COVID-19: Thailand reports 21,157 new coronavirus cases

[DrJack54]

2 minutes ago, Harry Black said:

I'm sure we can trust the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to be telling us the truth!!!!

By implication sounds like you would trust the figures from the Regime of Thailand! 

Truthful? Very doubtful.

[Harry Black]

1 minute ago, DrJack54 said:

By implication sounds like you would trust the figures from the Regime of Thailand! 

Truthful? Very doubtful.

Certainly not, they are on a par in my eyes. 

[Macrohistory]

30 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

I was just told by a friend who works factory that she is going to quarantine for 2 weeks. She was given some pills even though she has no symptoms. She had a negative Antigen test on the 13th, and is scheduled for follow up on the 19th.

I suspect that these pills are not FDA approved as a Covid prophylactic.

Andrographis, I believe.  I looked it up on PubMed a few weeks ago.  It does have some antiviral properties.

 

[Danderman123]

9 minutes ago, Harry Black said:

I'm sure we can trust the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to be telling us the truth!!!!

Vietnam is deadly serious about Covid.

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, Harry Black said:

Certainly not, they are on a par in my eyes. 

Unfortunately, I would believe Vietnam numbers as they truly have been serious in regards to closures, lockdowns and vaccines. Have a few friends who live there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+vaccine+vietnam+statistics&client=ms-android-verizon&sxsrf=ALeKk00AfKfe289NY5cWTWKXO11Ply3Uzw%3A1629081580780&ei=7M8ZYZzaLsKD4-EPqvuGsAw&oq=Coronavirus+vaccine+Vietnam+statistics&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIFCAAQgAQyCAgAEIYDEIsDUABYAGDEoghoAHAAeACAAcUBiAHFAZIBAzAuMZgBALgBAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#sbfbu=1&pi=coronavirus vaccine vietnam statistics

Edited August 16, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[brewsterbudgen]

16 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Vietnam is deadly serious about Covid.

Why is their severe lockdown not being effective?

Edited August 16, 2021 by brewsterbudgen

[Pravda]

So half of tested have covid?

[Guderian]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The news comes as he Chinese Embassy in Bangkok said, in its Facebook post, that another three million doses of Sinovac inactivated virus vaccine, in two batches, arrived in Bangkok, adding “Chinese and Thais are brothers and sisters, fight on Thailand.”

We've already got Dutch courage and now we have Chinese generosity! They're vaccinating their own people at a rate of 12 million doses a day, so 3 million is just a drop in the proverbial. And Sinovac? You couldn't even give it away in most Western countries, yet Thailand is like a puppy dog falling over itself with joy for a scrap tossed to it by its master.

[Danderman123]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/seychelles/

 

it wasn’t long ago that Seychelles was listed as a basket case for Covid, despite vaccination with Sinovac. Now it looks like Sinovac is effective.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

19 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Why is their severe lockdown not being effective?

Daily infections have leveled off last couple of weeks so perhaps it is being very effective. Hopefully they will start to see that downtrend very soon.

[jacko45k]

5 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/seychelles/

 

it wasn’t long ago that Seychelles was listed as a basket case for Covid, despite vaccination with Sinovac. Now it looks like Sinovac is effective.

 

 

As the country is still faced with continuing community transmission and to reduce the risk of resurgence especially over the long weekend with the public holiday on Sunday 15th August for Assumption Day, the public is being reminded that mixing between households is prohibited  and subject to penalty.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, Scrotobike said:

What is phensic?

for the constant headache I have reading these covid topics

 

 

It's an old painkiller from the 60/70's

[drenddy]

22 minutes ago, Pravda said:

So half of tested have covid?

 It seems so, comrad.

[Taboo2]

1 hour ago, Scrotobike said:

I have lost the plot on how many new cases of covid there are.

I just know it is "going viral" out there

I have my own regime - shopping at Tesco/Lotus at 08-00, and get my sons milk every 4 days from 7/11 (and my wife tea from Amazon) - otherwise we avoid going out

 

Might sound severe but I am not young and I have a long term health problems which lowers my immune system - with no vaccine on the horizon - I have to do what I can to protect my family and myself.

