25 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Big deal. 300 people and one person working through the numbers. I get that every time I go to the bank. BTW, lots of fat people, there.

Maybe you missed the crowd of actual infected people, looked mostly Thai (didn't notice and fat ones) being transported off who were next to all those waiting for PCR tests for test and go on the building site? Never seen that in my local bank.

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

CORRECTION: Earlier, we posted that Phuket had 416 new cases out of which 219 were from abroad. The national Top 10 also listed Phuket with 416 new cases. Our tweet should have read, Phuket reported a record 635 news cases, out of which 219 were from abroad. We regret this error.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1480043232385847299

 

Oh dear, not looking good for the school situation here. Still restaurants and bars open for the tourists and locals, forget the kids who live here and deserve an education.

383,002 vaccine doses administered yesterday

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1480043348664590336

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

Can you buy a test kit in the pharmacy ??? Or where else can we get them ?

Yes you can, but my experience in Pattaya at least has been hit and miss with availability and prices range from around 60 to nearly 200 THB in some cases.

 

What I found best is ordering from Lazada/shopee. I ordered 20 nasal/throat test kits on the 2nd Jan, were here by midday on the 4th. With post charges worked out around 65 baht a kit.

Meanwhile, raw deaths count all causes now available for December. I have no time yet to analyse the full year but December 2021 is around 5000 deaths higher than 2020.

https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

Bangkok preps for Omicron surge with ambulance drills, entertainment clampdown

 

Bangkok’s governor has instructed all 50 districts of the capital to make urgent preparations for a surge in Omicron cases.

Aswin Kwanmuang ordered district officials to tighten controls on the spread of Covid-19, focusing on entertainment venues, pubs, bars and karaoke outlets.

 

Patients who develop mild symptoms will be treated under Home Isolation,” Bangkok Metropolitan Administration permanent-secretary Khajit Chatchavanich said on Saturday.

 

“They will receive a thermometer, fingertip oximeter, anti-fever Fah Talai Jone pills and other drugs," he explained.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010881

Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta

 

A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, called the strain “deltacron,” because of its omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, Bloomberg said.

 

So far, Kostrikis and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, according to the report. It’s still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/08/cyprus-reportedly-discovers-a-covid-variant-that-combines-omicron-and-delta.html

21 minutes ago, candide said:

Meanwhile, raw deaths count all causes now available for December. I have no time yet to analyse the full year but December 2021 is around 5000 deaths higher than 2020.

https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

BTW, anyone knows a source where I could find the official Covid deaths count for Thailand month by month? I would like to make a comparison for the whole year sequence.

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta

 

A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.

Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, called the strain “deltacron,” because of its omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, Bloomberg said.

 

So far, Kostrikis and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, according to the report. It’s still too early to tell whether there are more cases of the strain or what impacts it could have.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/08/cyprus-reportedly-discovers-a-covid-variant-that-combines-omicron-and-delta.html

Deltacron, why not Omelta....enough is enough.  The initial virus has mutated to many different viruses with some similarities, yet the annual Rhinovirus and Flu also do the same thing annually.  Did we ever test folks for a Rhinovirus or the flu who showed no symptoms.  Not being a denier now, but when is enough enough and when will we truly start to learn to live with Covid as many not only in this Government have stated as well as other countries?  We could keep on going like this forever ad-infimum as I said awhile back and that piece of string just keeps going.  

Creative accounting for saving the sandbox is my guess.........................

 

"Can anyone explain this? In the Top 10, it says 416 cases for Phuket which is only local cases. It doesn’t include 219 from elsewhere. However, Samut Prakan shows 669 cases (352 local cases and 317 from elsewhere). So, why is the Top 10 not showing 635 cases for Phuket? #Thailand"

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1480076998185684992

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Creative accounting for saving the sandbox is my guess.........................

