News Forum - Health ministry sticking to plan to declare Covid-19 endemic by July

[Thaiger]

The Public Health Ministry says it’s on track to declare Covid-19 endemic in Thailand by July 1, despite a prediction of increased deaths, particularly among the elderly. The Bangkok Post reports that Dr Chakkarat Pitayowonganon from the Department of Disease Control says it will take between 2 and 4 weeks to determine if case numbers will reach over 100,000 a day. This is the worst-case scenario, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Currently, infections are on a downward trend. “Right now, we see a decline in the number of daily infections from about 30,000 PCR tests per day […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

the risk group is working people

What is "working people"?

[JustAnotherExpat]

It's like 1984, not being able to really know what the truth is. Another credible Thai news source recently reported Anutin saying he WON'T declare Covid endemic 1 July.

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-925192

[Chaimai]

2 minutes ago, JustAnotherExpat said:

It's like 1984, not being able to really know what the truth is. Another credible Thai news source recently reported Anutin saying he WON'T declare Covid endemic 1 July.

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-925192

 

 

Anutin doesn't know what he is doing tomorrow  -  let alone 2 months time!

[Poolie]

54 minutes ago, Chaimai said:

Anutin doesn't know what he is doing tomorrow  -  let alone 2 months time!

Spoken like a true afficionado. What did he have for breakfast?

[Chaimai]

1 minute ago, Poolie said:

Spoken like a true afficionado. What did he have for breakfast?

Depends who he is talking to 

[Ramanathan.P]

As I mentioned in on of the forum many weeks ago.......the situation will be dragged until November 2022 and the emergency decree will be extended till then. This is to ensure that the APEC 2022 is run smoothly as Thailand is the host. Any political turmoil before that would be disastrous to the country and the ruling party. Till then there will be many flip flops here and there.

[Soidog]

2 hours ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

What is "working people"?

Haven’t you heard, sweating changes your chances of catching Covid

[Soidog]

2 hours ago, JustAnotherExpat said:

It's like 1984, not being able to really know what the truth is. Another credible Thai news source recently reported Anutin saying he WON'T declare Covid endemic 1 July.

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-925192

Like Schrödinger’s cat. We won’t know if it’s endemic or not until we get to July 1st

[Poolie]

1 hour ago, Ramanathan.P said:

As I mentioned in on of the forum many weeks ago.......the situation will be dragged until November 2022 and the emergency decree will be extended till then. This is to ensure that the APEC 2022 is run smoothly as Thailand is the host. Any political turmoil before that would be disastrous to the country and the ruling party. Till then there will be many flip flops here and there.

Oh goody, who doesn't need more free footwear?

[Mazz11]

1 hour ago, Ramanathan.P said:

As I mentioned in on of the forum many weeks ago.......the situation will be dragged until November 2022 and the emergency decree will be extended till then. This is to ensure that the APEC 2022 is run smoothly as Thailand is the host. Any political turmoil before that would be disastrous to the country and the ruling party. Till then there will be many flip flops here and there.

I suspect that if Thailand lags too far behind other countries in the region with its restrictions, political turmoil in some form will follow.

[Mandy]

19 hours ago, Mazz11 said:

I suspect that if Thailand lags too far behind other countries in the region with its restrictions, political turmoil in some form will follow.

They're already so far behind, there isn't any point in stepping up to the starting gate

[ace035]

21 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:

As I mentioned in on of the forum many weeks ago.......the situation will be dragged until November 2022 and the emergency decree will be extended till then. This is to ensure that the APEC 2022 is run smoothly as Thailand is the host. Any political turmoil before that would be disastrous to the country and the ruling party. Till then there will be many flip flops here and there.

Emergency decree will be extended over and over again non-stop until mid-2023.

[Nick]

We've all had enough.  With over 100,000 cases a day, a few dozen slipping through at Swampy isn't going to make any difference.  You're more likely to catch it in  Thailand than bring it in.