Pumpuynarak Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Stillearly said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/27/thailands-hospitals-under-pressure-as-covid-crisis-deepens Thailand’s hospitals under pressure as Covid crisis deepens and i really need to see a doc/dentist but with the current Covid situation i don't want to go anywhere near a hospital. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-thailand-627b3482c86556e78ba0ae7255ff3586?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter Thailand sends COVID-19 patients to hometowns by train 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 51 minutes ago, Stillearly said: https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-thailand-627b3482c86556e78ba0ae7255ff3586?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter Thailand sends COVID-19 patients to hometowns by train Another one that was supposed to go from Bangkok to the northeast was canceled. Covid-19 train cancelled A special train scheduled to take Covid-19 patients home from Bangkok to the Northeast on Monday was cancelled, with the State Railway of Thailand saying there were too few passengers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 52 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Thailand sends COVID-19 patients to hometowns by train Trains come in handy... Bangkok to use sleepers as isolation facility https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2155651/bangkok-to-use-sleepers-as-isolation-facility Fifteen sleeping cars at Bang Sue Grand Station will be turned into an isolation facility for Bangkok's Covid-19 patients awaiting hospital beds... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Uk's donating 500,000 vaccine doses to Thailand, to mixed reviews from some ex pats, who seem to think Thailand might sell them on to them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Hmmm... will check back in a month on this one. Could sending people back 'home' spread the disease wider throughout the country? What if infection numbers/deaths are still going up in four weeks...what will he say then? . . . PM gauges virus review https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2155735/pm-gauges-virus-review Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has estimated the intense Covid-19 situation will affect the country for the next two to three weeks or four weeks at most, said Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha... ...The deputy public health minister said the cabinet meeting discussed measures underway to bring down the Covid-19 curve, including sending those infected back for treatment in their home provinces so to alleviate overcrowding at hospitals and medical facilities in the hardest-hit provinces, including Bangkok. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 9 hours ago, lazarus said: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has estimated the intense Covid-19 situation will affect the country for the next two to three weeks or four weeks at most, A few hours later...now it's "4 to 6 weeks"...and then passes the blame back on the public. Kind of tells you how much of a handle these guys have on the situation, doesn't it? Virus easing 'in 4-6 weeks' https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2156279/virus-easing-in-4-6-weeks ... "But I am concerned about the public use of antigen test kits. I am not sure whether they know how to use them properly," Gen Prayut reportedly said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Krapow said: Uk's donating 500,000 vaccine doses to Thailand, to mixed reviews from some ex pats, who seem to think Thailand might sell them on to them I would'nt doubt that for one moment given an opportunity. Why don't they allocate enough to jab all British citizens in Thailand to the BE in Bangers to organise, then the BE can be really useful ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Pumpuynarak said: I would'nt doubt that for one moment given an opportunity. Why don't they allocate enough to jab all British citizens in Thailand to the BE in Bangers to organise, then the BE can be really useful ? Easy enough to make it a condition of the donation. Feel the same about the US donation. My tax dollars at work for everyone but the ones who pay into the system. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 File this under the heading "You Can't Make This Shit Up". Post on Pattaya News FB page about Taco Bell optimistic about LT potential in Pattaya. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Phuket goes into partial lockdown, people arriving internationally via the sandbox aren't affected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 loads of new cases of the last couple of days from this in Samui https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/koh-samui-bar-and-club-finds-16-covid-19-infections The Thaiger recently reported that some bars and clubs in Koh Samui continue to operate seemingly indifferent to Covid-19 restrictions in place without any masks or social distancing and during periods that nightlife was shut down nationally. Now the freedom from regulation on the island has come back to bite as 16 Covid-19 infections were found traced to one of the biggest clubs that has remained open. Authorities have put out an urgent plea for anyone who has attended the Black Bamboo Club in Chaweng between July 16 and 26 to report for Covid-19 testing immediately as they are at risk of exposure to the virus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I never gave it much thought in years past how various countries are quick to provide aid to other countries in need, and rightly so, but they forget, or don't care enough to take care of their tax paying expats living abroad. Case in point, US 'here for Thais in time of need' The first batch of 1.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the US is scheduled to arrive in Thailand on Friday under a US government (USG) Covid-19 assistance programme. Michael Heath, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Thailand, answered written questions, asking him about US support for Covid-19 vaccine distribution. ... Hey Mr. Chargé d'Affaires, why aren't you setting aside some of the vaccine for the US expats here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, forcebwithu said: I never gave it much thought in years past how various countries are quick to provide aid to other countries in need, and rightly so, but they forget, or don't care enough to take care of their tax paying expats living abroad. Case in point, US 'here for Thais in time of need' The first batch of 1.