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Thailand on Wednesday (September 29) reported 10,414 new COVID-19 cases, 11,580 recoveries and 122 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.

 

◼︎ 11,580 recoveries

◼︎ 10,236 new infections 

◼︎ 178 prison / prison infections

 

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,562,966

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,432,360

 

Wednesday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,591,829 with 16,620 deaths.

 

The news comes as Antibody levels, generated by two jabs of Sinovac vaccine and a booster shot of AstraZeneca, is relatively lower than two Sinovac jabs and a booster of Pfizer vaccine, but the immunity generated after the Sinovac-Pfizer regimen drops faster, according to research jointly conducted by Thailand’s National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) and Thammasat University.

 

Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana, virologist and head of the Animal Health Innovation Research Division of Biotec, said on his Facebook page on Sunday that researchers conducted research on two groups of frontline medical personnel.

 

One group received two Sinovac jabs and a third AstraZeneca jab and the other received third Pfizer jab, to assess the immune response after inoculation.

 

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Rapid tests positive cases, 5,100 bringing the unofficial total to 15,514

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

 

PCR test positive cases, total of 10,414 official new infections, with just 178 of those from prison and 10,236 from the community. 122 official covid deaths recorded. 

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 27th Sept) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases from daily official announcements.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443013716576931844

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1442998732971147271

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1442998940064833553

 

The number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia crossed 12 million, with 46,658 new cases reported on Tuesday, lower than Monday’s tally of 54,998.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40006776

According to a new order signed by the Phuket Governor, restaurants on the island can serve alcohol drinks up until 10:00pm. They are also allowed to have live music. This starts on 1st October #Thailand #PhuketSandbox

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443017529304125442

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1443018761930379267

 

24 minutes ago, anchadian said:

According to a new order signed by the Phuket Governor, restaurants on the island can serve alcohol drinks up until 10:00pm. They are also allowed to have live music. This starts on 1st October #Thailand #PhuketSandbox

Well that was unexpected and will likely cause a bit of ## storm in Pattaya and Hua Hin with covid cases higher in Phuket

29 minutes ago, smedly said:

Well that was unexpected and will likely cause a bit of ## storm in Pattaya and Hua Hin with covid cases higher in Phuket

Per capita Phuket also has far more cases daily than Bangkok, so if allowing it in Phuket why not everywhere?

 

The first batch of two million doses of Pfizer vaccine, purchased by Thailand arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1443040874208788481

Thailand currently sitting at 67th in the world  using the 7 day weekly trend at 13 deaths/million of population according to the worlometer ranking. 
One place below the fully vaccinated UK. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

Edited September 29, 20214 yr by Kadilo

4 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Thailand currently sitting at 67th in the world  using the 7 day weekly trend at 13 deaths/million of population according to the worlometer ranking. 
One place below the fully vaccinated UK. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

How many tests has Thailand done compared to the UK, as you like to compare Thailand to the UK. After all it has similar populations.

 

I look forward to the answer, even though I already know it.

 

If you don't test you will not find and then you get posters who actually believe Thailand is doing a great job with the vaccination programme and testing regime.

50 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Per capita Phuket also has far more cases daily than Bangkok, so if allowing it in Phuket why not everywhere?

exactly

2 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said:

How many tests has Thailand done compared to the UK, as you like to compare Thailand to the UK. After all it has similar populations.

 

I look forward to the answer, even though I already know it.

 

If you don't test you will not find and then you get posters who actually believe Thailand is doing a great job with the vaccination programme and testing regime.

The comparison is for deaths/million of population not cases. 
 

 

Edited September 29, 20214 yr by Kadilo

16 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Thailand currently sitting at 67th in the world  using the 7 day weekly trend at 13 deaths/million of population according to the worlometer ranking. 
One place below the fully vaccinated UK. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

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

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

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Edited September 29, 20214 yr by dinsdale

Right now counting PCR + ATK Thailand has the highest daily numbers in Asia

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

The comparison is for deaths/million of population not cases. 
 

 

When you don't test effectively, you wont even know the official deaths, so your comparison is ridiculous.

 

3 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

The comparison is for deaths/million of population not cases. 
 

 

The only true comparison you can justify is the similarities in population.

14 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said:

When you don't test effectively, you wont even know the official deaths, so your comparison is ridiculous.

 

Every comment or comparison he makes is ridiculous.

Waiting for him to hop over to the post highlighting the abject failure of the Phuket and Koh Samui sandboxes and see how he can spin and twist that.

9 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said:

The only true comparison you can justify is the similarities in population.

Exactly, if the poster is using the UK in comparison to Thailand in weekly trends then look at how the UK is actually living with the virus, everything open, life back to as near normal as possible. It’s excellent free testing regime that identifies as many cases as possible. One of the worlds best vaccination programmes.

