Covid in Thailand: Quarantine for close contacts set to change from 7+3 to 5+5 days

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported from a Ministry of Public Health meeting in Nonthaburi.

 

It was chaired by DPM and health minister Anutin Charnvirakul with leading Covid medics on the stage including infectious disease expert Dr Opas Kankawinpong. 

 

Main point to come out of the meeting is that the quarantine period for people who are close contacts of infected individuals has changed slightly.

 

It is now 5 days quarantine and 5 days observation of symptoms, a change from the 7+3 before.

 

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In a message to the public ahead of the Songkran holidays that begin in earnest tomorrow Anutin called for people to protect elderly and vulnerable relatives. 

 

He also called for people to protect those who have not had the vaccine or not had a booster shot.

 

Measures such as not sharing eating utelsils and following the other familiar Covid-19 protocols should be employed.

 

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[RandiRona]

"It is now 5 days quarantine and 5 days observation of symptoms, a change from the 7+3 before"

 

I know they reduced Quarantine by 2 days but why need to increase observation to 5?? 

I guess they just want to ensure that they reach double digit(10) just like Lottery numbers...So dumb!!

[ikke1959]

So what is the difference??? 7+3 is 10 and 5+5 is 10 too......Oh no..Math is not for the politicians as the numbers of tourists always spike, billions are spend during holidays, cases of Covid can't beyond 25.000 a day and so on...

[ThailandRyan]

Using these new numbers plus the 8 from the projected millions of visitors for the year to buy my lottery numbers for the 16th.

 

558, 855, 585, 738, 837, 873.  Should win me the big money....lol

[Sandy Bottom]

This will surely increase tourism by 9000%  next month

[smedly]

56 minutes ago, webfact said:

It is now 5 days quarantine and 5 days observation of symptoms, a change from the 7+3 before.

ground breaking

[Lucky Bones]

Fantastic.

I think this refers to only falangs.

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, RandiRona said:

"It is now 5 days quarantine and 5 days observation of symptoms, a change from the 7+3 before"

 

I know they reduced Quarantine by 2 days but why need to increase observation to 5?? 

I guess they just want to ensure that they reach double digit(10) just like Lottery numbers...So dumb!!

I hope you are qualified to make such judgement, or was it just something you needed to spit out together with the morning coffée?

[Rimmer]

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[internationalism]

when was this meeting and since when this new rule starts?

sound as it was today and from today.

From what is known for many months, that contact tracing is abandoned all together.

When my stepson was sick at home, nobody from family had to quarantine. His wife and daughter just moved to neighbour house for some 5 days.

With so many infections, and most of them very mild, there is no way to trace even sick people.

 

[samtam]

What does "observation" involve...and by whom? And do you stay isolated whilst you're "observing/being observed"?

[poohy]

I know several Thais (close family) who havd tested for covid and happily going on about their daily lives

One still is infectiousand is at the market as we speak

Ye gods ...tis a well dangerous world out there

[hotchilli]

Snazzy uniform for a health minister don't you think.

[MasterBaker]

9+1, please make it 9+1, cause it makes even more sense

[Soikhaonoiken]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Snazzy uniform for a health minister don't you think.

Haha, isn't that a blue Peter badge he's got as well...

[garyk]

Haha, what a clown show.

[Stargeezr]

At the start quarantine was 14 days, now its 10. so 7 and 3 or 5 and 5. what ever. Of course you could 

listen to some non medical person who says 5 days is enough, up to you to believe them.

  My sister is recovering and at day 6 she still tested positive, with the rapid test kit.

  Ok over to you arm chair experts.