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Thailand on Saturday (December 4) reported 5,896 new COVID-19 cases, 5,666 recoveries and 37 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

▶︎ Infections outside prisons: 4,769. Prisons: 1,127

▶︎ Recoveries: 5,666

▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 2,107,674

▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 2,015,240

 

Saturday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 2,136,537 with 20,917 deaths.

 

The news comes as Thailand has not detected a COVID-19 case of the Omicron variant yet and the government will have business operators strictly comply with measures to prevent a new wave of the disease during New Year celebrations, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Gen Prayut said that there had not been an Omicron case in Thailand but the people who had arrived from risk countries must be called to undergo repeated RT-PCR tests. Their whereabouts would be checked so that local officials would find out if there was an outbreak at their locations, he said.

 

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PCR test positive cases, total of 5,896 official new infections. 37 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 964 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 6,860

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

 

Rolling 7 day average chart (up to 2nd Dec) and bar chart of both PCR and ATK totals

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

Phuket 79 new cases, no new deaths

https://www.facebook.com/PhuketTimeNews/posts/4996171347061223

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1466936386661978113

 

The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 14.4 million across Southeast Asia, with 27,128 new cases reported on Friday. #COVID19 #Asean #TheNationThailand

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40009594

Infections have overtaken recoveries , that's not good

regards Worgeordie

Good news as Thailand continues to fall down the worldometer rankings as the number of deaths over the past week falls 31% to a new low of 3 deaths/ million of population and still no Omicron cases found so far. 

 

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

 

27 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Infections have overtaken recoveries , that's not good

regards Worgeordie

The infections of the PCR and ATK tests are every day more than the recoveries.... but the ATK tests they don't count in the infection rate but only use them for the recoveries... It looks good that way but it isn't....

Sorry for lack of reports. Thursday I had to go up to Hua Hin for a successful renewal of extension of stay and on returning saw the figures had leapt up to 117 cases. Yesterday there was no report published so that brings us to this.

 

Health officials on Friday (Dec 3) reported 82 new COVID-19 cases, 28 were found in Hua Hin.

Elsewhere in the province, 14 cases were found in Pranburi, 3 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 7 cases in Kuiburi, 4 cases in Thap Sakae, 6 cases in Bang Saphan, 12 cases in Bang Saphan Noi, and 18 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. One death was reported today, a 75 year old Thai national in Bang Saphan who had an underlying health condition.

 

Dec 3: Prachuap reports 82 new COVID-19 cases, 28 cases in Hua Hin - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The news comes as Thailand has not detected a COVID-19 case of the Omicron variant yet and the government will have business operators strictly comply with measures to prevent a new wave of the disease during New Year celebrations, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

The WHO directive for member states (Thailand included) preparations for Omicron include:

 

"Due to the risk of importation by incoming travelers from locations experiencing Omicron transmission, countries may increase sampling from inbound travelers. Positive rRT-PCR samples should be sequenced to confirm presence of the Omicron.

 

National testing strategies should be updated to include available diagnostic tools for rapid testing and reporting and effective decentralization of testing. • WHO recommends that national testing capacity and genomic sequencing capabilities and appropriate planning be undertaken for possible surges in testing demand.

 

Authorities should communicate information related to Omicron and potential implication for the public in a timely and transparent manner to further foster trust and increase acceptance of response measures. • One of the most important and effective interventions in a public health response to any event is to proactively communicate with the population what is known, what is unknown and what is being done by responsible authorities to get more information and to reduce risk.

 

It is critical to build and foster trust, especially in contexts where there is little or no involvement of the local population in decision-making. Clear, concise and transparent risk communication, including an evidence-based rationale for adjusting measures, should be developed with communities targeted for PHSMs."

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/enhancing-readiness-for-omicron-(b.1.1.529)-technical-brief-and-priority-actions-for-member-states

 

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

PCR test positive cases, total of 5,896 official new infections. 37 official covid deaths recorded.

 

Rapid tests positive cases, 964 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 6,860

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

 

Rolling 7 day average chart (up to 2nd Dec) and bar chart of both PCR and ATK totals

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

Oops what happened? It was really trending downward until we had today's spike upwards which fir a Saturday set of numbers is rare.  Hopefully it is just an anomaly. Or maybe because they are sequencing some more tests as more people are stepping forward with minor symptoms they found more cases.

I see a very low number of ATK's. Possibly the lowest since they went down this road. As for my school, students P6-M3 were tested 2 wks ago Friday with ATK but no testing yesterday. Seems like it was a one off. 

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Oops what happened? It was really trending downward until we had today's spike upwards which fir a Saturday set of numbers is rare.  Hopefully it is just an anomaly. Or maybe because they are sequencing some more tests as more people are stepping forward with minor symptoms they found more cases.

It's only 101 more than Thursday. Not exactly a spike. The month so far.

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Just now, dinsdale said:

It's only 101 more than Thursday. Not exactly a spike. The month so far.

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Well said but for a Saturday it is an anomaly 

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Well said but for a Saturday it is an anomaly 

Numbers tend to bob around but last Saturday was the highest number for the week also.

mon 22	7935
tues	6642
wed	7717
thur	8726
fri	9365
sat	10333
sun	7476

20 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Oops what happened? It was really trending downward until we had today's spike upwards which fir a Saturday set of numbers is rare.  Hopefully it is just an anomaly. Or maybe because they are sequencing some more tests as more people are stepping forward with minor symptoms they found more cases.

