Popular Post anchadian Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 UPDATE: 5,775 confirmed cases, 1,079 probable cases (ATK), and 11 deaths (0.97%). Out of 37,968 patients , 20,498 are in hospital, 15,843 in hospitel and 831 in home/community isolation. There are 536 in a serious condition (-5) with 146 on ventilators (-3) #Thailand https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1478906750761766915 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Almost 100% jump from yesterday. so now its really here in full swing. some countries were reporting that high jumps every day, but only at the pick of infections. later it was only some 30% daily jumps. way to go for thailand from now on. Now they will knee jerk and close borders, affecting foreigners, that instead of shutting new year celebrations (didnt want to upset thai that much) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 49 minutes ago, Danderman123 said: There are 1,847 people in America who would disagree with you, but they died of Covid yesterday. not as straight forward as you think, many people under intense treatment in hospitals are from much older infections i.e. delta, many are unvaccinated, many have other serious illness There is still no clear evidence either way that omicron is milder or just as deadly as delta, if there is evidence then it has not been made officially public - this of course is critical as to how this unfolds, I expect we will know soon enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 43 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: Yes must be the Kit. This is the Roche ATK test kit instructions. This one says Nasal on the test. Maybe yours says Nasal and Throat. Have not seen one of those. I also have the Saliva antigen kits as well. The FDA recommended doing both no matter what the instructions said - I posted the article here last week but that does not solve the issue of "can the ATK used effectively detect omicron no matter what the sample is" I would also like to know if the detections listed for Pattaya are ATK or PCR or both, that is unclear right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worrab Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 First update since 30th Dec 2021 where there were 26 cases, Goodness knows what has happened in between! Health officials on Wednesday (Jan 5) reported 39 new COVID-19 cases, 17 of which were found in Hua Hin. Elsewhere in the province, 2 cases were found in Pranburi, 6 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 2 cases in Kuiburi, 7 cases in Thap Sakae, 3 cases in Bang Saphan, zero case in Bang Saphan Noi, and 2 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. No new deaths were reported today. https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/jan-5-prachuap-reports-39-new-covid-19-cases-17-cases-in-hua-hin/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thailand government organization The Ministry of Public Health has stated that the Food and Drug Administration has already registered the #COVID19Vaccine for children aged 5-11 years and is in the process of observing the willingness of both children and their parents. https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1478924287817904130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) Public Health Ministry has decided to raise the nation's Covid-19 alert to Level 4 after seeing new Covid-19 cases soar to 5,775 on Thursday. @TNAMCOT https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1478917650419834881 Thailand has just increased the coronavirus alert level to four. The guideline for this level is to detain incoming travellers in quarantine on arrival. This hasn’t been put into place yet, but CCSA will be having a meeting tomorrow to discuss changes to entry requirements. https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1478925990675976192 Edited January 6, 2022 by anchadian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, smedly said: The FDA recommended doing both no matter what the instructions said - I posted the article here last week but that does not solve the issue of "can the ATK used effectively detect omicron no matter what the sample is" I would also like to know if the detections listed for Pattaya are ATK or PCR or both, that is unclear right now I do agree with what your saying, but still it would he nice to have a truly validated set of updated instruction so the tests are done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi85 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Just now, anchadian said: Public Health Ministry has decided to raise the nation's Covid-19 alert to Level 4 after seeing new Covid-19 cases soar to 5,775 on Thursday. @TNAMCOT https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1478917650419834881 How many levels are there and what do they actually mean? What's the difference between level 3 and level 4?does anything change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thai News Reports: The Ministry of Public Health will have a press conference at 11:00am to update the situation. You can watch it on the Ministry of Public Health's Facebook page http://facebook.com/fanmoph #Thailand https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1478929195451310083 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thailand has enough hospital beds in case of Omicron surge “Bangkok has up to 11,000 beds available for patients with severe symptoms, 6,000 beds for level 2 patients, and 5,000 beds for level 3 patients.” “From the statistics of Omicron cases in Thailand, 48 per cent are asymptomatic, while 41 per cent have mild symptoms,” Somsak pointed out. “These patients can be treated at isolation centres and will not require hospital beds,” he said. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010786 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyril sneer Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 vaccine was a complete waste of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomyami Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) My overly cautious country Ireland is exp the highest level of cases in the world. Deaths and hospilizations have reduced under omicrom most in ICU are legacy delta unvaxed cases. A senior politician had to addmitt this in the case so schools are opening today as planned workers who are close contacts and are fully vaxed + boosted with no syptoms can return to work and no more restrictions to be added I think Thailand is 2 wks from seeing the birds from the treees with cases and pcr testing becoming less relevant link is broken with omicrom so no reason to continue this charade. Edited January 6, 2022 by tomyami 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cherrytreeview Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, cyril sneer said: vaccine was a complete waste of time Don't think so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said: Thailand has enough hospital beds in case of Omicron surge “Bangkok has up to 11,000 beds available for patients with severe symptoms, 6,000 beds for level 2 patients, and 5,000 beds for level 3 patients.” “From the statistics of Omicron cases in Thailand, 48 per cent are asymptomatic, while 41 per cent have mild symptoms,” Somsak pointed out. “These patients can be treated at isolation centres and will not require hospital beds,” he said. