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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Monday

* 928,314 people infected (+21,157)
* 709,646 recovered (+20,984)
* 210,934 receiving treatment
* 7,734 deaths (+182)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: + 117,620
2nd dose: + 35,804
3rd dose: + 9,087
Total: 23,592,227

5,626 (+11) patients are in critical condition, with 1,161 (-11) of them on ventilators.

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Monday 16th August
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

Today's Brief:

No surprises, but straight from the Thai News Reports site:

It’s official, the partial lockdown and curfew has been extended to 31st August when it will be reviewed again. The restrictions put in place two weeks ago will continue as before. The only difference is that the banks in malls can now open.

Today's brief, part 2:

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

Record 239 Covid fatalities

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... fatalities

At least cases are the lowest they've been for a week. Shouldn't get too excited though!

More shady deals ordering more questionable medical supplies from China ... wonder who got the commission on this one.

Chinese test kits get green light
The Public Health Ministry on Monday gave the green light to the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to buy 8.5 million antigen test kit (ATK) sets from Lepu Medical Technology, following the completion of the bidding to import the product.

Deputy permanent secretary for public health Sura Visetsak said the GPO can now go ahead and sign a procurement contract with Ostland Capital, the bid winner, as tests had confirmed that the kits were of an acceptable standard.

Dr Sura said the procurement process met with all necessary legal requirements and there were no foreseeable hiccups with the GPO moving to the next stage.

"The quality of the product has been confirmed by all the necessary agencies, and there would have to be a good reason to cancel the deal now.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... reen-light

"the kits were of an acceptable standard."

Not exactly a strong recommendation!

Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Tuesday

* 948,442 people infected (+20,128)
* 730,437 recovered (+20,791)
* 210,032 receiving treatment
* 7,973 deaths (+239)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: + 374,171
2nd dose: + 118,681
3rd dose: + 15,646
Total: 24,100,631

5,536 (-90) patients are in critical condition, with 1,169 (+8) of them on ventilators.

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Tuesday 17th August
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

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

312 new Covid-19 fatalities and 20,515 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... fatalities

Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:23 am

nil wrote:Dr. Tess Lawrie is a world-class researcher and consultant to the World Health Organisation. Her biggest clients happen to be those who are involved in the suppression of repurposed drugs. She has decided to speak out in protest against the current medical establishment at considerable personal risk.

https://www.oraclefilms.com/tesslawrie

As usual, you can find articles suggesting that Ivermectin is potentially dangerous for use against Covid.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer- ... t-covid-19


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That FDA article actually only says Ivermectin is dangerous if taken in large doses or if you are taking medicines where there is a known adverse drug interaction with it. It also says you shouldn't use Ivermectin that is being sold for animals only and that it's possible to overdose on Ivermectin.

All very true and sensible but the fact remains that over 4 billion doses of Ivermectin have been consumed in the decades since it was discovered and it has an incredibly good safety record (when taken at the recommended dosage, of course).

The problem with Ivermectin as far as I can tell, is that there doesn't seem to be quite enough good evidence of its efficacy yet. I had earlier thought otherwise, partly because of the meta-analyses done by Dr Tess Lawrie (and others) but it now turns out that one of the main studies included in these meta-analyses was seriously flawed and has been withdrawn. Without this study included, the data apparently no longer supports a finding in favour of Ivermectin.

"Large Ivermectin Study Withdrawn"

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-re ... ives/93658

I should also point out that according to the article linked to above:

"There are multiple ongoing phase III randomized controlled trials that will likely provide more definitive results on ivermectin, including Boulware's study and the U.K.'s PRINCIPLE outpatient trial that is aiming to enroll about 1,500 patients in its ivermectin arm."

So we should hopefully have some good data soon, on which to base a conclusion.

Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Wednesday

* 968,957 people infected (+20,515)
* 753,119 recovered (+22,682)
* 207,553 receiving treatment
* 8,285 deaths (+312)

Number of people who received vaccines

1st dose: + 355,408
2nd dose: + 153,519
3rd dose: + 9,191
Total: 24,618,749

5,458 (-78) patients are in critical condition, with 1,155 (-14) of them on ventilators.