Thai Government May Ease Some COVID-19 Restrictions Next Month

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said some COVID-19 restrictions may be eased next month, if the current lockdown measures prove to be effective in slowing the rate of infections.

 

He said on his Facebook Page that, despite daily new cases still being more than 20,000, there are positive signs that the infection rate is slowing. On several days recently, the number of patients who recovered exceeded the number of new infections.

 

Gen Prayut said, as a result, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) medical team agreed that everyone should increase precautions, by following "universal prevention’’ guidelines against COVID-19, regardless of whether they are in at-risk groups or are already vaccinated, adding that a more efficient lockdown will help reduce new cases and COVID-19 deaths.

 

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[Turkleton]

Thai Government May ....

Ok, thank you.

Next.

Edited August 19, 2021 by Turkleton

[Crossy]

4 minutes ago, Turkleton said:

Thai Government May ....

 

Or may not ....

[BestB]

So if number of recovered exceeds number of testing positive it means restrictions are working? Even though ones testing positive are an insane 20000 per day. 
 

Not picking on him but trying to understand the logic 

[steven100]

Thank you Khun Prayut Chan O Cha,     let's seriously hope restaurants are allowed to let customers in to sit down to eat and drink. 

I'm starving .....  

[smedly]

21 minutes ago, BestB said:

Not picking on him but trying to understand the logic 

His logic is not logical - it is desperation and careless wishful thinking trying to save face 

[ThailandRyan]

“If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas”, yet If, and when may never come.....

[HappyExpat57]

Didn't some important official recently predict cases heading up towards 45,000 per day?

 

Cases go up, restrictions go down. What could possibly go wrong?

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Didn't some important official recently predict cases heading up towards 45,000 per day?

 

Cases go up, restrictions go down. What could possibly go wrong?

Exactly, "It's all under control", "it will be over in a few weeks", "It will be what it will be", "Risks must be taken", "There is no going back"......So what could go wrong?  Well...........your guess is as good as mine, and disaster looms is what I see...

[brewsterbudgen]

Here's hoping. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Nothing will prevent the worsening economic disaster though and it will be difficult to entice any visitors back when there are violent protests on the streets.

[HappyExpat57]

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Exactly, "It's all under control", "it will be over in a few weeks", "It will be what it will be", "Risks must be taken", "There is no going back"......So what could go wrong?  Well...........your guess is as good as mine, and disaster looms is what I see...

I've been here almost 16 years and have grown numb to most of their shenanigans, but dammit this is costing lives and extending the time we're having to live in misery.

[neillyweilly]

Which restrictionssssssss?

[djayz]

Yawn...

[lujanit]

Ah, we have to open by October 1 so we should start to loosen restrictions soon.  We have manipulated the numbers of positive cases in our favour.  So forward my brothers and sisters.  Let us show the world how you really control a pandemic.

 

Resign now you pathetic creep, surely have your overseas bank account filled with enough corrupt money to last you until you are dead.

[RichardColeman]

7 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Nothing will prevent the worsening economic disaster though and it will be difficult to entice any visitors back when there are violent protests on the streets.

Personally I think the people of Thailand would rather risk death from the disease than the loss of jobs, homes, businesses , incomes, schooling and their entire lifestyles. I know I would.

 

How can you sell lockdowns when say 50,000 people have died in car accidents as opposed to 8,000 from covid in 2 years ? 

 

Whole world needs to man up and get on with life now. World should set a date and say from this date we just get on with it

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, lujanit said:

Ah, we have to open by October 1 so we should start to loosen restrictions soon.  We have manipulated the numbers of positive cases in our favour.  So forward my brothers and sisters.  Let us show the world how you really control a pandemic.

 

Resign now you pathetic creep, surely have your overseas bank account filled with enough corrupt money to last you until you are dead.

Same as it ever was. 

Yet, there seems to be something much more creepy looming. 

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said some COVID-19 restrictions may be eased next month, if the current lockdown measures prove to be effective in slowing the rate of infections.

Just another prediction... wait and see.