 

"Can anyone explain this? In the Top 10, it says 416 cases for Phuket which is only local cases. It doesn’t include 219 from elsewhere. However, Samut Prakan shows 669 cases (352 local cases and 317 from elsewhere). So, why is the Top 10 not showing 635 cases for Phuket? #Thailand"

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1480076998185684992

 

They want o keep the numbers down because they want more stupid foreigners come.Remember the costs of hospitels for foreigners.In he news here in norway they warning about travel to thailand because ur bill kan be 350-400.000 bath

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Thailand's more amazing than that, its actually gone down when you count the ATK results.

8th Jan: ATK + PCR = 10,029

9th Jan: ATK + PCR = 9,776

 

It's likely the weekend effect (less testing and/or less reporting).

 

The Jan 9 report today is tallying totals of the end of Sat Jan. 8.

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

383,002 vaccine doses administered yesterday

 

https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1480043348664590336

 

It's a curious trend lately that 3rd shot booster doses often are outnumbering the numbers of first and second doses given on various days, such as above....

 

And yet, still, about one-third of the Thai population hasn't yet been fully vaccinated with the two regular doses thus far.

2 hours ago, candide said:

Meanwhile, raw deaths count all causes now available for December. I have no time yet to analyse the full year but December 2021 is around 5000 deaths higher than 2020.

https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

 

A cleaner look at the same info for Thailand solo:

 

 

 

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-projected-baseline?country=~THA

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Aswin Kwanmuang ordered district officials to tighten controls on the spread of Covid-19, focusing on entertainment venues, pubs, bars and karaoke outlets.

 

I don't know what that language above from As-win is supposed to mean....  But on the way home last night, all the regular non-gogo bars (quasi restaurants) in my central BKK neighborhood were open and serving alcohol as usual. No special precautions seen. Everyone sitting around drinking in close proximity maskless.

 

 

19 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I don't know what that language above from As-win is supposed to mean....  But on the way home last night, all the regular non-gogo bars (quasi restaurants) in my central BKK neighborhood were open and serving alcohol as usual. No special precautions seen. Everyone sitting around drinking in close proximity maskless.

 

 

Same as we saw when we walked down Nana and then out on Sukhumvit.

4 hours ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1479965193597702144

 

And yet the CDC dashboard is reporting 960 for Chonburi. 

And the figures keep creeping up from the 75 cases yesterday.

 

Health officials on Sunday (Jan 9)  reported 97 new COVID-19 cases, 60 of which were found in Hua Hin. A further 9 cases were found in people who had travelled to Hua Hin from overseas.

Elsewhere in the province, 5 cases were found in Pranburi, 2 cases in Sam Roi Yot, 8 cases in Kuiburi, 11 cases in Thap Sakae, 4 cases in Bang Saphan, 1 case in Bang Saphan Noi, and 6 cases in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. No new deaths were reported today.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/jan-9-prachuap-reports-97-new-covid-19-cases-60-cases-in-hua-hin/

16 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Same as we saw when we walked down Nana and then out on Sukhumvit.

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that alcoholic beverages can be served until 9:00 PM at eateries in the capital with SHA+ certification or that meet Thai Stop COVID 2+ standards. The announcement was signed by Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang and goes into effect today (Sunday, 9 Jan).

 

Entertainment outlets, bars, pubs and karaoke venues that want to change their status to restaurants are meanwhile required to seek permission from district offices that will assess their preparedness in accordance with disease control and prevention measures currently in place. They must also meet SHA+ and Thai Stop COVID 2+ standards and only serve alcoholic drinks until 9:00 PM.

 

According to the SHA+ or Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration standards, hygiene and safety measures must all be met while at least 70% of active staff must be fully vaccinated.

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158446780577050

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Creative accounting for saving the sandbox is my guess.........................

 

"Can anyone explain this? In the Top 10, it says 416 cases for Phuket which is only local cases. It doesn’t include 219 from elsewhere. However, Samut Prakan shows 669 cases (352 local cases and 317 from elsewhere). So, why is the Top 10 not showing 635 cases for Phuket? #Thailand"

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1480076998185684992

 

Figures are all over the place, we have different figures published provincially to central, have figures put up them changed few hour later. Know what they say about liars, they trip up eventually.

