Next Fortnight Crucial in Decision to Ease More of Thailand’s COVID-19 Restrictions

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) sees the next two weeks as crucial in any decision over whether to ease more restrictions on businesses and other activities.

 

By Subhabhong Rarueysong

 

According to an adviser to the CCSA, Dr. Udom Kachintorn, the CCSA should not lift many restrictions, if any, on September 15th, to make sure the situation remains under control.

 

He said the fall to 15,000 in daily new cases seen recently is a result of the lockdown imposed since July 20th and mass vaccinations. The lockdown easing on September 1st has flattened the downward trend and cases will begin to rise, so the government must rely on the public’s precautions and universal prevention measures.

 

Dr. Udom said state agencies and the private sector must conduct random antigen tests every week. A good proportion of people having had two shots of vaccine is not guaranteed to bring infection rates down, as has been seen in America and European countries.

 

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[DrJack54]

So what's that mean. Curfew remain 9pm and no bars allowed open along with 'encouragement of tourists' to holiday Oct 1. 

Brilliant business plan. 

Edited September 13, 2021 by DrJack54

[ezzra]

It seems that with these idea they want to grab the stick at both ends, bring in millions of tourists and at the same time keep all those touristy places closed of severely curtails their business from opening up fully, i'd like to see how they going to mange that...

[Henryford]

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

So what's that mean. Curfew remain 9pm and no bars allowed open along with 'encouragement of tourists' to holiday Oct 1. 

Brilliant business plan. 

And prison and deportation if you have a birthday party.

[DrJack54]

14 minutes ago, Henryford said:

And prison and deportation if you have a birthday party.

Can't deport me. I'm Australian and my country won't let me back in. 

[Shuya]

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Can't deport me. I'm Australian and my country won't let me back in. 

You can enjoy an extended stay in the basement of Suvarnabhumi Airport... At your expense 

[Mac Mickmanus]

So if cases fall and they then decide to open things up again . Cases would surge again and they would have to go back to restrictions . 

   Isnt that a foregone conclusion or am I missing some information ?

[david555]

50 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

So what's that mean. Curfew remain 9pm and no bars allowed open along with 'encouragement of tourists' to holiday Oct 1. 

Brilliant business plan. 

curfew remains .... so my good sleeping is guaranteed , so not much traffic on my 4 lanes road at night ...Good ! ????

Edited September 13, 2021 by david555

[James105]

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He said the fall to 15,000 in daily new cases seen recently is a result of the lockdown imposed since July 20th

Lockdown imposed since 20th July?  Did I just imagine the 3 months prior to that where lockdowns didn't work?   Did the Ministry of Freedom change the previous lockdown so that bars were indeed open from Apr to July and I missed the announcement that revised this bit of history?  

[crazykopite]

Is he sure that it’s not due to less testing that the numbers have fallen the deaths still remain high which puzzles me if the number of cases have dropped 

[IamNoone88]

Currently the hospitals are at capacity because they are full of both sick and A-symptomatic people.

 

If restrictions are lifted and A-symptomatic people quarantine at home, as they do in the UK, the hospitals will replace those A-symptomatic cases with more sick people in the short term - but at least the economy will start to run.

 

So its a choice - (i) hospitals filled with sick and healthy people and no economy (ii) Hospitals filled with just sick people and a functioning economy.

 

We have to live with this gift from China, the gift that keeps taking livelihoods, so open up the economy.

[skorp13]

What a crock! Lockdowns haven't helped and never do, numbers always continue to rise during lockdowns, and the numbers have shown that. Also lockdowns are only at night and little inter provincial travel where even in quarantine they are not testing, so they aren't responsible for anything other than the economic fallout. The variant struck and is now resending, nothing to do with what the government or the CCSA did.

 

Secondly Thailand has yet to achieve mass vaccinations and we all know you can still get the virus when vaccinated, it just protects you against possibly becoming seriously ill so there is another false statement by the media.

 

When will all msm streams stop lying to the public???

[cclub75]

And do not forget... all the schools closed since mid may !

 

It's obviousthat it had a great impact on the number of "cases" too... ????

 

Still not a (clear) word on the reopening... Perhaps november 1 ?

 

Is there a goal post ? A target ? No Covid cases ? National or per province ?

 

So many important questions... and still it's like nobody has a clue.

Edited September 13, 2021 by cclub75

[DrJack54]

56 minutes ago, david555 said:

curfew remains .... so my good sleeping is guaranteed , so not much traffic on my 4 lanes road at night ...Good ! ????

For future choice of abode perhaps consider quiet Soi.

 

Personally I would prefer to see busy streets if it meant business and employment opens up.

[Strongheart]

Just "another two weeks"???

Didn't this whole charade start 18 months ago with:"Two weeks lockdown to flatten the curve"?

Those who still believe that this theater is about a virus, better prepare yourself to get vaccinated to your bitter end.

