News Forum - Health officials warn of potential Omicron surge after New Year holiday

[Thaiger]

The Department of Medical Services says Thailand could end up dealing with a surge of Omicron infections after the end-of-year celebrations. Department chief Somsak Akksilp says the public must continue to comply with disease prevention measures to keep the highly contagious variant at bay. He adds that mild symptoms can be treated while patients self-isolate at home. According to a Bangkok Post report, Somsak says that while the variant may be capable of infecting vaccinated people, vaccines will still protect against serious illness. In addition, new treatments such as the Molnupiravir pill from Merck and Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill have proven […]

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[AlexPTY]

left hand just announced all those countdowns and openings, right hands says it will increase infection rates "in covid free setting" i guess it's too much to expect all those people to be part of the same government

[HolyCowCm]

Ummm, one word and then 4 words come to mind for them and their brilliance.

1. Duhhhhh!

2. Errr, don't figure huh?

[Prosaap]

There are no local cases and the one come in from the airport are kept in quarantine how it gone spread when it not is here or is it here already ?

[Stonker]

6 hours ago, AlexPTY said:

left hand just announced all those countdowns and openings, right hands says it will increase infection rates "in covid free setting" i guess it's too much to expect all those people to be part of the same government

Maybe they mean "free" as in 'at no extra charge' ... ...

[DiJoDavO]

Health officials are saying many things nowadays. Maybe it's time they stop saying things. 

[anarchofarmer]

2 hours ago, DiJoDavO said:

Health officials are saying many things nowadays. Maybe it's time they stop saying things. 

But they do so enjoy stating the obvious!!!

[Dr.Sivada]

Didn’t Prayut vowed to keep it out of Thailand? Oh, sorry I forgot nothing said by officials is ever held accountable in the land of shxt lol. 

[DwizzleyMatthews]

[palooka]

7 hours ago, Prosaap said:

There are no local cases and the one come in from the airport are kept in quarantine how it gone spread when it not is here or is it here already ?

It's here they just don't look for it. (Ruins Pnuts image of keeping it out of Thailand, it's all about face isn't it)