 

Thailand, still struggling with dates for reopening provinces, in sandbox style environments that have not worked for the majority of local residents in Phuket, where food handouts are still occurring almost daily.

 

A very slow start to its vaccination programme that is finally picking up speed but too late for the majority of those who have suffered as a result.

 

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1442998940064833553

 

Further details:

https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-187-new-covid-cases-no-new-deaths-81548.php

This is what happens when you don't order enough vaccines from your own country's company in the first place.

 

Thailand buying 614k Doses of Same Covid-19 Made in Pathum Thani

 

The cabinet on Teusday approved the purchase of the same vaccine made in the Bangkok metropolitan from Europe, as Siam Bioscience Co. - the local AstraZeneca manufacturer - can't supply enough doses fast enough

 

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonongchana said the cabinet assigned the Department of Disease Control to order the amount of the vaccine in addition to the 449,500 doses the cabinet had resolved on Sept 14 to procure from Spain. The total procurement from Spean rose to 614,500 doses.

 

Thanakorn said Spain would deliver both lots within early Oct and the procurement resulted from Thailand's negotiations to buy covid vaccines from countries in the European Union.

 

https://bangkokherald.com/thailand/thailand-buying-614k-doses-of-same-covid-19-made-in-pathum-thani/

56 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

The comparison is for deaths/million of population not cases. 
 

 

Try comparing from April of this year and not the totals for all of Covid.  You might be surprised at what you find since Thailand apparently fared well for the first year.....

57 minutes ago, Laughing Gravy said:

How many tests has Thailand done compared to the UK, as you like to compare Thailand to the UK. After all it has similar populations.

 

I look forward to the answer, even though I already know it.

 

If you don't test you will not find and then you get posters who actually believe Thailand is doing a great job with the vaccination programme and testing regime.

Rationality that wil not be responded to in a rational way if at all. 

16 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

This is what happens when you don't order enough vaccines from your own country's company in the first place.

 

Thailand buying 614k Doses of Same Covid-19 Made in Pathum Thani

 

The cabinet on Teusday approved the purchase of the same vaccine made in the Bangkok metropolitan from Europe, as Siam Bioscience Co. - the local AstraZeneca manufacturer - can't supply enough doses fast enough

 

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonongchana said the cabinet assigned the Department of Disease Control to order the amount of the vaccine in addition to the 449,500 doses the cabinet had resolved on Sept 14 to procure from Spain. The total procurement from Spean rose to 614,500 doses.

 

Thanakorn said Spain would deliver both lots within early Oct and the procurement resulted from Thailand's negotiations to buy covid vaccines from countries in the European Union.

 

https://bangkokherald.com/thailand/thailand-buying-614k-doses-of-same-covid-19-made-in-pathum-thani/

Sounds like production problems have limited the local labs production and then we have not heard one peep about this, other than Anutin saying they were to receive 6 million a month and AZ saying 3 million.

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

Try comparing from April of this year and not the totals for all of Covid.  You might be surprised at what you find since Thailand apparently fared well for the first year.....

The fact that Delta and nations vaccinating the populace differentiates the situation in this wave to others has been pointed out many, many times. Unfortunately this doesn't support the narritive of some and is therefore ignored.

10 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Try comparing from April of this year and not the totals for all of Covid.  You might be surprised at what you find since Thailand apparently fared well for the first year.....

The data is for the past week. Total deaths/ million of population currently standing at 13 for both Thailand and the UK. 
 

If you want to do a different comparison feel free. 

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

The fact that Delta and nations vaccinating the populace differentiates the situation in this wave to others has been pointed out many, many times. Unfortunately this doesn't support the narritive of some and is therefore ignored.

Particularly those who are not even in Thailand yet still believe it’s doing better than the UK

48 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Exactly, if the poster is using the UK in comparison to Thailand in weekly trends then look at how the UK is actually living with the virus, everything open, life back to as near normal as possible. It’s excellent free testing regime that identifies as many cases as possible. One of the worlds best vaccination programmes.

 

Thailand, still struggling with dates for reopening provinces, in sandbox style environments that have not worked for the majority of local residents in Phuket, where food handouts are still occurring almost daily.

 

A very slow start to its vaccination programme that is finally picking up speed but too late for the majority of those who have suffered as a result.

 

The UK is living with the Covid outbreak there because of several factors.

a) They are testing huge numbers every Day

b) The Vaccines have been of good quality, and administered effectively, starting with the most vulnerable first Etc to reduce the Hospitalization load.

c) A Very efficient, and Modern Health Service

d) A Government that is nor afraid to take hard line decisions if needed.

All of these things combined means they have the Virus under some kind of control, with all the Monitoring and Testing being performed.

Thailand, on the other hand, has non of the above things working in their favour, so are continually putting out Fires. And seem to be spending more time than controlling the Virus on Propaganda and BS.