[AMFWolfie]

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

So if cases fall and they then decide to open things up again . Cases would surge again and they would have to go back to restrictions . 

   Isnt that a foregone conclusion or am I missing some information ?

No the only information you are missing is the country is run by morons who are to short sighted and/or stubborn to listen to people/countries that have already been through this and no better.... such a loss of face to remain closed and locked down...

[david555]

11 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

For future choice of abode perhaps consider quiet Soi.

 

Personally I would prefer to see busy streets if it meant business and employment opens up.

"Personally I would prefer to see busy streets if it meant business and employment opens up"

 

 

agreed , but not the whole night , " the city who never slept" , learned some sleep is needed...????

 

O.K. let me be lenient ???? ...... curfew from only midnight to 4 ????

[BestB]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr. Udom said state agencies and the private sector must conduct random antigen tests every week. A good proportion of people having had two shots of vaccine is not guaranteed to bring infection rates down,

No, but it guarantees NOT to be a burden on healthcare system, is it not what vaccinations all about?

To eliminate death and critically ill, otherwise how does good Dr propose Thailand or the rest of the world get on with life? Covid is not going anywhere and here to stay, vaccinations ensures people do not die and do not end up critically ill, but recover with minimal or no medical help.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

According to an adviser to the CCSA, Dr. Udom Kachintorn, the CCSA should not lift many restrictions, if any, on September 15th, to make sure the situation remains under control.

Considering the huge cover-up going on down in Phuket I'd say that's a good decision.

Edited September 13, 2021 by hotchilli

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

It seems that with these idea they want to grab the stick at both ends, bring in millions of tourists and at the same time keep all those touristy places closed of severely curtails their business from opening up fully, i'd like to see how they going to mange that...

Looking at Phuket they can't control the local population, looks like the cover-ups are starting to fall away and show the real problem.

International tourists are not the problem, the lack of internal vaccinations and infected persons still at large is.

[Whale]

1 hour ago, crazykopite said:

Is he sure that it’s not due to less testing that the numbers have fallen the deaths still remain high which puzzles me if the number of cases have dropped 

Death numbers are proportional to infection cases (generally) but lag 2 to 3 weeks. Those that will die do so after a period in hospital usually. 

[mickyr55]

38 minutes ago, BestB said:

No, but it guarantees NOT to be a burden on healthcare system, is it not what vaccinations all about?

To eliminate death and critically ill, otherwise how does good Dr propose Thailand or the rest of the world get on with life? Covid is not going anywhere and here to stay, vaccinations ensures people do not die and do not end up critically ill, but recover with minimal or no medical help.

Plus each time you recover your bodies defences are so much stronger so this is what ultimately will defeat Covid as the natural immunity will render it harmless, then it will be up to some amazingly stupid scientist to come up with something else. ????????

[Tropicalevo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He said the fall to 15,000 in daily new cases seen recently

Fudged figures again

12,583 'recognised' cases

6,436 ATK positives. (These are never added into the figures.)

Total - 19,019 probable cases

 

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

Edited September 13, 2021 by Tropicalevo

[apetryxx]

When oh when will those in this government learn that we just have to live with this virus? If one is vaccinated the morbidity and serious complications drop dramatically. Constant publication of infection numbers just scares the uninformed and serves no purpose. 

[metisdead]

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[smedly]

19 minutes ago, mickyr55 said:

Plus each time you recover your bodies defences are so much stronger so this is what ultimately will defeat Covid as the natural immunity will render it harmless, then it will be up to some amazingly stupid scientist to come up with something else. ????????

what - like the earth really is flat

[david555]

31 minutes ago, mickyr55 said:

Plus each time you recover your bodies defences are so much stronger so this is what ultimately will defeat Covid as the natural immunity will render it harmless, then it will be up to some amazingly stupid scientist to come up with something else. ????????

Of course you don't know the permafrost (  century's and century's frozen underground ) is defrosting now , not only frozen mammoths' there but probably also awakening unknown viruses and microbes  from before  ice age ......

 

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guy's put your money investments in Pharma shares ....????

Edited September 13, 2021 by david555

[Almer]

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Can't deport me. I'm Australian and my country won't let me back in. 

They will pack you off to Alcatraz

[Almer]

15 minutes ago, smedly said:

what - like the earth really is flat

If its not flat what is it, dont  tell me its round or we would all fall off woudnt we.

[Scrotobike]

18 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Fudged figures again

12,583 'recognised' cases

6,436 ATK positives. (These are never added into the figures.)

Total - 19,019 probable cases

 

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

Add to that - most of the testing is still on arrival at hospital, howmany asymptomatic do not get tested (why go to a hospital), how many slightly ill who prefer home in bed to 2 weeks in a prison camp?

 

I agree with Dr Udon - lots of covid out there - not tested. The numbers reported by the general do not have real meaning and the trends... how can you look at a trend of data without meaning?

 

Good to see Dr Udon is still with us. Maybe a planned leak?