose however possibly unrelated).

In hospital had chest x ray. (BTW very heavy smoker) and presented mild symptoms. Fever, bad cough. Then showed improvement.

Just yesterday released and told to isolate at home for next 14 days.

??

[anchadian]

The government, the Office of Insurance Commission and insurance companies have together provided 250,120 insurance policies to medical staff working closely with Covid-19 patients

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the government is deeply concerned over medical staff nationwide who risk getting infected as they treat Covid-19 patients.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004235

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

51 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Does the number 4009 represent people who tested positive via rapid Antigen tests?

 

That looks to be the case -- another new category of info that they'll be reporting daily. ATK=Antigen Test Kits.

 

[Olmate]

15 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

People are being released from hospital into home isolation or community isolation. Asymtomatic or mildly symptomatic the so-called green patients. We know this to be fact. If they are recovered why would they have to isolate? 

Exactly.. They are notincluded in the 'released'totals.

[Bkk Brian]

A warning from WHO that the delta will mutate more if its allowed to continue.

 

"What we do know is that public health and social measures do work against the Delta variant. It's important that we do everything we can to drive transmission down, because the virus will continue to evolve the more we allow it to spread."

 

https://twitter.com/WHOThailand/status/1423088277486137345

 

[Olmate]

28 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Judging by what me and (more importantly) my wife are being told when talking to locals the numbers is highly inaccurate. Most people we talk to know/know of several people sick from Covid and riding it out at home so extrapolating from that the figure should be much higher.

The  official numbers cant be expected to include untested people at home surely.

[Olmate]

15 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Only one case but here it is.

Thai friend 50 feeling ill almost couple weeks back. Gets test private hospital.

Positive. Symptoms mild.

Tries to get into hospital.

Told to isolate at home. 

Checks into a hotel as has wife +couple kids.

Few days later admitted to hospital when bed available. (Had bleeding nose however possibly unrelated).

In hospital had chest x ray. (BTW very heavy smoker) and presented mild symptoms. Fever, bad cough. Then showed improvement.

Just yesterday released and told to isolate at home for next 14 days.

??

Point is are such cases still in care of hospital. Did.he receive clearance/disharge? 

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Only way to tell is when the daily numbers are released and looking back at those figures they definitely have not made it into todays total.

I was also wondering if the 14 Squaddies that were helping out a Mangosteen Trader and caught Covid have also been included.

Apparently they were assigned to help this Trader because the guy couldnt get enough Labour.

Working these Soldiers in the Hospitals. Morgues and testing people would be more appropriate.

Another disgraceful waste of resources for financial gain.

[anchadian]

Why Phuket's 'Sandbox' pilot project matters to other islands in Asia

 

Before the pandemic, the picturesque Thai island -- known for its sun-soaked beaches, diverse dining scene and colorful nightlife -- was ranked the 15th most-visited place in the world by UK-based market research company Euromonitor International

 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/thailand-phuket-sandbox-model-asia-cmd/index.html

[anchadian]

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 5 (TNA) – Rescue volunteers urged the government to solve the problem of widespread substandard oximeters which they said harmed users.

 

The Thai News Agency learned from rescue volunteers supplying oxygen generators and cylinders to the houses of severe COVID-19 patients that substandard oximeters affected the rescuers’ assessment of patients’ conditions and oxygen assistance for patients in need could be dangerously delayed.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-752570

 

[worrab]

37 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

Your first point is reasonable. The rest of it you fail. 
 

How many of you have even asked yourselves, because I don’t see it if you do, “what if I was working, had three kids to feed, and my wife and I lost our jobs due to covid”. 
 

This seriously does not eve on dawn on a single person in here. Quite amazing. 

How about if the breadwinners are seriously affected by covid and hospitalised or die??

I think virtually everybody knows what a full lockdown entails. But hospitals need time to recover and deal with the cases they have now! They are at breaking point!

The government needs to stop pissing about and deal with the financial implications of this virus instead of burying their heads in the sand and whistling through their a***s! Some are very noticeable by the deafening silence there is at the moment!