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the US is scheduled to arrive in Thailand on Friday under a US government (USG) Covid-19 assistance programme. Michael Heath, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Thailand, answered written questions, asking him about US support for Covid-19 vaccine distribution. ... Hey Mr. Chargé d'Affaires, why aren't you setting aside some of the vaccine for the US expats here? I thought the US said 20% would go to expats , although the Thais then decided it would only be 10% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Stillearly said: I thought the US said 20% would go to expats , although the Thais then decided it would only be 10% That would be great, but I've not see any news reports to that effect. Edited to add: I'm on the US Embassy's mailing list (STEP program) and there have been no emails notifying us when and how to get whatever amount might be set aside for expats. Edited July 30, 2021 by forcebwithu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: That would be great, but I've not see any news reports to that effect. I can't find the article, it might have been via Richard Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 This is the only thing I can find related to it .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stillearly said: This is the only thing I can find related to it .. I feel so much better knowing it's coming from Anutin. The guy should start a comedy channel. In new low, Thai health minister blames packed jab scenes on ‘camera angles’ Don’t believe your eyes, Thailand’s health minister says. “This is fine.” Responding to alarming scenes at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station of crowds cramming inside for vaccination – without crowd control to keep them apart – controversial health minister Anutin Charnvirakul claimed that viewers could be tricked by “camera angles or whatever.” ... An alarming scene at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station of crowds cramming inside for vaccination. Photo: Thairath 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: I feel so much better knowing it's coming from Anutin. The guy should start a comedy channel. In new low, Thai health minister blames packed jab scenes on ‘camera angles’ Don’t believe your eyes, Thailand’s health minister says. “This is fine.” Responding to alarming scenes at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station of crowds cramming inside for vaccination – without crowd control to keep them apart – controversial health minister Anutin Charnvirakul claimed that viewers could be tricked by “camera angles or whatever.” ... An alarming scene at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station of crowds cramming inside for vaccination. Photo: Thairath The guy's a grade A idiot, perfect for Thailand lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Stillearly said: I thought the US said 20% would go to expats , although the Thais then decided it would only be 10% News report from about 2 hours ago. No surprise US expats are not on the distribution list. And I do not believe for one minute the VIP's will keep their snouts away from the vaccine feeding trough. 1.54m US Covid vaccine doses arrive Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha extended his gratitude to the US for the vaccine donation at a time when Thailand was facing a Covid-19 crisis. The doses would be administered only to frontline medical workers and targeted groups of people, not to VIPs, Ms Traisuree said. She said 700,000 doses will be used for third, booster jabs for medical workers who treat Covid-19 patients nationwide; 645,000 doses for Thai people for whom a Covid-19 infection could be fatal; 150,000 doses for elderly people, patients with any of seven chronic illnesses, pregnant women at least 12 weeks into term; people who leave for countries that require inoculation with the Pfizer vaccine, including diplomats and students; 5,000 doses for research; and 40,000 doses kept in reserve to cope with viral mutations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 My wife's sister, her husband and their 3 children all currently have Covid. They live in a one bedroom apartment in Bangkok. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea-Hawks Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 8:16 PM, forcebwithu said: Easy enough to make it a condition of the donation. Feel the same about the US donation. My tax dollars at work for everyone but the ones who pay into the system. Well, that’s because we are 2nd class citizens , make that 3rd class when we’re in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 "Thai-ness" in action... 11 nabbed for Bang Sue jab system fraudCentre staff accused of selling bookings https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2156895/11-nabbed-for-bang-sue-jab-system-fraud ...Currently, the vaccination centre has not opened vaccination bookings to organisations except those from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which has secured doses for the elderly, so it was rare to have bulk bookings. Pol Maj Gen Amnat Traipot said seven of the 11 accused include officials from the Department of Medical Services and one mobile operator... . . . Vaccination booking fraud details emerge https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2157355/vaccination-booking-fraud-details-emerge ...Corrupt workers who sold Covid vaccination slots at Bang Sue Grand Station slipped up when they registered 2,000 people for inoculation through a gate reserved that day for a few hundred foreigners registered through the Foreign Ministry... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 A farang mate got his second dose of Sinovac at Phyathai Hospital in Bangkok today. Roads from Pattaya to Bangkok were empty and he was there and back in around 4 hours, including waiting around for 30 minutes post jabbing. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Well I am glad we are helping Thailand....they need it, especially the MRNA vaccine. https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-batch-u-donated-pfizer-050349563.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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