george Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Thailand found 21 new cases of Influenza 2009 in Pattaya BANGKOK: -- Thailand on Thursday reported 21 new cases of the flu, all of them were discotheque staffs in Pattaya, Thai Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said. Among the 90 samples collected from people who worked in hotel and discotheques in Pattaya, 21 of them were confirmed to be positive to the flu. The collection of the samples were conducted after two Taiwanese who visited Pattaya were found infected by the flu when they returned home. "All 21 cases which were found positive to the flu were staffs of a discotheque in Pattaya," he said. He also referred to a 11-year-old student of a private school who was infected by the flu although he had no record of travelling to a foreign country like other patients. His school suspended their classes for three days, starting today, to find the source of the flu. Witthaya said the investigation still continued and still could not find the source. He added that the ministry is still waiting for lab results of the boy's 13 classmates. "About 30 teachers of the school are scheduled to return to Bangkok next week from the United States. We will also observe them," he said. Meanwhile five more cases of the flu were confirmed on Thursday afternoon, one of them was mother of the 11-year-old infected boy. The mother had no symptom but lab test showed that she was positive to the flu. Another patient had no record of travelling abroad but he picked up his son who returned from a foreign country at Suvarnabhumi Airport recently. Two other cases were a man who just returned from Singapore and a woman who visited the US recently. The fifth was a British man who was on his way to Cambodia and made a transit at Suvarnabhumi Airport. He was found high fever and running nose. He was admitted to a hospital and lab test showed he was infected by the flu. -- The Nation 2009-06-11 PM: 20 more flu cases in Pattaya BANGKOK: -- Another 20 cases of A(H1N1) influenza have been found in the resort town of Pattaya, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday. The patients were all workers at entertainment places. All were now in the care of the Public Health Ministry, the prime minister said. Health officials would examine people at major tourist attractions in both Pattaya and Phuket to get a more accurate number of how many people have so far caught the flu in Thailand. On Wednesday, the Public Health Ministry put the number of confirmed flu cases at 16, after an 11-year-old 6th grade boy at a private school in Sam Sen area of Bangkok was found to have the flu virus. The ministry ordered three classes at the school closed for three days and 13 other students from the school were placed under close watch after they showed flu-like symptoms. The 11-year-old boy is the second case of human-to-human transmission confirmed in Thailand. He has not recently travelled out of the country, officials said. -- Bangkok Post 2009-06-11 Want more Thailand Breaking News faster? Download Thaivisa combined Toolbar/News Ticker/Internet Radio Player: http://toolbar.thaivisa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganberry Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Has anyone heard which "disco" is was in Pattaya? Depending on which one it is, one can pretty much stereotype the kinds of bars these disco goers would be at in Bangkok, and avoid them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentnine Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 any information on which school .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 so now we all get paranoid about a bit of flu, in Pattaya?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeetJohnDoe Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Don't something like 38k people die of the flu every year in the US? So what's the new here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonTron Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I am more worried about surviving when crossing Sukhumvit on a motorbike than of ever getting bird flu or swine flu or katoey flu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 This is just the start. Watch it spread like wild fire over the next few weeks. Typical example is Australia, Melbourne in particular, last week, single figures, today 1,300 plus cases and rising. The message is keep off trains, and other places where people are in close proximity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touseefashfaq Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 i'm going to bangkok trip on AUG , dont know what to do.. should i cancel my trip or not.. but lets see. more careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Bloody Farangs coming here with your desease and destroying our tourists inductry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsteele Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Has anyone heard which "disco" is was in Pattaya? Depending on which one it is, one can pretty much stereotype the kinds of bars these disco goers would be at in Bangkok, and avoid them. Another good reason to stay away from the bar girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraBangkok Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 so now we all get paranoid about a bit of flu, in Pattaya?? Don't think to many people are paranoid mate and it's not this virus we have to worry about at the moment But if and when it mutates and possibly mixes with H5N1 (endemic in Asia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuffki Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Has anyone heard which "disco" is was in Pattaya? Depending on which one it is, one can pretty much stereotype the kinds of bars these disco goers would be at in Bangkok, and avoid them. Thats so great. School were closed down, but no mention of which disco. Since most of the people testes positive were the staff at disco, would not that be only common sense to name the clubs and also have them closed down for the time being or closed and properly testes if it is safe to have people in? How awsome would that be when a club has over 500 people and all are breathing the flue, then all go to another club and spread it there, after all go back to hotel and spread some more there, then the shopping malls, movies, restaurants, then the airport. Lets keep the clubs open and also keep the names secret. As always, Thai government is using the backside to do all the thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdeyedmt Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 so now we all get paranoid about a bit of flu, in Pattaya?? hear hear, FLU not swine flu.