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New Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand still in early stages, expert warns

NationalDec 27. 2020Dr Yong Poovorawan

By The Nation

The current Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand was still in its early stages, a medical expert warned, adding many infected people would have little symptoms or be asymptomatic so they could spread the infection.

Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn’s Faculty of Medicine, said that the cycle threshold in the outbreak is low, meaning asymptomatic patients or those with little symptoms could spread the virus very well.

All suspects now need to test for the virus with RT-PCR method, including those without symptoms.

The government also needs to hasten proactive search in the outbreak areas as quickly as possible, while private hospitals should lower testing price.

Currently, the vaccine is registered in the country of manufacture, both normal or emergency vaccine. There are already six types, hoping that they will be used soon, Dr Yong said.

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Rayong implements lockdown measures to contain Covid-19

NationalDec 27. 2020

By The Nation

Rayong provincial authorities have issued orders to close places at risk of Covid-19 both inside and outside the city after 36 people were infected in the province.

The Rayong Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced closure of the following locations:

Boxing stadium;

Boxing training gyms;

Cockfight ring;

Cockfight practice ground;

Snooker and billiards establishments.

In Muang district, the following venues will be closed:

Entertainment venues, pubs, bars, and similar establishments;

Educational institutions, cram school and schools of art, sports and vocational schools both in public and private sector;

Child development centre and early childhood development centre, both public and private sector;

Nurseries, except permanent home service;

Home care for the elderly, except permanent home service;

Business establishments; Massage parlours, herbal steam bath place, massage shops — facial, body, foot;

Game shop, internet cafe, and karaoke booth;

Beauty clinic;

Fitness centre and gym;

Public swimming pool;

Learning park;

Museum;

Learning centre or any other place with the same services;

Public library;

Places engaged in tattooing or piercing of the skin or any part of the body;

Theatre;

Water park;

Playground;

Amusement park;

Department store, shopping centre, community mall, stores selling building materials, and computer and technology distribution centres; Supermarkets, drugstores, shops selling necessities, telecommunication businesses, banks, government offices and state enterprises to remain open;

Restaurants in malls are open only for take-home orders.

Measures for areas outside Muang district:

Pubs, bars, entertainment establishments and service-like establishments open until midnight.

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Toxic haze hits five areas in Bangkok and its vicinity

NationalDec 27. 2020

By The Nation

Air pollution in five areas around Bangkok and its vicinity hit dangerous levels on Sunday morning with PM2.5 readings coming in at 21 to 61 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reported.

Thailand’s standard for safe levels of PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter) is 50 μg/m3.

As of 7am, toxic haze hit the following five areas:

1. Ma Charoen-Phetkasem 81 Road (61μg/m3) in Nong Khaem district.

2. The entrance to Thonburi Market (Sanam Luang 2) (57μg/m3) in Thawi Watthana district.

3. Phutthamonthon Sai 1 Road (54μg/m3) in Taling Chan district.

4. Bang Khun Thian district office (51μg/m3).

5. Tha Phra intersection (51μg/m3) Bangkok Yai district.

People in areas where PM2.5 pollution is bad have been advised to monitor their health and reduce time spent on outdoor activities, especially the elderly, children, and patients with respiratory problems.

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More rain forecast for South while temperature edges up in upper Thailand

NationalDec 27. 2020

By The Nation

The high-pressure system over upper Thailand is weakening, raising the temperature by 1-3 degrees Celsius with possible morning fog, the Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Sunday.

Cool to cold weather continues in the North and the Northeast, while mountaintops remain cold to very cold with frost in some places.

People in upper Thailand should beware of poor visibility due to fog.

Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon prevails over the Gulf and the South with continuous rainfall and isolated heavy rain mostly in the lower part.

The weather forecast for the next 24 hours for different regions of the country:

North: Cool to cold with fog in the morning and 1-3°C rise in temperature; minimum temperature 14-21°C, maximum 30-34°C; cold to very cold on mountaintops with frost in some places, minimum temperature 6-13°C; northeasterly winds 10-20 kilometres per hour (kph).

Northeast: Cool with fog in the morning and 1-2°C rise in temperature; minimum temperature 19-23°C, maximum 31-33°C; cool to cold on the mountaintop with minimum temperature 12-16°C; northeasterly winds 10-20kph.

Central: Cloudy with fog in the morning; minimum temperature 21-25°C, maximum 32-34°C; northeasterly winds 10-20kph.

East: Cloudy with fog in the morning; isolated thundershowers mostly in Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces; minimum temperature 22-25°C, maximum 32-34°C; northeasterly winds 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

South (east coast): Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain in Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces; minimum temperature 23-25°C, maximum 29-32°C; northeasterly winds 15-35kph; waves about 1-2 metres high and about two metres in thundershowers.

South (west coast): Cloudy with scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain in Krabi, Trang and Satun provinces; minimum temperature 22-25°C, maximum 30-33°C; northeasterly winds 15-30kph; waves about a metre high and 1-2 metres offshore.

Bangkok and nearby areas: Cloudy with fog in the morning; minimum temperature 23-25°C, maximum 33-34°C; northeasterly winds 10-20kph.

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Rayong sees sharp jump in Covid-19 cases 

NationalDec 26. 2020

By The Nation

Rayong province has found 27 new cases of Covid-19, raising the number of patients to 36 in the last three days after the latest outbreak, provincial governor Charna Iamsang said on Saturday.

