11 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Only 63 out of the more than 30,000 schools in Bangkok will be allowed to reopen for onsite teaching on November 1. Most of the schools reopening are international schools.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1452508311069151234

 

Thats a very poor show. Only 30 schools opening for the 1st Nov and most of those International. Whats the matter and why the problem here? Opening to 46 countries but not to your own students. I find that appalling. 

14 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

 

So 3 on arrival and 2 tested positive on the second test which is a few days in.

Of the 8,463 cases in the general Thai population, the highest numbers were 903 in Bangkok followed by 618 in Pattani, 586 in Songkhla, 582 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 352 in Chiang Mai, 352 in Narathiwat, 340 in Yala and 295 in Chonburi.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1452515361878802437

 

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Thailand 154 in the world for testing

144 places below the UK

21 places behind Vietnam

10 places behind Philippines

The old don't look don't find approach which has been the approach from the very beginning. As for tests per day I have a feeling that's going down so the numbers can come down. Seems to be working. 

Yesterday's vaccinations - 226.178

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1452517734839848961

In this post it’s noted where the semi lockdown happened. 

From my pov this semi lockdown ended around t September 1st, as I personally observed much more contact and people in contact with each other after this date, and malls were officially opened. Can we handle the truth? No, but whatever. 
 

If regulations work, why aren’t we seeing a huge surge in cases? The same reason Sweden went through infections waves with no lockdowns. You can’t control Covid. Get it through your heads. Our predisposition to believe we can control things is our worst trait. It does not have to be. The clear answer is we live normally with Covid. 
 

Oh dear, the Sweden approach where on a per capita basis Thailand would have had to fallen victim to over 100,000 covid deaths on top of the hospitals that were also full with people on beds waiting outside or dying at home.

1 hour ago, sucit said:

In this post it’s noted where the semi lockdown happened. 

From my pov this semi lockdown ended around t September 1st, as I personally observed much more contact and people in contact with each other after this date, and malls were officially opened. Can we handle the truth? No, but whatever. 
 

If regulations work, why aren’t we seeing a huge surge in cases? The same reason Sweden went through infections waves with no lockdowns. You can’t control Covid. Get it through your heads. Our predisposition to believe we can control things is our worst trait. It does not have to be. The clear answer is we live normally with Covid. 
 

Could you supply a testing chart to go with this? I have a feeling it would look pretty much the same.

2 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

 

So three on arrival and then 2 more many days later and they could have been infected in Thailand, very nice.

1 hour ago, sucit said:

The same reason Sweden went through infections waves with no lockdowns.

Was in Sweden during this time.

Alkohol sales were not permitted after 10pm this winter.

Had to go on cruise to Finland on new year to get a beer.

Allowed on international water. 

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Thats a very poor show. Only 30 schools opening for the 1st Nov and most of those International. Whats the matter and why the problem here? Opening to 46 countries but not to your own students. I find that appalling. 

And even most international schools are having to jump through so many hoops, that reopening in early November is looking unlikely.  Crazy how little concern there seems to be about children's welfare.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a letter to the rector of Thammasat University (TU) on Friday, refusing the university’s request to coordinate with Polish government agencies in the delivery of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Thailand

 

The ministry said that it is not a state-to-state donation and suggested the university discuss the matter of imports with the Public Health Ministry and the vaccine manufacturer

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40007953

48 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a letter to the rector of Thammasat University (TU) on Friday, refusing the university’s request to coordinate with Polish government agencies in the delivery of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Thailand

 

The ministry said that it is not a state-to-state donation and suggested the university discuss the matter of imports with the Public Health Ministry and the vaccine manufacturer

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40007953

God forbid they would pull out all the stops on this and work out a way to get it done quickly, after all its only a life saving vaccine that also helps in getting the economy on track and money in peoples pockets.

 

Still no word on that extra 1 million Pfizer the US wanted to donate and was held back because of paperwork either.

57 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

And even most international schools are having to jump through so many hoops, that reopening in early November is looking unlikely.  Crazy how little concern there seems to be about children's welfare.

Was told today that school will start next week for the GF's daughter but it will again be done on-line.  This is just getting a little ridiculous in my book.

Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in the famous beach town of Hua Hin urged the government to defer reopening the town to international tourists on Nov 1 today.

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1452589510550716417

 

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

And even most international schools are having to jump through so many hoops, that reopening in early November is looking unlikely.  Crazy how little concern there seems to be about children's welfare.

I guess if you look around countries openning up countries even with high vaccinationation rates are seeing increases in infections and some of these they're tracing back to schools. Childrens welfare is one thing but so is the family they go home to and the community they live in. It's not single tierd.

Health officials on Monday (Oct 25) reported 210 new COVID-19 cases, 77 were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 86 cases were found in Pranburi, 8 case in Sam Roi Yot, 2 cases in Kuiburi, zeros cases found in Thap Sakae, 1 case in Bang Saphan, 6 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 30 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan.

Two more deaths were reported today, 2 Thai men age 67 and 71-years-old, both of them lived in Hua Hin, and both had an underlying health condition. One of them was not vaccinated, and other had received dose 1 Sinopharm vaccine.

 

Oct 25: Prachuap reports 210 new COVID-19 cases, 77 cases in Hua Hin - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

16 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

I guess if you look around countries openning up countries even with high vaccinationation rates are seeing increases in infections and some of these they're tracing back to schools. Childrens welfare is one thing but so is the family they go home to and the community they live in. It's not single tierd.

The parents of these children in the countries such as the UK are mostly fully vaccinated so the increase In Infection rates is not causing a big enough increase yet in hospitalisations/deaths to cause any real concern. 

