Stricter Disease Controls Expected on Omicron Outbreaks

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Jan 5 (TNA) – The operations committee of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration discussed the situation of spreading Omicron infections and was likely to propose the indefinite suspension of the Test & Go entry scheme, stricter disease controls and travel restriction.

 

Gen Supot Malaniyom, secretary-general of the National Security Council and director of the CCSA’s operations committee, chaired the first meeting of the panel this year. The meeting was expected to discuss the increase in Omicron cases over the past week.

 

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[BritManToo]

"likely to propose the indefinite suspension of the Test & Go entry scheme, stricter disease controls and travel restriction."

 

Be ready for borders closed, all flights cancelled, restaurants closed, lockdowns and alcohol sales bans.

I wonder how long they can keep doing this?

Edited January 5, 2022 by BritManToo

[zzaa09]

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Be ready for border closed, flights cancelled, lockdowns and alcohol sales bans.

How about promoting stronger societal mitigation practices and protocols. 

[James105]

So all those measures that failed to control the virus since April are going to be implemented again even after all those vaccines have been administered.

 

I remember all the lockdown fanatics telling people to stop moaning as it was only a stopgap until enough have been vaccinated.   What say you now?   How and when does this end exactly?  

[bang saen guy]

What a joke. What about closing the 1200 km border with Myanmar? More cross there every day than the airport.

[Daithi85]

Just now, bang saen guy said:

What a joke. What about closing the 1200 km border with Myanmar? More cross there every day than the airport.

People aren't crossing at a border, they cross iligealy,impossible to stop them all. 

[bang saen guy]

1 minute ago, Daithi85 said:

People aren't crossing at a border, they cross iligealy,impossible to stop them all. 

Definitely at a border. How else would they cross? Illegally, I agree, but they do. If they can not be stopped, why make it difficult for legit tourists?

[Letseng]

1 hour ago, James105 said:

So all those measures that failed to control the virus since April are going to be implemented again even after all those vaccines have been administered.

 

I remember all the lockdown fanatics telling people to stop moaning as it was only a stopgap until enough have been vaccinated.   What say you now?   How and when does this end exactly?  

A 70% vax rate isn't enough.

Apart from this, get the tourists to wear masks like everybody else does. 

[Letseng]

1 minute ago, bang saen guy said:

Definitely at a border. How else would they cross? Illegally, I agree, but they do. If they can not be stopped, why make it difficult for legit tourists?

Many of these "legit tourists" don't follow the rules. They wear no mask in their home country, why would they do it here? Distancing is another problem.

[dinsdale]

Let it come and let it run. 

[thaiman]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I wonder how long they can keep doing this?

As often as they want!  It's pretty obvious.

[Cherrytreeview]

19 minutes ago, bang saen guy said:

Definitely at a border. How else would they cross? Illegally, I agree, but they do. If they can not be stopped, why make it difficult for legit tourists?

Virtue signaling.

 

[stigar]

Close thailand..give the tourists who don wear mask a fine 100.000 bath and cancel their visa.

Send them back home ASAP.Close "restaurants"who have prove allready they dont give a s.....

Its time they learn their lesson.

[Daithi85]

35 minutes ago, bang saen guy said:

Definitely at a border. How else would they cross? Illegally, I agree, but they do. If they can not be stopped, why make it difficult for legit tourists?

How else would they cross? Pretty easily I'd say. You see on the new's every day that their crossing tru the rivers, and coming tru the jungle. 

[TheScience]

A country with a venereal disease clinic on every corner.

 

No worries, they're on it.

[NicholasTH]

Here in the UK basically they said let it run it’s course and the airlines are tired of the restrictions now..

[tomster]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

"likely to propose the indefinite suspension of the Test & Go entry scheme, stricter disease controls and travel restriction."

 

Be ready for borders closed, all flights cancelled, restaurants closed, lockdowns and alcohol sales bans.