I think it may be due to the higher cases from prison 1,127 reported.

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I think it may be due to the higher cases from prison 1,127 reported.

Maybe but that seems to be cancelled out somewhat by the low ATK.

 

250,909 doses administered yesterday:

 

48 minutes ago, anchadian said:

250,909 doses administered yesterday:

 

A little short of their goal of a 100,000,000 by December 1, but I know they have extended that date in order to get to it soon.  However, it is definitely short of the 70% they had hyped, and the restrictions still in place are way short of a full opening for High Season some had espoused and hoped for.  Looks like the bar openings scheduled for mid January may be just wishful thinking, but then lets see what happens in the next few weeks.

 

I can only hope that things start rolling and that Omicron is just a minor inconvenience.  However, we still need to be responsible adults and so do the Thais.  Today I noticed fewer and fewer wearing masks on our morning walk.

 

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

I think it may be due to the higher cases from prison 1,127 reported.

Possibly the dump method for the prison cases was used as the numbers released the past few days were lower.

56 minutes ago, anchadian said:

250,909 doses administered yesterday:

 

Useless. 

UK delivered 420,000 booster doses alone yesterday.

34% of UK population has now had a booster dose.

Amazing NHS and our jabs army. Give us a few weeks and we'll put a booster delivery program on steroids.

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

A little short of their goal of a 100,000,000 by December 1, but I know they have extended that date in order to get to it soon.  However, it is definitely short of the 70% they had hyped, and the restrictions still in place are way short of a full opening for High Season some had espoused and hoped for.  Looks like the bar openings scheduled for mid January may be just wishful thinking, but then lets see what happens in the next few weeks.

 

I can only hope that things start rolling and that Omicron is just a minor inconvenience.  However, we still need to be responsible adults and so do the Thais.  Today I noticed fewer and fewer wearing masks on our morning walk.

 

Vaccinations are the key defense for the threat of omicron and as you say there is still some way to go here with that and also the extra boosters. The UK has just ordered over an extra 100 million pfzer to help in their booster preperations. 

 

In norway there has been a super spreader event with Omicron, 120 people suspected to have it from an xmas party.

 

13 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Vaccinations are the key defense for the threat of omicron and as you say there is still some way to go here with that and also the extra boosters. The UK has just ordered over an extra 100 million pfzer to help in their booster preperations. 

 

In norway there has been a super spreader event with Omicron, 120 people suspected to have it from an xmas party.

 

Just waiting now for the Gov. Xmas after party's ....as before ???? 

Thailand now passed 60% fully vaccinated. Another 10% required in December to reach the government target of having 70% fully vaccinated by the end of the year. 

 

Looking good. 
 

https://covidvax.live/en/location/tha

 

Slow down on reopening Thailand, advises Chulalongkorn professor

 

He cited comments made by Dr Takeshi Kasai, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for the Western Pacific, who warned countries in Asia to get ready for the Omicron variant.

 

Since it was detected in South Africa on November 24, Omicron has spread quickly in many parts of the world, from Africa to Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia.

 

Thira also said that the administering of vaccines should be efficient and up to international standards and that the government should make RT-PCR tests free nationwide.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40009614

10 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Thailand now passed 60% fully vaccinated. Another 10% required in December to reach the government target of having 70% fully vaccinated by the end of the year. 

 

Looking good. 
 

https://covidvax.live/en/location/tha

 

Your tracker is not correct, this has been pointed out to you many times before. If you read what it says:

The actual fully dosed percentage in Thailand as of the "Official CCSA" slides published a few hours ago is 58.4%

https://media.thaigov.go.th/uploads/public_img/source/041264.pdf

Should be interesting bars are reported to open in Pattaya Bryan Flowers said on You Tube.

Also, next week there are 2 holidays Monday and Friday lots of folks will be traveling.

 

15 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Should be interesting bars are reported to open in Pattaya Bryan Flowers said on You Tube.

Also, next week there are 2 holidays Monday and Friday lots of folks will be traveling.

 

"Should be interesting bars are reported to open in Pattaya Bryan Flowers said on You Tube."

 

 

Did he said that before Omicron or now recent after the latest variant appeared on world stage  ?  ????

1 hour ago, Kadilo said:

Thailand now passed 60% fully vaccinated. Another 10% required in December to reach the government target of having 70% fully vaccinated by the end of the year. 

 

Looking good. 
 

https://covidvax.live/en/location/tha

 

Your numbers are still off, just like they have been. At this rate there is no way to get to the goal anytime before next year sometime.  High season will be a total wash.

18 minutes ago, david555 said:

"Should be interesting bars are reported to open in Pattaya Bryan Flowers said on You Tube."

 

 

Did he said that before Omicron or now recent after the latest variant appeared on world stage  ?  ????

Lots of stuff on YouTube saying the same as recent as yesterday so let’s be hopeful for the many people who rely on these for Xmas/new year income. 
 

Plenty of people still seem to be having fun on the beaches in the evenings, large gatherings, music and booze. 
 

Looks pretty relaxed with minimal restrictions re masks wearing etc.