The Muang district of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has fallen quiet, with about half of the shops shuttered, light traffic and fewer people in public venues, after the province was designated as a “maximum control and restrictive” or “dark red” zone by the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, due to a recent surge in new COVID-19 infections.

 

More checkpoints have been set up on main roads in the township, such as on Karome and Ratchadamnoen roads, with police and health officials carrying out random COVID-19 tests among passengers on public transport.

 

517 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths were recorded on Friday, raising accumulated infections in the province, since April 1st this year, to 22,984.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nakhon-si-thammarat-quiet-after-being-declared-a-covid-19-dark-red-province/

 

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4 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The Muang district of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has fallen quiet, with about half of the shops shuttered, light traffic and fewer people in public venues, after the province was designated as a “maximum control and restrictive” or “dark red” zone by the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, due to a recent surge in new COVID-19 infections.

I hear of these areas nationwide, yet the governments daily figures seem to be falling...

strange that.

It's as the Thai Rural Doctors Society pointed out, the government totals don't include antigen test positives results only the PCR results.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-rural-doctors-society-claims-covid-19-infections-are-rising-not-falling/

If this province does not get vaccinated, it can remain a dark red zone, until 80 percent

of the people there have had their 2 vaccinations.

Geezer

7 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

remain a dark red zone, until 80 percent of the people there have had their 2 vaccinations

Not true. Infection rates will also drop naturally, once a high proportion of the province have had the virus, the old fashioned vaccination method.

Okay I guess it will be about 2 years, like the spanish flu of 1818 until 1820, to naturally work

with out vaccinations.  I wonder how many will die?  Just a question.

Geezer

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

spanish flu of 1818

1918

Oops, missed it by that much...

Geezer

All the best to the hard working staff providing the vaccination program.