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

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, SymS said:

Thailand is reopening on November 1st, and will be welcoming Delta Plus with open arms.

You mean infecting foreign covid free and fully tested tourists on arrival then ? 

[Willy Wombat]

The Chinese gift that keeps on giving ????

[IamNoone88]

Interesting to single out funerals as a main activity for spreading the virus. Remind me again why the bars are still closed?

[Kadilo]

56 minutes ago, BKKTRAVELER said:

So that 1 case was found last month... Let's be prepared for many more to follow unfortunately. Also, putting the UK in the low list countries for the reopening is not the best idea.

 

Oh well... I like my couch anyway, might as well stay on it for a few more months.

Early indications are it’s nothing more to worry about.  Early indications are it’s potentially no more harmful than exiting variations and dealt with by the vaccines:

 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/delta-plus-variant/

 

Been in the UK since April and they are now fully opened up and latest prediction are that numbers may plummet soon:

 

Covid: Are cases about to plummet without Plan B? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59039739
 

 

But you stay on your couch for a few more months if it makes you feel safer. 

 

[wombat]

Curious asks.....

Is Delta+ what Cambodia calls Mu ?

(Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine expressed concerns that the Mu variant of Covid-19 could be imported to Cambodia in the same manner that the Alpha and Delta variants were previously.

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

That's what they said earlier this year... didn't pan-out too well.

It was said just prior to the allowing of travel nationwide or the long Holiday of Song Kran.

Now they announce that we are not to worry prior to another long Holiday of Loy Kratong.

Hold on to your Hats .

 

[fondue zoo]

Did they join Covax as they said they were gong to a few months back?

[BKKTRAVELER]

8 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Early indications are it’s nothing more to worry about.  Early indications are it’s potentially no more harmful than exiting variations and dealt with by the vaccines:

 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/delta-plus-variant/

 

Been in the UK since April and they are now fully opened up and latest prediction are that numbers may plummet soon:

 

Covid: Are cases about to plummet without Plan B? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59039739
 

 

But you stay on your couch for a few more months if it makes you feel safer. 

 

I have respiratory issues, so yes I'll wait. I want the country to reopen don't get me wrong, I'm advocating for it. It just doesn't seem to me that the UK is a safe choice right now. After numbers go down and under control as you expect, then it is absolutely fine.

 

I know there are not absolute "right" solutions in this pandemic, I'm just giving my opinion.

[poskat]

hello lockdown

goodbye reopening

[hioctane]

7 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

100% BS is what it is.

From the article:

 

76.2% of the Thai population have been vaccinated, with 100% in Bangkok, 82.7% in Phuket, 72.4% in Samut Prakan and over 50% in the rest of the country having been inoculated.

 

International Travel Restrictions During COVID-19: Where Can You Go? https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/where-can-travel-coronavirus-update-restrictions-testing-quarantine/?cmpid=BBD100921_CORONAVIRUS

76.2% of the population in the 17 provinces to reopen have been vaccinated.

 

It does not say 76.2% of the Thai population.

 

Also, the counts are based on the legal residents of each city. If someone goes there for work, they might not be counted for reopening purposes. So that number can go over 100%.

[Almer]

3 hours ago, Flink said:

From the way the article is written I think we can see how the government WANTS the Thai population to think it arrived:

"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."

 

Dirty farang to blame again. Odd that they failed to mention that Delta+ is also causing chaos in China. I wonder why??

I wonder why indeed

[Live Long and Prosper]

6 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

76.2% of the Thai population have been vaccinated, with 100% in Bangkok, 82.7% in Phuket, 72.4% in Samut Prakan and over 50% in the rest of the country having been inoculated.

This is not true, I know of at least 20 people in Bkk that are still waiting for their fist vaccine.

[LikeItHot]

7 hours ago, itsari said:

Perhaps all will be under control for November the 1st .

Six percent of the recorded cases in the UK are delta plus .

Vaccines losing there usefulness faster than anticipated . 

 

Not faster than I anticipated

[Dont confuse me]

Nothing to worry about? Phew and there's me panicking that things could get worse, I can sleep peacefully now!

[MaiChai]

ASQ is obviously a fail?

[chang1]

24 minutes ago, Live Long and Prosper said:

This is not true, I know of at least 20 people in Bkk that are still waiting for their fist vaccine.

Sounds painful!

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, jeanrem said:

Delta + ... awww god... are you eating this or not ? It's ridiculous... Next one Delta ++ ... ????

 

Next one is the dreaded Mekong Delta.....

[PETERTHEEATER]

25 minutes ago, chang1 said:

Sounds painful!

It's  a great punchline.....

[Kadilo]

15 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

It's  a great punchline.....

Only a handful of people have had it so far. 

[berrec]

No problems we have it covered. 555

 

 

[WinterGael]

10 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

100% BS is what it is.

From the article:

 

76.2% of the Thai population have been vaccinated, with 100% in Bangkok, 82.7% in Phuket, 72.4% in Samut Prakan and over 50% in the rest of the country having been inoculated.

 

International Travel Restrictions During COVID-19: Where Can You Go? https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/where-can-travel-coronavirus-update-restrictions-testing-quarantine/?cmpid=BBD100921_CORONAVIRUS

Odd... this week I read Bangkok, phuket, and a couple of other places 60 to 70 percent vaccinated, Thailand as a while on 38% vaccinated. 

 

And COVID plus is being watched very closely in UK  as over the last two weeks has gone from 6% of new cases to 8% and rising with some indication of vaccines resistance...

[Chad3000]

Lol

 

Now Delta PLUS

 

You can't make this stuff up lol.. well, I guess you can.

[kiwikeith]

10 hours ago, itsari said:

Perhaps all will be under control for November the 1st .

Six percent of the recorded cases in the UK are delta plus .

Vaccines losing there usefulness faster than anticipated . 

 

I thought vaccines provided immunity, just like the polio vaccine. 

[Scrotobike]

Omega strain (a film I think) - that will be the end

(of the alphabet at least)

[zzaa09]

7 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

He got it from Farang

More than likely. Dirty unkempt wretched foreigners.

[Nabby]

China ruined the world. That's the story in a nutshell. 

[ThaiFelix]

Ah yes, its all under control like last time.....the wind will blow it away!

[Dogmatix]

No cause for alarm?  They also said that alpha and delta were no cause for alarm.

[SymS]

On 10/26/2021 at 12:07 PM, RichardColeman said:

You mean infecting foreign covid free and fully tested tourists on arrival then ? 

Some foreigners with COVID will not be detected by the system, although the number should be low. If it was so easy then why all the rules and hassles?