webfact Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 File photo Thailand on Friday (February 18th) reported 18,066 new COVID-19 cases, 12,511 recoveries and 27 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. ▶︎ Infections outside prisons: 17,898. Prisons: 168 ▶︎ Recoveries: 12,511 Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 2,674,477 with 22,565 deaths. The news comes as COVID-19 is not a medical emergency anymore due to changing situations but the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) is available for COVID-19 patients with underlying illnesses, according to the permanent secretary for health. Dr Kiatiphum Wongrajit, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said that as the number of COVID-19 patients who needed hospital admission was small, COVID-19 was not considered as a medical emergency any longer. Only about 700 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospital for the time being, he said. *TNA contributed to this report Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-02-18 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494458541079670784 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 PCR test positive cases, total of 18,066 official new infections. 27 official covid deaths recorded. Rapid tests positive cases, 9,956 bringing the total of PCR and ATK results to 28,022 https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/ Rolling 7 day average chart from 16th Feb https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danderman123 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 69,000 in hospital. Edited February 18, 2022 by Danderman123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494479436321726464 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, anchadian said: https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1494479436321726464 https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rott Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Strange that Omicron does not seem to be spreading so much in prisons. Could be herd immunity at last.? Or could be something else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 No particularly scientific and lacks variables but as a straight forward comparison using ourworldindata 7 day rolling average for cases and deaths. 16th Feb 2022 = 15,791 PCR positive cases & 24.57 official deaths 30th July 2021 = 15,809 PCR positive cases & 124 official deaths No doubt some impact showing here from vaccination induced immunity and the Omicron variant being less virulent? The question however is how high this will go, ICU and Ventilated cases on the up so we can expect to see a rising death count but it may stay below the triple digit mark hopefully! Or maybe that's wishfull thinking on my part. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/17/health/ba-2-covid-severity/index.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, rott said: Strange that Omicron does not seem to be spreading so much in prisons. Could be herd immunity at last.? Or could be something else. Maybe same here .. several schools are closed or classes stay at home because of Covid.. Nobody talks about it so it doesn't exist...easy to keep the figures low 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, webfact said: Dr Kiatiphum Wongrajit, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said that as the number of COVID-19 patients who needed hospital admission was small, COVID-19 was not considered as a medical emergency any longer. So they are saying in not so many words.....the pandemic is now endemic.....or what the heck is this man alluding to as cases keep rising upwards..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Provincial governors in Thailand told to prepare plans for COVID-19 surge Provincial governors have been ordered by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to prepare contingency plans to cope with rising COVID-19 infections, as daily new infections are exceeding 18,000, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said this morning (Friday). https://www.thaipbsworld.com/provincial-governors-in-thailand-told-to-prepare-plans-for-covid-19-surge/?utm_source=thaip.bs&utm_medium=urlshortener&utm_campaign&utm_term&utm_content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) I wonder if the president is aware of this? Edited February 18, 2022 by anchadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Thailand government organization Ranking of 10 provinces with highest COVID-19 transmission, as of 18 February 2022 https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1494556820639457280 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 Interesting juxtaposition of news headlines on the forum today: Provincial governors in Thailand told to prepare plans for COVID-19 surge COVID Not Medical Emergency Anymore ???? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Thailand 2022 COVID hospitalizations (regular hospitals): Jan 4 -- 17,280 Feb. 1 -- 40,590 (Past Week) Feb 12 -- 56,099 Feb 13 –- 58,245 Feb 14 –- 60,558 Feb 15 –- 60,303 Feb 16 -- 62,752 Feb 17 –- 64,919 Feb 18 -- 69,943 (now more than quadrupled since the start of the year) Thailand 2022 COVID patients in serious/critical condition: Jan 4 -- 555 Feb 1 -- 557 (past week) Feb 12 -- 610 Feb 13 -- 641 Feb 14 –- 687 Feb 15 -- 702 Feb 16 -- 699 Feb 17 -- 728 Feb 18 -- 755 Source: MoPH daily COVID reports, including the latest below, with the hospitalization and patient condition statistics in the blue colored section. https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/506187714332891/?type=3 Also, more broadly as shown in the blue box, Thailand currently has 149,589 COVID positive cases in care, including the 69,943 in regular hospitals, and another 79,646 in various alternate arrangements including "hospitels," field hospitals, etc. Edited February 18, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, anchadian said: Thailand government organization Ranking of 10 provinces with highest COVID-19 transmission, as of 18 February 2022 https://twitter.com/prdthailand/status/1494556820639457280 Just for comparison purposes, my records from last fall, based on daily reports of that time, had Bangkok's daily case count peak at above 5,100 in mid August 2021. In the same vein, there was a long period of time in August 2021 where the daily count of serious/critical COVID cases in hospital was running above 5,000, and the intubated group was running above 1,100, before beginning to decline -- far above current levels. The current numbers for serious/critical COVID patients and those intubated roughly match those from late April 2021 (April 29 -- 786 serious/critical and 230 intubated), and it took another four months or so before they later peaked at the levels I mentioned in the prior paragraph. Edited February 18, 2022 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 COVID-19: Thailand reports 18,885 new coronavirus cases, 29 deaths, 10,946 recoveries File photo Thailand on Saturday (February 19) reported 18,885 new COVID-19 cases, 10,946 recoveries and 29 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1250832-covid-19-thailand-reports-18885-new-coronavirus-cases-29-deaths-10946-recoveries/ //CLOSED// /Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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