 

Sad times in Thailand

Please ventilate your house as often...it is recommended to lower the risk of Covid.

[Taboo2]

10 minutes ago, smedly said:

for the constant headache I have reading these covid topics

 

 

It's an old painkiller from the 60/70's

Yes, we took that pain killer in Belize in the 60's and 70's.

[RotBenz8888]

19 minutes ago, smedly said:

for the constant headache I have reading these covid topics

 

 

It's an old painkiller from the 60/70's

Add a Pervitin, in order to stay awake. 

[Bkk Brian]

The official 49 new cases in Phuket today do not include the additional 78 new positive cases from rapid tests also for today. 

Edited August 16, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[pkspeaker]

any annoucement on restrictions today? on friday they said they would re-evaluate today?  initially it was slated for the 18th..

[Harry Black]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Unfortunately, I would believe Vietnam numbers as they truly have been serious in regards to closures, lockdowns and vaccines. Have a few friends who live there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+vaccine+vietnam+statistics&client=ms-android-verizon&sxsrf=ALeKk00AfKfe289NY5cWTWKXO11Ply3Uzw%3A1629081580780&ei=7M8ZYZzaLsKD4-EPqvuGsAw&oq=Coronavirus+vaccine+Vietnam+statistics&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIFCAAQgAQyCAgAEIYDEIsDUABYAGDEoghoAHAAeACAAcUBiAHFAZIBAzAuMZgBALgBAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#sbfbu=1&pi=coronavirus vaccine vietnam statistics

I  cover Vietnam as part of my regional portfolio, our health team says different hence the reason I raised it.

[sungod]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

337 deaths in Vietnam with a lockdown!

9 deaths in Laos with minimal/no lockdown!

[anchadian]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 1,223 new cases today and 9 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (219), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (223), and Si Racha (458). There are now 20,850 patients in care

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1427057155878711298

 

Further details:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/16/chonburi-reports-1223-new-covid-19-cases-with-9-deaths/

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Last weekend, the "fall back" numbers of reduced weekend case reporting were in the mid-high 19,000s (on Sun. and Mon. Aug. 8-9).

 

Then during the week we peaked at a pandemic record high of 23,418 on Fri., Aug. 13.

 

This weekend, the "fall back" numbers of reduced weekend reporting were in the 21,000s (21,882 on Sun. and 21,157 on Mon. Aug. 15-16).

 

We haven't had a day under 21,000 since Tues., Aug. 10.  The march continues...

 

Also, today's report of 5,626 COVID patients hospitalized in serious/critical condition set another record high, the fifth consecutive day of record highs in that tally.

 

Month Comparison:

 

July 16 -- 9,692 cases, 67 deaths, 3,367 in serious/critical condition

Aug. 16 -- 21,157 cases, 182 deaths, 5,626 in serious/critical condition

Edited August 16, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[anchadian]

Where have all the vaccines gone, long time passing?

 

Thammasat Hospital Faces COVID Vaccine Shortage

 

PATHUM THANI, Aug 16 (TNA) – The field hospital of Thammasat University will use up all its stock of COVID-19 vaccine doses on Aug 17, according to its director.

 

Assoc Prof Dr Chatchai Mingmalairak, director of the field hospital of Thammasat University, said the field hospital did not receive another lot of AstraZeneca vaccine doses on Aug 14 as scheduled and thus had to borrow 5,000 doses from Vajira Hospital for administration with vulnerable groups of people. The 5,000 doses would be enough for use until Aug 17.

 

Normally the field hospital received the vaccine from the Department of Disease Control through authorities of the Pathum Thani province and daily inoculated about 2,500 people against COVID-19. If the delayed delivery of the vaccine continued, the field hospital would have to postpone the vaccination, Assoc Prof Dr Chatchai said.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-759109

 

Missed it.  Already in the main news section.