Yesterday for example 40,000 new infections, a rise of 68 in hospitals and 72 deaths. Hardly cause for concern. considering everything is back to normal and face coverings are not required to be worn, hence why the UK Government is predicting a “normal Xmas” without having to bring on further restrictions and just getting on with it. 

Maybe the government are using the model in the link below as new cases are predicted  to fall to below 5000 by Xmas due to high immunity

levels. 
 

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/covid-cases-fall-without-plan-b-uk-infection-rates-coronavirus-christmas-1266515/amp

Clearly the right decision to put the children’s education at the front of the queue. 

Maybe Thailand is dragging its heels due to not yet reaching the 70% across all areas but once reached there can he no reason to delay any longer. Those areas that have already reached 70% should now be opening imo. 

 

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

The parents of these children in the countries such as the UK are mostly fully vaccinated so the increase In Infection rates is not causing a big enough increase yet in hospitalisations/deaths to cause any real concern. 

Yesterday for example 40,000 new infections, a rise of 68 in hospitals and 72 deaths. Hardly cause for concern. considering everything is back to normal and face coverings are not required to be worn, hence why the UK Government is predicting a “normal Xmas” without having to bring on further restrictions and just getting on with it. 

Maybe the government are using the model in the link below as new cases are predicted  to fall to below 5000 by Xmas due to high immunity

levels. 
 

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/covid-cases-fall-without-plan-b-uk-infection-rates-coronavirus-christmas-1266515/amp

Clearly the right decision to put the children’s education at the front of the queue. 

Maybe Thailand is dragging its heels due to not yet reaching the 70% across all areas but once reached there can he no reason to delay any longer. Those areas that have already reached 70% should now be opening imo. 

 

Yes. So when will Thailand reach 70% including 12 yrs and over. In 6 days? 40% now if you haven't noticed. Ok they are saying 70% double jabbed in BKK but we all know that most of these need to be triple jabbed. All teachers at my school who had 2 Sinovac have been jabbed again with mRNA. Let's see what happens and how many outbreaks or not there will be in schools. The proof will be in the pudding.

 

25 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Hardly cause for concern. considering everything is back to normal and face coverings are not required to be worn, hence why the UK Government is predicting a “normal Xmas” without having to bring on further restrictions and just getting on with it. 

There are a number of concerns in the UK as to whether restrictions will return or not. From what I have seen and heard, the jury is still out on this one. Things could rapidly change.

41 minutes ago, worrab said:

There are a number of concerns in the UK as to whether restrictions will return or not. From what I have seen and heard, the jury is still out on this one. Things could rapidly change.

Not sure what you have read  but the jury is the government and their  view is currently all that

matters,  and this is what the Health

Minister, someone who may know, is currently saying:

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-uk-news-live-lockdown-cases-b1944600.html

 

Yes concerns, but doesn’t appear to be as many as you are implying that you have “heard” 

 

Of course things could change rapidly, maybe even for the better, you never know. 

 

 

 

46 minutes ago, worrab said:

There are a number of concerns in the UK as to whether restrictions will return or not. From what I have seen and heard, the jury is still out on this one. Things could rapidly change.

Yes indeed just have to hope things do not deteriorate further due the new delta variant mutation, hopefully it will turn out to be not as infectious as the original delta. If that's the case then the UK plan B should stay just that, plan B for now.

 

Monday, Professor Peter Openshaw, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), warned about the level of infection in the UK.

 

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that : “What we’re facing at the moment is unacceptable, we’ve got roughly one in 55 people infected, which is an astonishingly high rate compared to most other west European countries.”

7 hours ago, sucit said:

In this post it’s noted where the semi lockdown happened. 

From my pov this semi lockdown ended around t September 1st, as I personally observed much more contact and people in contact with each other after this date, and malls were officially opened. Can we handle the truth? No, but whatever. 
 

If regulations work, why aren’t we seeing a huge surge in cases? The same reason Sweden went through infections waves with no lockdowns. You can’t control Covid. Get it through your heads. Our predisposition to believe we can control things is our worst trait. It does not have to be. The clear answer is we live normally with Covid. 
 

There is this thing called “vaccination “ which can control epidemics.

 

if you disagree, let us know the last time we had an uncontrolled Polio epidemic. Or Smallpox.

8 hours ago, anchadian said:

Yesterday's vaccinations - 226.178

https://twitter.com/NBTWORLDNews/status/1452517734839848961

National Vaccination Rollout:

Mon 18th: 914,527

Tue 19th: 994,781

Wed 20th: 915,956

Thu 21st: 714,104

Fri 22nd: 706,378

Sat 23rd: 356,084

Sun 24th: 226,178

TOTAL: 70,505,802 doses since 28 Feb 39.4% of the population fully vaccinated

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1452639127787040772

 

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Hospital Beds for Severely Ill in Chiang Mai now at 95%

First COVID Delta+ case found in Thailand, no cause of alarm – DCD

 

He did not elaborate about the case, but said that the Department of Medical Science will hold a press conference on Tuesday to provide more details.

Dr. Chawetsan said that, over the past 28 days, Delta Plus cases in the United Kingdom have increased, accounting for 6% of all the infections involving other variants, mostly the Delta variant.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/first-covid-delta-case-found-in-thailand-no-cause-of-alarm-dcd/

Thailand reports 7,706 new COVID-19 cases, 66 deaths, 9,532 recoveries

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Thailand on Tuesday (October 26) reported 7,706 new COVID-19 cases, 9,532 recoveries and 6 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1236807-thailand-reports-7706-new-covid-19-cases-66-deaths-9532-recoveries/

 

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