Covid-19 News & Updates

[handdrummer]

This virus and it's variants are not going to end. Eventually, there may be a vaccine that will control the outbreaks but it will be many years before that happens.

You may as well get on with your lives as best you can and not cower in the corner waiting for a miracle. Miracles may happen but don't count on them.

[buksida]

Govt lambasted for wasting early success
The government has mismanaged the Covid-19 pandemic and supply of vaccines, which has plunged the country into a crisis and stifled opportunities to recover, according to new research by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).

The institute has also called for the setting up of an independent committee to study the mishandling of the pandemic with the aim of drawing up a blueprint to prevent similar mistakes occurring in the future as it devalues the government's performance after two years in office.

Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said the government will hold a press conference to respond to the TDRI's assessment on Tuesday.

According to the report, Thailand succeeded in containing the first wave of the pandemic thanks to hard work from the medical and public health community and public cooperation, albeit at the expense of the economy. The country's tourism-dependent economy saw a sharp 6.1% contraction in 2020, its worst in 22 years.

However, although that initial success gave the government a chance to prepare for a second wave and hasten the reopening of the country, flawed policy squandered the early boost and also played a part in triggering the second wave, it added.

That second wave began in December last year at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, where ensuing events shed light on lax border controls where migrant labour is concerned.

The third wave, which started in late March was linked to entertainment venues in Bangkok's Thong Lor-Ekkamai area, and a clear sign of the government's poor preparations, the report concluded.

The government was slow to spend the 45-billion-baht healthcare budget, drawn from the 1-trillion-baht borrowing, to strengthen the public health system. By early June, only 11.6 billion baht, or 26.1%, had been disbursed.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ly-success

Disbursed into back pockets more likely ...

[PeteC]

56 Covid deaths, 8,685 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -new-cases

Note: This link will lead to the updated story sometime around 1500 hours this afternoon.

[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Tuesday

* 353,712 people infected (+8,685)
* 255,455 discharged from hospital (+3,797)
* 95,410 in hospital
* 2,847 deaths (+56)

Imported cases - 12
Domestic cases - 6,026
Proactive case finding in communities - 2,501
Cases found in correctional facilities - 146

Number of people who received vaccines:

1st dose: + 297,542
2nd dose: + 41,438
Total: 12,908,193

3,042 (+147) patients are in critical condition, with 794 (+47) of them on ventilators.

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Tuesday 13th July
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[PeteC]

87 Covid deaths, 9,317 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -new-cases

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[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Wednesday

* 363,029 people infected (+9,317)
* 260,584 discharged from hospital (+5,129)
* 99,511 in hospital
* 2,934 deaths (+87)

Imported cases - 8
Domestic cases - 7,159
Proactive case finding in communities - 2,021
Cases found in correctional facilities - 129

Number of people who received vaccines:

1st dose: + 289,175
2nd dose: + 33,313
Total: 13,230,681

3,201 (+159) patients are in critical condition, with 828 (+34) of them on ventilators.

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Wednesday 14th July
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[Big Boy]

Today's Brief:

[PeteC]

Record 98 Covid deaths, 9,186 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -new-cases

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[PeteC]

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Official COVID-19 update in Thailand on Thursday

* 372,215 people infected (+9,186)
* 266,127 discharged from hospital (+5,543)
* 103,056 in hospital
* 3,032 deaths (+98)

Imported cases - 22
Domestic cases - 7,481
Proactive case finding in communities - 1,604
Cases found in correctional facilities - 79

Number of people who received vaccines:

1st dose: + 275,216
2nd dose: + 27,820
Total: 13,533,717

3,276 (+75) patients are in critical condition, with 839 (+11) of them on ventilators.

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Thursday 15th July
FB link for reference: https://www.facebook.com/nbtworld

[buksida]

Government’s misplaced priorities has Thailand firmly back in the third world

This second round of lockdown has seen some of the most heart-breaking consequences of failed government policy, doubly so as all of this could have been avoided.

From a country that once praised itself for being able to contain the spread of the virus, we have transitioned to a country that is now struggling to get beds for the sick.

Our frontline workers are on their last legs trying to provide care to those that need it while temple crematoriums work overtime to accommodate the dead.

This government, along with all the other agencies, could have capitalized on the good start we had by actually planning ahead.

You would expect a competent government to come up with a comprehensive strategy for a worst case scenario.

From planning to get more beds, ICU facilities, medical equipment, and a competent vaccine strategy for all, these are steps a competent government should make.

A competent government would also put in place an emergency economic plan that would compensate people if another lockdown was needed.

Instead things were taken for granted and now there is a lack of everything and a lockdown comes too little, too late.

To top it off, the government now runs a gulag archipelago filled with sick and dying workers, not being fed, not being paid.

Let’s not even mention the botch vaccination scheme.

This mess we are in reflects the government’s priority. They would rather chase down students and dissidents than manage the country properly during a time of crisis.

They would rather sue doctors and citizens who criticize them than work to make things better.

They would rather shut down newspapers than read negative headlines.

We now live in a country where the poor and homeless queue up for handouts, humanitarian assistance, and daily necessities from international organizations and charities.

We are firmly back in the third world.

If only our leaders were actually competent instead of “acting” competent. If only.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29892/opin ... ird-world/

That is spot on ... but will the people do anything about it? Unlikely, leave the messy stuff for the students.

[HHTel]

Excellent report. Can't argue with any of it. But as Buksi says, nothing will change.

[PeteC]

67 Covid deaths, 9,692 new cases

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -new-cases

Note: This link will lead to the updated story sometime around 1500 hours this afternoon.