 

 

Edited August 16, 2021 by anchadian

[drenddy]

10 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

Month Comparison:

 

July 16 -- 9,692 cases, 67 deaths, 3,367 in serious/critical condition

Aug. 16 -- 21,157 cases, 182 deaths, 5,626 in serious/critical condition

  It means....Aug 2025 7651718990 cases, 87642974 deaths ?

[anchadian]

Inquiry ordered into rumours of non-target groups getting Pfizer vaccine in Surin

 

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has asked local health agencies to check if people not in the government’s target group had been inoculated with the Pfizer vaccines distributed in Surin province.

 

The US government has donated 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to Thailand, and the vaccine has already been distributed to all areas of the country, for vaccinating people in target groups, such as frontline medics, elders and pregnant women, some foreigners and those needing to leave the country.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004715

[Danderman123]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

As the country is still faced with continuing community transmission and to reduce the risk of resurgence especially over the long weekend with the public holiday on Sunday 15th August for Assumption Day, the public is being reminded that mixing between households is prohibited  and subject to penalty.

Most countries with infections impose restrictions.

 

my point was that not too long ago, Seychelles was an example of vaccination failure, but now it looks like Sinovac was fairly effective in reducing infections.

 

 

Do you disagree?

[Danderman123]

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Last weekend, the "fall back" numbers of reduced weekend case reporting were in the mid-high 19,000s (on Sun. and Mon. Aug. 8-9).

 

Then during the week we peaked at a pandemic record high of 23,418 on Fri., Aug. 13.

 

This weekend, the "fall back" numbers of reduced weekend reporting were in the 21,000s (21,882 on Sun. and 21,157 on Mon. Aug. 15-16).

 

We haven't had a day under 21,000 since Tues., Aug. 10.  The march continues...

 

Also, today's report of 5,626 COVID patients hospitalized in serious/critical condition set another record high, the fifth consecutive day of record highs in that tally.

 

Month Comparison:

 

July 16 -- 9,692 cases, 67 deaths, 3,367 in serious/critical condition

Aug. 16 -- 21,157 cases, 182 deaths, 5,626 in serious/critical condition

You have detected a pattern in the number of new cases, it looks like numbers stabilize or drop around weekends, but tend to spike as the week progresses. Almost as if the lower numbers were an artifact ™️ of something about weekends. I am guessing that the labs are understaffed on weekends, and catch up during the week, but it could be something else.

[anchadian]

ha ha 

 

GPO procuring 8.5 million antigen test kits this month

 

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is going ahead with the procurement of 8.5 million sets of antigen test kits (ATKs) to ensure they will be delivered by August-end, while assuring of transparency in the bidding process.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004716

[Marvin Hagler]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Unfortunately, I would believe Vietnam numbers as they truly have been serious in regards to closures, lockdowns and vaccines. Have a few friends who live there.

https://www.google.com/search?q=coronavirus+vaccine+vietnam+statistics&client=ms-android-verizon&sxsrf=ALeKk00AfKfe289NY5cWTWKXO11Ply3Uzw%3A1629081580780&ei=7M8ZYZzaLsKD4-EPqvuGsAw&oq=Coronavirus+vaccine+Vietnam+statistics&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAEYADIFCAAQgAQyCAgAEIYDEIsDUABYAGDEoghoAHAAeACAAcUBiAHFAZIBAzAuMZgBALgBAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#sbfbu=1&pi=coronavirus vaccine vietnam statistics

Agreed…Vietnam don’t have any reason to lie…they are not reliant on tourism and they are firmly entrenched with broad public support.

 

Thailand on the other hand…

[lks7689]

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

The " Jone " capsules are what is called Green Chireeta, the Herbal medicine.

This has only been " tested " in Chang Mai nick where 3000 Prisoners were said to be " recovered " after taking this 

Cant read Chinese so dont know about the other2 

FDA approved ? I doubt it.

The other is a chinese TCM formula used to treat covid symptoms. Supposedly aids in recovery but doesn't prevent severe onset of covid. Tons of those sold in China and exported to friendly countries.