Covid-19 News & Updates (Thailand and Southeast Asia only)

[fabman]

Genuine question!

Will bars ever reopen ? Will groups of people be able to sit near each other again in restaurants ?

I keep hearing this new normal! Everywhere in the world, Apart from the likes of Belarus ( Who seem to be doing fine )

Will things ever return to the old normal?

Covid 19 is unlikely to ever go away completely, Just like the flu and other respiratory infections.

Of course I'm sure most people who have done the maths on this and the way deaths are being recorded, Risk of actually dying etc, Done a little bit of their own research, Might think this isn't anything to do with Covid 19..

[pharvey]

The figures cement the UK as the worst-affected country in Europe. Italy has recorded 30,739 deaths, Spain 26,744 and France 26,604, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Germany has recorded 7,661 deaths.

Now all those figures above match exactly the published figures on Worldometers. However, the published deaths for the UK are 32,065. Is that a case of the 10,000 in care homes not being included?

HHTel - My understanding is that the 32,065 figure is up to May 1st - the plus 40,000 figure is up to date and inclusive of all "reported" Care Home deaths (related to Covid-19).

[sateeb]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Worldmeters are giving yesterdays total UK deaths as 32,065, todays numbers, as yet, not been published .

[sateeb]

Coronavirus: Fauci to warn Senate of 'needless suffering and death'

The US's top infectious diseases doctor is to tell senators that the country will suffer "needless suffering and death" if it opens up too soon.

In an email to the New York Times, Dr Anthony Fauci set out the arguments he intends to make at Tuesday's hearing.

"If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to Open America Again, then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks," he told the newspaper.

More than 80,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the US.

Re-opening the country prematurely "will not only result in needless suffering and death, but would actually set us back on our quest to return to normal" said the doctor, who is a key member of the White House coronavirus task force.

Full story at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada

Could be an interesting couple of weeks ahead.

[pharvey]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Worldmeters are giving yesterdays total UK deaths as 32,065, todays numbers, as yet, not been published .

"The Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday that 35,044 deaths involving Covid-19 were registered in England and Wales up to 9 May. Adding the latest figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland and more up to date fatalities announced daily by the government that occurred in NHS settings, the total official UK death toll now stands at 40,011."

[buksida]

PM SQUASHES OFFICIAL’S SPECULATION ON LIFTING VIRUS DECREE
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday the Emergency Decree may or may not be extended beyond the end of May, depending on the coronavirus situations.

His remarks came a day after a member of his coronavirus response team suggested the emergency law could be repealed as early as the end of this month.

Prayut said he will consider the severity of the pandemic as well as the public’s cooperation in social distancing measures before making a decision.

The Prime Minister also said that Thailand cannot rest on its laurel even if there is zero new infection on some days.

Calls for the Emergency Decree and business shutdown orders are growing after officials reported a decrease in new infections in recent days.

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/cri ... cy-decree/

There is absolutely no way the junta will relinquish this level of control/power that easily, Covid or not.

[handdrummer]

there is absolutely no way the junta will relinquish this level of control/power that easily, Covid or not.

This is happening on a world wide level. Governments rarely give up the powers they decree to themselves. The world is becoming one big China.

[nil]

If You Think You Understand the Current Viral Issue - You Don't!



[Mod Edit] This is not news, only an opinion - not for discussion on the News thread.

[Big Boy]

0 new infections at last

[nanyang]

"France will not force social distancing on airlines."

I wonder how many people will be booking flights.

[HHTel]

Air France is just the first to announce it. Other airlines will follow. Ryanair has already said that if the 'middle seat' restriction is enforced, then they will not fly period.

[Dannie Boy]

It’s been mentioned here and in the press many times, that modern planes circulate the air every few minutes, so keeping seats empty defeats the principle of social distancing.

[PET]

GOOD NEWS

First coronavirus antibody test (100%) given approval by Public Health England - millions ordered from ROCHE

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... al-public/

[Dannie Boy]

You can only read the Telegraph report if you subscribe - this is a similar report on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52656808


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[PeteC]

One new case yesterday.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... s-thursday

394 Thai arrivals yesterday and today from all over the globe now in quarantine. Any of those developing a problem I would think will be added to the daily new case numbers when it happens.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... rom-europe