Health Ministry Prepares Serious Defense against Omicron

[webfact]

 

BANGKOK, Nov 30 (TNA) – Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said the Public Health Ministry seriously prepared itself to cope with the newly found Omicron variant of COVID-19 and visitors would continue to be tested for the disease with the RT-PCR technique. .

 

Mr. Sathit said that the emergency operation center of the Public Health Ministry this morning discussed responses to the Omicron variant. Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attended the meeting online from abroad and ordered serious responses including intensified screening procedures on visitors. The authorities are considering suspending the decision to replace RT-PCR tests with antigen tests for air travelers following the emergence of the Covid 19 variant Omicron.

 

Mr. Sathit said that people should not panic about the newly discovered variant of COVID-19 because there had not enough data yet to conclude how fast Omicron can spread and if it would cause severer symptoms in any age range of patients.

 

Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view

 

Source: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-833655

 

-- © Copyright TNA 2021-11-30

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

[RafPinto]

Submarines already up and down the river.

[248900_1469958220]

.....I want boosters...I want them every 6 months...NO hang it...give em to me every 4 months! I will hide inside avoiding vitamin D from the sun and exercise. I will take my booster. I will wear 4 masks. I will be scared of people. I will hand my immune system over to the pharmaceutical companies. They are the only way to fight this. My bodies own immune system is not enough. I like qr codes.  

[ezzra]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

seriously prepared itself to cope with the newly found Omicron variant of COVID-19 and visitors would continue to be tested for the disease with the RT-PCR technique. .

In other words, same-o same-o... nothing change and nothing more they can do that they didn't do or doing right now...

[jvs]

2 minutes ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

.....I want boosters...I want them every 6 months...NO hang it...give em to me every 4 months! I will hide inside avoiding vitamin D from the sun and exercise. I will take my booster. I will wear 4 masks. I will be scared of people. I will hand my immune system over to the pharmaceutical companies. They are the only way to fight this. My bodies own immune system is not enough. I like qr codes.  

But you are ok right?I mean inside the head?

[248900_1469958220]

Just now, jvs said:

But you are ok right?I mean inside the head?

YEAH BABY!!!! YEEEEEEEHAAAAARRRR!!!

[The Cipher]

A serious defense against...what tho? A variant that so far has zero confirmed (or even rumored as far as I've seen) serious symptoms, let alone actual kills?

 

Pretty sure just living life in a normal body would constitute a serious defense here.

[JustAnotherHun]

Quote

seriously prepared itself to cope with the newly found Omicron 

They won't issue a visa for someone named Omicron.

[mahtin]

Now they're serious, so what were they before?

Next, really serious, and then really really serious?

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, jvs said:

But you are ok right?I mean inside the head?

 

4 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

YEAH BABY!!!! YEEEEEEEHAAAAARRRR!!!

I have an idea as to your country of birth... explains a lot.

[AnotherFarang8]

Those who naively believed their lives will return to normal as long as they comply with governments’ orders, cold harsh reality will be slapping you on the face on a regular basis. This crisis was not manufactured by authoritarians in the west and fully backed by authoritarians in the east to let you off your leash so easily. Until you stop being complacent the leash will be getting shorter and shorter.

[ftpjtm]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said the Public Health Ministry seriously prepared itself to cope with the newly found Omicron variant of COVID-19

I guess we can assume that this is another variat which lurks in restaurants serving wine with meals...

[Virt]

12 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

.....I want boosters...I want them every 6 months...NO hang it...give em to me every 4 months! I will hide inside avoiding vitamin D from the sun and exercise. I will take my booster. I will wear 4 masks. I will be scared of people. I will hand my immune system over to the pharmaceutical companies. They are the only way to fight this. My bodies own immune system is not enough. I like qr codes.  

If you are smart you will also tattoo the qr code on your forehead.

It will make it a lot easier to scan.

[mikebell]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

the Public Health Ministry seriously prepared itself to cope with the newly found Omicron variant

Amulets.

[Uroller]

I will donate a pint of blood so that I have room for the every other day booster that I will be needing????

[david555]

On 11/30/2021 at 11:25 AM, JustAnotherHun said:

They won't issue a visa for someone named Omicron.

Would be a problem if they would have chosen the letter XI from Greek alphabet ...????

 

(in stead of Omicron ...)

( is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced [ksi] in Modern Greek,)

Edited December 1, 2021 by david555

[John Drake]

Can we see the unserious alternative?

[LivingNThailand]

On 11/30/2021 at 11:09 AM, 248900_1469958220 said:

I like qr codes

I like them so much I have my whole house painted in QR.  It's quite relaxing and peaceful.

 

13 hours ago, Virt said:

If you are smart you will also tattoo the qr code on your forehead.

It will make it a lot easier to scan.

I read a book in high school called This Perfect Day by Ira Levin.  It was about the future and everyone in the world had some sort of tracking device embedded in their wrist.  The first time I saw a UPC code I was, oh oh.  It's coming.  Now, we are doomed.

[overherebc]

12 minutes ago, LivingNThailand said:

I like them so much I have my whole house painted in QR.  It's quite relaxing and peaceful.

 

I read a book in high school called This Perfect Day by Ira Levin.  It was about the future and everyone in the world had some sort of tracking device embedded in their wrist.  The first time I saw a UPC code I was, oh oh.  It's coming.  Now, we are doomed.

But when we all get dementia we'll know where we are. All we'll need is a contact number tattoo or a QR on our foreheads. But if we all have what do you call it then who will remember what those thingies are called. Is it tea and biscuit time yet?

[RichardColeman]

On 11/30/2021 at 4:25 AM, JustAnotherHun said:

They won't issue a visa for someone named Omicron.

Explains why they skipped Xi then, too many chinese tourists refused entry at the airport