I wonder how long they can keep doing this?

Until they are re-elected, probably. 

[JonnyF]

Expect some more realistic case numbers to be released tomorrow to justify these restrictions. A decent increase for sure.

 

Not entirely accurate of course. They'll hold some back in case a spike is needed at a later date for even stricter controls.

 

[poohy]

40 minutes ago, stigar said:

Close thailand..give the tourists who don wear mask a fine 100.000 bath and cancel their visa.

Send them back home ASAP.Close "restaurants"who have prove allready they dont give a s.....

Its time they learn their lesson.

I bet you are fun at parties

[kimamey]

1 hour ago, Letseng said:

A 70% vax rate isn't enough.

Apart from this, get the tourists to wear masks like everybody else does. 

I'm not there but when I was most people seemed to wear masks inside but in the market I was often one amongst just a few. The rest were wearing them under their chin on hanging from one ear. Where my wife works many had to be told to wear them and even then people 'higher up' were hanging them on one ear. One decided to wear a hard hat instead. No I've no idea what the thinking was behind that either. Sometimes you just have to accept 'you just don't understand'.

[MarkerB]

55 minutes ago, NicholasTH said:

Here in the UK basically they said let it run it’s course and the airlines are tired of the restrictions now..

Johnson's abysmal Govt. means many more will die.

[NicholasTH]

Just now, MarkerB said:

Johnson's abysmal Govt. means many more will die.

Agree with you on so many levels..

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, stigar said:

Close thailand..give the tourists who don wear mask a fine 100.000 bath and cancel their visa.

Send them back home ASAP.Close "restaurants"who have prove allready they dont give a s.....

Its time they learn their lesson.

I hope you are joking. Remember the Delta was spread from hi-sos govt included. Nothing happened there.

 

[dinsdale]

22 minutes ago, MarkerB said:

Johnson's abysmal Govt. means many more will die.

How many have died from Omicron? Please provide a link.

[DonniePeverley]

Yet thousands cross Mynamar everyday from the porous borders - which in turn has porous border into India.

 

Thailand as usual chopping of it's nose to spite it's face. 

[ozimoron]

Lock downs work

 

China reports major drop in virus cases in locked-down Xi’an

 

Health officials said they have basically achieved the goal of halting community transmission because the new cases were among people already quarantined.

 

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-winter-olympics-sports-health-beijing-a91fff9b1312e2e5bea4f4ed789e9d4f

[Blumpie]

1 hour ago, NicholasTH said:

Here in the UK basically they said let it run it’s course and the airlines are tired of the restrictions now..

Yep, they have to let it run it's course with some restrictions.  Unless you want the unvaccinated dying in the streets that is.  (some anyways)

We are taking a somewhat similar course here - minimal restrictions, stay at home if you're sick, etc.  WE will be herd immunity from this or pretty close in a month or less.  IT's a fire that blew up.  It will not be stopped.

You ain't seen nothing yet!

[NicholasTH]

1 minute ago, Blumpie said:

Yep, they have to let it run it's course with some restrictions.  Unless you want the unvaccinated dying in the streets that is.  (some anyways)

We are taking a somewhat similar course here - minimal restrictions, stay at home if you're sick, etc.  WE will be herd immunity from this or pretty close in a month or less.  IT's a fire that blew up.  It will not be stopped.

You ain't seen nothing yet!

I know I was studying infectious diseases people need to wait it out now it’s the only choice for this now..

[dinsdale]

16 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Lock downs work

 

China reports major drop in virus cases in locked-down Xi’an

 

Health officials said they have basically achieved the goal of halting community transmission because the new cases were among people already quarantined.

 

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-winter-olympics-sports-health-beijing-a91fff9b1312e2e5bea4f4ed789e9d4f

Yes. I'm sure this is correct. I believe the CCP 100%.

Total covid deaths in China.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

How about promoting stronger societal mitigation practices and protocols. 

How does that blame foreigners?