[ronster]

So he will wait and see if the protesters get worse or go away for a while . Then if they start rallying again in large numbers you can bet he will scream covid outbreak and lockdown !! ????

[jacko45k]

Well they seem to be scheduling second Covid jabs in Pattaya's Central Festival Beach Road well into next month, so I wasn't expecting the Malls to have reopened. 

[thailand49]

I hope the guy is right on this one because he hasn't even been close once yet!  ????

[statman78]

The current situation of seeing 20,000+ cases per day will not go away soon.  More people need to be vaccinated in order to reduce this number.  The choice is to either continue with the current lockdowns for at least several more months at a minimum or start to open up so people can start to earn a living again.  I’m for opening up before more businesses are permanently closed and more people lose all hope.  A woman my wife went to high school with used to have a very successful tourism business.  After a year of little or no income she was starting to come back but then this third wave hit her hard. She lost all hope and recently took her own life.

[Khun Yogi]

All the useless PM is doing is trying to get peoples hopes up backed up with no concrete evidence. We are all sick and tired of his, CCSA, Anutin and TAT's <deleted> statements regarding the pandemic/tourism. A day after Sputnik 5 vaccine was approved for Russian tourists, TAT today say they expect 500,000 Russians this year. Where did this come from.???? Been no Russians here for 3-4 years. ????????

[Falcon]

Chan o cha is a moron. Everything he says and does is complete bs and only designed to line his pockets and inflate his already huge bank account even more. He, just like many in the government, don’t care about the country or it’s people, he cares only about the almighty $. This 20,000+ per day is just the tip of the iceberg as it doesn’t count the ‘possibles’ or any numbers that increased testing would bring. The recoveries are larger simply because they are sending people home with medication as they don’t have enough facilities to house them. This idiot should just retire while his Alzheimer’s is still fresh…….

[Ddbanksy]

1 hour ago, ronster said:

So he will wait and see if the protesters get worse or go away for a while . Then if they start rallying again in large numbers you can bet he will scream covid outbreak and lockdown !! ????

No,you forgot the 2K thb per child "softener" will quell the rallies,that's until it's spent 555

[Robs5ct]

lol .. if things working we change them ...

[timmyp]

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Personally I think the people of Thailand would rather risk death from the disease than the loss of jobs, homes, businesses , incomes, schooling and their entire lifestyles. I know I would.

 

How can you sell lockdowns when say 50,000 people have died in car accidents as opposed to 8,000 from covid in 2 years ? 

 

Whole world needs to man up and get on with life now. World should set a date and say from this date we just get on with it

I totally agree with everything that you said, except for the people of Thailand wanting to risk the disease. The smart ones want to risk it, and the ones whose desperation has exceeded their fears.  But for so many, paranoia has set in really strongly here. They really believe that they will likely die if they catch covid.

 

I hope more Thai people demand for the lockdown to end. I live in Bangkok, and my building is surrounded on every side by a business that went bankrupt. A couple of months ago, a guy who lives upstairs jumped to his death. He left a note about not wanting to take handouts anymore after his restaurant failed. He jumped from the 5th floor into the parking lot... man, I would have picked another way...

 

Anyway, I am thinking about converting to a religion because I am financially secure and economically protected from this nightmare. I hope RichardColeman's assumption that most of the people want the lockdown to end is true or comes true pronto. The tragedy to these lockdowns is absolutely insane

[PETERTHEEATER]

20 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Or may not ....

Translation error. He means May 2022 ????

[garygooner]

Fully vaccinate all the vulnerable, and then start loosening restrictions. Continue to vaccinate 500,000+ people a day. Continue to be sensible regards masks, no large gatherings & hand washing.

3 million +  unemployed!! This creates more unhealthy bodies & minds. 

This number should be talked about more!!! 

 

[skorp13]

The daily reported are nothing more than a reason to tighten measures and lock people down. They are in no way indicative of any real number of infected people. I just had one friend change provinces and had to do ALQ in a high school gym inside a tent with 10 others using the same toilets and showers. no one was tested. This is all just a crock