Covid-19 News & Updates

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Monday September 6th
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand
Monday, 6 September 2021

* 1,294,522 people infected (+13,988)
* 1,132,853 recovered (+17,284)
* 148,622 receiving treatment
* 13,042 deaths (+187)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: 25,234,259 (+129,317)
2nd dose: 10,074,612 (+195,241)
3rd dose: 604,023 (+660)
Total: 35,912,894

4,601 (-81) patients are in critical condition, with 1,013 (+5) of them on ventilators.

[Big Boy]

Today's Brief:

[HHTel]

India donating oxygen to Thailand. It wasn't long ago that they were desperately short of oxygen leaving families to find their own with preventable deaths as a consequence.

Unbelievable.

[PeteC]

Note: The below link will lead to the full, updated story sometime around 1500 hours this afternoon.

13,821 new Covid cases, 241 more deaths

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ore-deaths

[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand
Tuesday, 7 September 2021

* 1,308,343 people infected (+13,821)
* 1,149,595 recovered (+16,737)
* 145,465 receiving treatment
* 13,283 deaths (+241)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: 25,554,456 (+320,197)
2nd dose: 10,475,325 (+400,713)
3rd dose: 605,490 (+1,467)
Total: 36,635,271

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Tuesday September 7th
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[PeteC]

Note: The below link will lead to the full, updated story sometime around 1500 hours this afternoon.

14,176 new Covid cases, 228 more deaths

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ore-deaths

[sateeb]

People are not being responsible enough after lifting of lockdown measures, official says

Thailand will likely see a spike in the next few weeks due to carelessness on the part of the public, a public health official told Thai Enquirer on Wednesday.

The country lifted some lockdown restrictions on September 1 due to lower covid numbers, allowing dining-in at restaurants and easing travel restrictions.

Inter-province travel has also been allowed with people traveling from and between “redzone” or hard-hit provinces.

“If you look at the malls in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces, it was completely packed in some places. Shoulder-to-shoulder, nose-to-nose,” said a professor of public health at Chulalongkorn University who asked not to be named as he works closely with the government.

“I understand that after a month of lockdown that people are antsy to get back to their daily routines but this lack of responsibility threatens all the gains that we have worked so hard to make.”

According to the professor, the contagious nature of the Delta Variant and the close proximity that people are now operating in means that it is inevitable that there will be a spike within the next two weeks.

“With this sort of thing, the spike is usually higher than the previous peak so we can be looking at 30,000 cases per day by the beginning of October because people are just not careful.”

The professor added that confusing government policy has also compounded the situation as the CCSA and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration did not stick with public health guidelines forwarded by their team of advisors.

“We said that dining-in and shopping malls should be only open to fully vaccinated patrons. The government said, that is fine but let’s begin that in October. So we have the whole of September to be a super spreader event for some reason. It makes no sense,” he said.

This is what I pointed out a few days ago.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/32332/peop ... cial-says/

Lay the blame fairly and squarely on the population, why am I not surprised?

[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand
Wednesday, 8 September 2021

* 1,322,519 people infected (+14,176)
* 1,166,364 recovered (+16,769)
* 142,644 receiving treatment
* 13,511 deaths (+228)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: 25,954,106 (+399,650)
2nd dose: 10,900,001 (+424,676)
3rd dose: 607,177 (+1,687)
Total: 37,461,284

4,387 (-100) patients are in critical condition, with 960 (-25) of them on ventilators.

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Wednesday September 8th
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[Big Boy]

Today's Brief:

[PeteC]

Note: The below link will lead to the full, updated story sometime around 1500 hours this afternoon.

16,031 new Covid cases, 220 more deaths

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ore-deaths

[buksida]

Mixed opinions on state's October reopening plan
Boonchai Chokwatana, chairman of Saha Pathanapibul Plc, one of the country's leading consumer goods companies, has called on the government to reconsider its plan to fully reopen the country in October because of a higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

Mr Boonchai said Thailand also risks losing its "good image" if there are reports of a surge in new infections.

"Despite a huge impact the company has felt, the greatest concern of the company right now is the government's plan to reopen the country fully in October of this year," he said. "I'm feeling uncomfortable that the number of infected people may surge."

According to Mr Boonchai, the government should not reopen the country next month if it does not come up with clear terms for reopening the country such as the number of newly infected cases being lower than 1,000 per day or 80% of people getting inoculated.

"Currently, overall consumer spending power remains weak. They only buy essential goods," Mr Boonchai said, adding that he wants the government to have only one central unit to closely monitor and make decisions on a daily basis to cope with the infections.

He also advised the government to continue stimulating local consumption through various stimulus packages and promote alternative businesses to contribute income to the country instead of relying heavily on tourism.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/21 ... ening-plan

"Good image" - that's a joke, surely. They can't keep it locked down forever (though it would make the Junta's life easier), just get on with it I reckon. The state has no money left for stimulus and promoting any business involves opening up and scrapping restrictions and curfews which clearly haven't worked.

[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand
Thursday, 9 September 2021

* 1,338,550 people infected (+16,031)
* 1,181,781 recovered (+15,417)
* 143,038 receiving treatment
* 13,731deaths (+220)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: 26,292,211 (+338,105)
2nd dose: 11,272,593 (+372,592)
3rd dose: 609,943 (+2,757)
Total: 38,174,738

4,363 (-24) patients are in critical condition, with 940 (-20) of them on ventilators.