Thailand’s Mu Koh Chang national park closed to tourists until further notice

 

"Koh Chang, a popular destination for both Thai and foreign tourists, was closed today (Sunday) until further notice by Mu Koh Chang national park, citing rising COVID-19 infections on the island.

 

The park’s chief, Niphon Pinyo, issued the order yesterday, also closing several other islands in the park.

 

All hotels, resorts, hostels and camping sites have been informed that the provision of tourism-related accommodation services is also suspended until further notice."

 

(more)

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-mu-koh-chang-national-park-closed-to-tourists-until-further-notice/?fbclid=IwAR1vw0gUniY3iyhnKc4cYGsWJM3_bnan9bH-4XlewR168dT2CaPal1vDUYs

 

4 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that alcoholic beverages can be served until 9:00 PM at eateries in the capital with SHA+ certification or that meet Thai Stop COVID 2+ standards. The announcement was signed by Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang and goes into effect today (Sunday, 9 Jan).

 

Entertainment outlets, bars, pubs and karaoke venues that want to change their status to restaurants are meanwhile required to seek permission from district offices that will assess their preparedness in accordance with disease control and prevention measures currently in place. They must also meet SHA+ and Thai Stop COVID 2+ standards and only serve alcoholic drinks until 9:00 PM.

 

According to the SHA+ or Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration standards, hygiene and safety measures must all be met while at least 70% of active staff must be fully vaccinated.

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158446780577050

 

70% of active staff fully vaccinated yet 30% could also be untested and asymptomatic.  So why the false sense of security they are projecting?  Why close serving alcoholic drinks at 9 instead of 11 pm.  Does the alcohol get smarter after 9pm?

1 minute ago, Petey11 said:

Figures are all over the place, we have different figures published provincially to central, have figures put up them changed few hour later. Know what they say about liars, they trip up eventually.

Getting caught up in their own tangled web of lies. It won't be long before the under reporting and under testing is highlighted by a major media outlet.

3 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

Thailand’s Mu Koh Chang national park closed to tourists until further notice

 

Koh Chang, a popular destination for both Thai and foreign tourists, was closed today (Sunday) until further notice by Mu Koh Chang national park, citing rising COVID-19 infections on the island.

 

The park’s chief, Niphon Pinyo, issued the order yesterday, also closing several other islands in the park.

 

All hotels, resorts, hostels and camping sites have been informed that the provision of tourism-related accommodation services is also suspended until further notice.

 

(more)

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-mu-koh-chang-national-park-closed-to-tourists-until-further-notice/?fbclid=IwAR1vw0gUniY3iyhnKc4cYGsWJM3_bnan9bH-4XlewR168dT2CaPal1vDUYs

 

Because of the 6 that tested positive on test number 2 and then left, with 3 staying in Trat and the others on Koh Chang?  If thats the way they are looking at this then the possibility of closing the country looms large.  Not panicking or anything but are they going a little overboard...

Bangkok province official update for today:

 

598 official new cases, no new deaths:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/prbangkok/posts/4210565625709693

 

11 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

  Does the alcohol get smarter after 9pm?

Don't know but I'll guess the BMA thinks the people get more stupid.

MoPH graphic showing that of 100 Omicron cases they sampled, 59 showed no symptoms:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/481400120144984

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld/posts/10158446661237050

 

COVID-19 Thailand reports 8,511 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths, 2,605 recoveries

 

File photo

 

Thailand on Sunday (January 9) reported 8,511 new COVID-19 cases, 2,605 recoveries and 12 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1246087-covid-19-thailand-reports-8511-new-coronavirus-cases-12-deaths-2605-recoveries/

 

//CLOSED//

/Adnin

Interesting chart in today's MoPH COVID update documents.

 

If I'm reading it correctly, it's showing a single-day snapshot of the number of positive COVID cases found among incoming travelers ranked by country, with the U.S. with a slight lead over 2nd place Russia.

 

 

Also the detailed national vaccination update issued today, covering thru the end of Saturday:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/478033187139923