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010786 So in reality isolating at home in a safe environment would be preferable. Just like my son in the US is doing. They only have him quarantining for5 days, then wearing a mask for 3 more days afterwards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, cyril sneer said: vaccine was a complete waste of time Why would you say that. Do you believe the unvaccinated fare better than the vaccinated. Do you believe that the vaccinated are the only ones who get the virus, or are you just saying that your an antivaxxer and vaccines do not reduce the chances of getting gravely ill and possibly dying like being unvaxxed does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicholasTH Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, internationalism said: Almost 100% jump from yesterday. so now its really here in full swing. some countries were reporting that high jumps every day, but only at the pick of infections. later it was only some 30% daily jumps. way to go for thailand from now on. Now they will knee jerk and close borders, affecting foreigners, that instead of shutting new year celebrations (didnt want to upset thai that much) It’s going to keep on jumping omg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 This was inevitable and the numbers will continue to climb. How much hospitalizations increase will depend on whether MoPH pursues rational policies and limits hospitalization to serious cases. And also on progress with booster doses especially for high risk groups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicholasTH Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Sheryl said: This was inevitable and the numbers will continue to climb. How much hospitalizations increase will depend on whether MoPH pursues rational policies and limits hospitalization to serious cases. And also on progress with booster doses especially for high risk groups. Imagine how many are going to have to pay like this and this is actually a positive case.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danderman123 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Capella said: Incidental cases, most of those. Omicron is mild. I've had it and I'm in a risk group. Link, please. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, anchadian said: Public Health Ministry has decided to raise the nation's Covid-19 alert to Level 4 after seeing new Covid-19 cases soar to 5,775 on Thursday. @TNAMCOT https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1478917650419834881 Thailand has just increased the coronavirus alert level to four. The guideline for this level is to detain incoming travellers in quarantine on arrival. This hasn’t been put into place yet, but CCSA will be having a meeting tomorrow to discuss changes to entry requirements. https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1478925990675976192 Thailand raises Covid alert level to second highest level due to Omicron and new year clusters “There will be no lockdown but some activities could be restricted in at-risk venues with crowded conditions and lack of proper airflow for public safety,” said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control. “This is an announcement to raise the alert level and we will have to discuss with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) first before new measures can come into effect,” he said. https://www.thaienquirer.com/36238/thailand-raises-covid-alert-level-to-second-highest-level-due-to-omicron-and-new-year-clusters/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, NicholasTH said: Imagine how many are going to have to pay like this and this is actually a positive case.? COVID treatment is free for Thai citizens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicholasTH Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sheryl said: COVID treatment is free for Thai citizens Normally when I’m in Thailand I don’t have insurance but after this mess I’m definitely buying it just for in case something bad does happen.. I know I’m young and stupid but I don’t go out looking for trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, NicholasTH said: Normally when I’m in Thailand I don’t have insurance but after this mess I’m definitely buying it just for in case something bad does happen.. I know I’m young and stupid but I don’t go out looking for trouble. Kind of mandatory if you want to enter now, however it seems that some of those with policies got what they paid for...absolutely nothing, as they did not read the fine print for the policy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Danderman123 said: There are 1,847 people in America who would disagree with you, but they died of Covid yesterday. As Americans are one of the fattest nations on the planet and have a low vaccine take up, that is hardly a surprise is it. When 1 in 5 die from related obesity a simple lung related virus is bound to effect people who think stuffing their face is more important that a healthy ish body. Everything in moderation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted January 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2022 Guideline for Alert Level 4: Refrain from eating & drinking in restaurants Refrain from entering risky places Avoid meeting people outside of your home Avoid groups Refrain from taking public transport Refrain from going abroad Quarantine on entry to Thailand https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1478945825988354048 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said: Guideline for Alert Level 4: Refrain from eating & drinking in restaurants Refrain from entering risky places Avoid meeting people outside of your home Avoid groups Refrain from taking public transport Refrain from going abroad Quarantine on entry to Thailand https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1478945825988354048 Level 4 reads like a self imposed isolationist provision. 1 step away from shutting the entire country down again for all incoming and outgoing. If they do, then they have doomed the country into self destruction amid internal strife. Maybe that's the goal of this group in order to remain in power forever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, internationalism said: Almost 100% jump from yesterday. so now its really here in full swing. some countries were reporting that high jumps every day, but only at the pick of infections. later it was only some 30% daily jumps. way to go for thailand from now on. Now they will knee jerk and close borders, affecting foreigners, that instead of shutting new year celebrations (didnt want to upset thai that much) Schools are shut again. Most Thais I know aren't that happy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 44 minutes ago, Sheryl said: COVID treatment is free for Thai citizens Do you know the roughcosts for foreigner's that are hospitalised under various scenarios: 1) no symptoms, 2) mild symptoms, 3) serious condition, ICU etc. I would say most (private school) teachers here have no insurance at all, or certaianly not enough to cover medical costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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