NSC Dismisses Lockdown Plan, Calls It Last Resort

[webfact]

 

by Natthaphon  Sangpolsit

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Security Council (NSC) has said there will not be another lockdown to curb COVID-19 infections unless it was the only option remaining.

 

NSC Secretary-General Gen Supoj Malaniyom made the announcement amid a surge of Omicron coronavirus cases, adding that the number of new cases is likely to drop next month.

 

The NSC chief also said Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered provincial governors to tackle local clusters through administrative mechanisms. The government expects the number of new cases to decline in March, with close-to-normal livelihoods to return in time for the Songkran Festival in April.

 

He further noted that the government did not intend to impose travel restrictions for this year’s Songkran holidays, though gatherings, parties and other high-risk activities would still be discouraged.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-02-28

 

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[Thailand]

Just declared endemic?

[Cake Monster]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered provincial governors to tackle local clusters through administrative mechanisms. The government expects the number of new cases to decline in March,

I may be stupid, but I thought that Medical treatment was needed in such situations.

Not a massaging of the numbers

[mtls2005]

Bit late now.

 

The horse has already been processed into glue.

 

 

"The Last Resort".

 

I see what you did there.

 

 

[smedly]

this is no longer about covid 

[RichardColeman]

Considering they will not lock down the roads it seems pointless having covid in lockdowns in thailand 

[JonnyF]

They would be insane to consider another lockdown at this point. The majority are vaccinated and Omicron is a relatively mild strain.

 

Unless of course, this isn't really about Covid. I suspect "Unless it is the only option remaining" is a euphemism for "unless the peasants start revolting again".

[ukrules]

5 hours ago, JonnyF said:

They would be insane to consider another lockdown at this point. The majority are vaccinated and Omicron is a relatively mild strain.

Don't rule anything out, I'm certainly not ruling out the possibility of additional lockdowns, curfews, etc inside Thailand, in fact I kind of expect it at some point.

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The National Security Council (NSC) has said there will not be another lockdown to curb COVID-19 infections unless it was the only option remaining.

But it will give provinces the choice, which some have already made.

[hotchilli]

41 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Don't rule anything out, I'm certainly not ruling out the possibility of additional lockdowns, curfews, etc inside Thailand, in fact I kind of expect it at some point.

 

Some provinces have already made harsher restrictions.

[Pib]

 

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The NSC chief also said Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered provincial governors to tackle local clusters through administrative mechanisms.

"....through administrative mechanisms."   What does that mean?   Maybe fight COVID using more bureaucratic paperwork, cook the COVID stats, etc?

[MrJ2U]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

But it will give provinces the choice, which some have already made.

Two large schools closed for a week close to our village.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by MrJ2U

[kotsak]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The National Security Council (NSC) has said there will not be another lockdown to curb COVID-19 infections unless it was the only option remaining.

Lockdown it is then..

[zzaa09]

10 hours ago, smedly said:

this is no longer about covid 

There are some that might suggest that the whole affair, worldwide, was never about covid.