News Forum - Laos reports first case of Omicron strain, traveller from overseas

[Thaiger]

Laos reported its first Omicron case yesterday involving a woman who travelled from overseas. The woman’s family member, who was travelling with her, also tested positive for Covid-19, but the Omicron strain was not detected, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Both travellers are fully vaccinated. Before landing in the capital of Laos, Vientiane the two patients travelled from India to Sri Lanka, and then to Malaysia for a layover. They landed in Laos on Sunday. Around 40 people were on the AirAsia flight AK7552 from Malaysia. Passengers are now at a quarantine hotel. The hotel […]

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[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Laos reported its first Omicron case yesterday

One case ….

 

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Around 40 people were on the AirAsia flight AK7552 from Malaysia. Passengers are now at a quarantine hotel.

40 people in Quarantine. No wonder they are having problems in Phuket with shortage of Hospitels, as they should be Quarantining the whole flight for the one or two contagious people on the flight. 

[AlexPTY]

4 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

One case ….

40 people in Quarantine. No wonder they are having problems in Phuket with shortage of Hospitels, as they should be Quarantining the whole flight for the one or two contagious people on the flight. 

they love quarantine whole planes. how about whole bus, whole restaurant... Starbucks... just because it's easy to trace people on the plane, it doesn't mean it's more chances to get infected. I bet, when people buy airplane tickets, they are not told about this 

[DesperateOldHand]

2 hours ago, AlexPTY said:

they love quarantine whole planes. how about whole bus, whole restaurant... Starbucks... just because it's easy to trace people on the plane, it doesn't mean it's more chances to get infected. I bet, when people buy airplane tickets, they are not told about this 

This mindset is quite astoundingly ridiculous. 

[Convert54]

19 minutes ago, DesperateOldHand said:

This mindset is quite astoundingly ridiculous. 

Why? I would suggest typical ! For a  whole  gambit of invested  interest it is  imperative to keep the focus on the  causative rather than the interventions  that have failed the promise.

[Alavan]

From India, to Sri Lanka, to Malaysia and then to Laos.
They missed a few countries.