On December 23, a Rayong resident went to a hospital in Bangkok for medical treatment. The positive test was initially considered a case from the capital.

After that the Rayong authorities started investigation and found on December 24 that a relative of that person was also infected. This case was considered the first case in Rayong in the recent outbreak after which another eight cases were found the following day.

On Saturday,  27 more  infections were found.

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Restaurant in Samyan Mitrtown told to close until Dec 28

NationalDec 26. 2020

By THE NATION

Samyan Mitrtown complex in Bangkok has ordered a branch of Nittaya Kai Yang Restaurant to close from December 25 to 28, after a Covid-19 patient was found to have visited the place late in the evening on December 12.

An announcement on Friday said the restaurant will open again on Tuesday, after being sterilised together with other areas of the complex, which are open as usual.

Restaurant staff have been told to quarantine.

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Samut Sakhon stadium to be converted into field hospital in two days

NationalDec 26. 2020

By THE NATION

Samut Sakhon Governor Weerasak Wijitsaengsri on Saturday gave the go-ahead for setting up a field hospital.

The hospital will be set up at Samut Sakhon Provincial Stadium located in Mahachai subdistrict, Muang district to serve as a treatment and quarantine centre for confirmed patients and those suspected of contracting the Covid-19 virus in the province, a news source revealed.

The governor’s order was approved by the Samut Sakhon Communication Disease Committee, which also stipulated that unauthorised persons be prohibited from entering the stadium effective immediately. Violators will face a maximum one year imprisonment or Bt100,000 fine, or both, under the Communicable Diseases Act BE 2558, as well as a maximum two years’ imprisonment or Bt40,000 fine, or both, under the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations BE 2548.

The source added that the field hospital would have 500 beds. The governor has ordered related agencies, including Department of Public Works and Town Planning and Samut Sakhon Sports Authority to finish setting up the field hospital within two days.

Earlier this week, the province surveyed the Thailand National Sports University Samut Sakhon campus, located in Bang Ya Phraek subdistrict, regarding the possibility of turning the campus into a field hospital for Covid-19 patients.

On Thursday hundreds of locals showed up at the university to protest the province’s decision, citing that some 10,000 people live near the university, and there are many kindergartens and nurseries nearby as well as a child development centre.

Related Story: Samut Sakhon locals hinder moves to set up Covid-19 field hospitals

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Pro-democracy group leader sells prawns im front of Government House

NationalDec 26. 2020

By THE NATION

The leader of pro-democracy “We Volunteer” group, Piyarat Chongthep, on Saturday decided to sell a tonne of prawns in front of Government House, in response to a decrease in seafood sales across the nation due to the new Covid-19 crisis in Samut Sakhon province.

Piyarat explained that the prawns were brought from a farm in Nakhon Pathom province. His commercial operation was supervised by the police officers there.

The latest Covid-19 crisis emerged in Thailand last week, from the Central Shrimp Market in Samut Sakhon. Initial patients included seafood vendors, their family members and migrant workers who worked there, but the coronavirus has spread to other people who visited this market and other markets in the province.

This week, several vendors who had purchased seafood from Samut Sakhon for selling in their shops or in their stalls, were found infected with the virus. Moreover, some markets have been closed after the confirmed cases, obstructing routine trading and sales.

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94 domestic cases among 110 new Covid-19 patients
National
Dec 26. 2020

By THE NATION
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Saturday revealed 110 cases in the past 24 hours, including 94 domestic cases and 16 in state quarantine.

Of the 94 cases, 64 were Thai nationals while 30 were migrant workers living in the country.

18 were in Bangkok,10 in Phetchaburi, seven in Samut Prakan, five in Chai Nat, four in Ratchaburi, three each in Nakhon Ratchasima and Rayong, two each in Saraburi, Chaiyaphum, Satun and Chachoengsao, one each in Ayutthaya, Pathumthani, Trang, Khon Kaen, Phichit, and Songkhla.

The new cases in quarantine facilities included two from Myanmar, four from Russia, three from the US, and one each from France, Turkey, the UK, Mozambique, India, Saudi Arabia and Germany.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 6,020 — 4,061 domestic cases, of which 1,338 were migrant workers, and 1,959 in quarantine centres — 4,152 have recovered and been discharged while 60 people have died.
According to Worldometer, as of 10am on Saturday, the total number of confirmed cases globally had risen to 80.20 million (up by 472,443), 56.47 million have recovered, 23.73 million are active cases (105,785 in severe condition) and 1.75 million have died (up by 8,374).

Thailand ranks 144th for most cases in the world, while the US tops the list with 19.21 million, followed by India 10.16 million, Brazil 7.44 million, Russia 2.99 million and France 2.54 million.

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Air quality unsafe in three Bangkok areas

NationalDec 26. 2020

By THE NATION

Air quality in three areas of Bangkok exceeded safe levels, or 50 micrograms (mcg) per cubic metre.

Bangkok’s air monitoring solutions reported at 7am on Saturday that particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5) was 64mcg per cubic metre in Nong Khaem district, while it was 51mcg per cubic metre in Thawi Watthana district, near Sanam Luang II, and 59mcg per cubic metre in Taweewanarom Park.

Separately, the AirVisual application showed the air quality index of Bangkok at 92, or moderate level, at 10am.