The Pattaya Mayor, Sonthaya Khunplume, revealed the results today after ten days of proactive Covid-19 community testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits (ATK).

 

The proactive testing was not for “walk-ins” but was for open community testing targeting high-risk communities and places in the general population in Pattaya. Chonburi regularly conducts close to 2,000 tests a day but most of these are targeted around close contacts of previous cases and workplaces, migrant worker communities, factories, and similar establishments where previous clusters have taken place.

 

This week of testing was geared around the “general population” although primarily those still considered as at-risk, such as those who work with the general public on a regular basis.

 

A total of 5,196 rapid-antigen tests were conducted. Of that, 192 positive cases were found, roughly 3.7%.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/21/pattaya-mayor-reveals-results-of-10-day-proactive-covid-19-community-testing-in-pattaya/

 

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Note the last line in the article.  "This (test) is primarily designed for those without symptoms".  Gotta love it - TIT.

 

 

 

it is too bad that more of this community testing isn't done.  knowing the positivity rate in a community seems like very relevant information.  instead, the positivity rate info we get is heavily populated with people who felt sick and sought out a test so the rate is way overstated.

7 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

A total of 5,196 rapid-antigen tests were conducted

So they didn't look too hard.