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofie Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 "How awsome would that be when a club has over 500 people and all are breathing the flue" Not sure if you have been to Pattaya recently, but I think and 'disco' there would be lucky to have 5 guest from abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thykeeper Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Bloody Farangs coming here with your desease and destroying our tourists inductry. We're destroying the tourist industry which we created! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Don't something like 38k people die of the flu every year in the US? So what's the new here? you are correct, but here is the catch on flu vs. swine flu. yes, the symptoms are the same and the risk to each individual is the same. *BUT*, problem is, the possibility of this simple flu to mutate into something normal flu medicines cannot handle. the worry is not the flu, but what could possibly turn into a mutated version in which becomes such a difficult virus to contain and turns into a pandemic. so yes, we all get the flu from time to time. but, this could turn into a situation where EVERYBODY gets the flu and our current treatments become unable to fight. thus, we have a pandemic on our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcent Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 90 minutes ago The World Health Organization's (WHO) latest A/H1N1 update as of June 10, 2009 at 06:00 GMT shows 74 countries worlwide have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths http://www.ubalert.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakrak Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 i'm going to bangkok trip on AUG , dont know what to do.. should i cancel my trip or not.. but lets see. more careful Don't cancel your trip. Here's what to do -- get educated. Read up on the details of A/H1N1 here by typing: swine flu mercola into Google and read everything on the first 2 results: "Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?" and "Important Swine Flu Update" This is nothing to get all worked up over, despite what the drug companies want you to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSmurf Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 well thats my trip to Patts cancelled! But maybe as I am bound to get it ( I always have in the passed) I suffer very badly.I have had the flu jab for the last 15 years and have not had it since..No flu jab for this one yet..My point is better i go get the flu there in Pattaya where they have Tami-flu to take..her in Chiang rai they do not have it! I've checked and for sure it will come up here sooner or later.......So maybe best to have a few flu parties so as to get it while you can get the medicine!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Providing care is taken,recovery rates from H1N1 are very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianni77 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Bloody Farangs coming here with your desease and destroying our tourists inductry. Thais don't need farangs or swine flu to destroy the turism industry, they do a pretty good job already closing airports and having stupid protests during Songkran Anyway, let's hope the virus doesn't mutate to something more dangerous... Have a nice day everyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuffki Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 "How awsome would that be when a club has over 500 people and all are breathing the flue"Not sure if you have been to Pattaya recently, but I think and 'disco' there would be lucky to have 5 guest from abroad. Not sure if you are still drunk from the night before or do not understand what disco means!!!! Insomnia is packed 7 nights per week-can not move around Lucifers-packed 7 nights per week Tony's half packed 7 nights per week Marine- at least 200 after 2.30am 7 nights per week Mixxx-almost full 7 night s per week B52-Same as mix Even some of the good gogo bars are full 7 nights per week How do i know this? i live in Pattaya and out every night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedBusinessPerson Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 This report from the Nation is just insane. Either the type of flu was edited out, or they are saying that these folks have the common flu or cold. Looks like another case of the hysterical media drones tripping up over themselves when trying to spread some more fear amongst the population, and to make a buck at the same time. I expect this bull crap to work in America, but not here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perax Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Don't something like 38k people die of the flu every year in the US? So what's the new here? Maybe the problem is that this might further affect tourism to the city. If you remember SARS, the impact on the travel industry was very high, regardless of the "limited" number of lives lost. I remember traveling to Singapore in that period, and beign the only guest in the restaurant at the Regent in Orchard. Bad luck for Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibkk Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 the final drop to scare away the last h**kerrunners and blame it all on the farang as thai too poor to go to USA or Mexico anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddibabyyeah Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 i'm going to bangkok trip on AUG , dont know what to do.. should i cancel my trip or not.. but lets see. more careful I'd cancel the trip. Its not worth the risk. I doubt the country ur coming from will have problems with this virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzman17 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 swine flu... just a distraction from the economic problems that are bringing the world down... keep the people scared and distracted so they don't see your mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkling Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Bloody Farangs coming here with your desease and destroying our tourists inductry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuffki Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 swine flu... just a distraction from the economic problems that are bringing the world down... keep the people scared and distracted so they don't see your mistakes Yes and AIDS is to stop people from having sex SARS is to kill the airline industry Cancer is to make more money And some people need a brain cell before they are allowed to do any postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Texas Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Providing care is taken,recovery rates from H1N1 are very high. Can TAT use that in their advertisements: "Providing care is taken, recovery rates from H1N1 are very high. So, no problem, visit the Land of Smiles today." The fact is that it is hurting tourism all over. I hope it does not mutate into an extremely deadly form. But viruses love to mutate......it is how they get their kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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