[COVID-19 Virus] The PRC Situation Thread

[Froggy]

Coronavirus UPDATE – over 100,000 Chinese are still in Thailand
Published4 hours ago onFebruary 8, 2020ByThe Thaiger

PHOTO: Commuters continue to move around wearing cheap, flimsy, and largely useless, paper face-masks -Thai PBS World

This morning there remain 25 confirmed coronavirus cases in Thailand. The death toll has now reached 724 with a total of 34,878 confirmed cases in the past six weeks. Over 2,000 have now fully recovered.

Meanwhile, around Thailand, many Chinese tourists and expats continue to circulate after being in the Kingdom for more than 2-3 weeks. Around 100,000 Chinese tourists and expats are currently in Thailand. This includes 2,038 who arrived on flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. A further 91,688 tourists are from Guangzhou, in southern China.

There hasn’t been any new confirmed cases in Thailand for three days but some of the earlier identified patients have now been released from hospital. No coronavirus cases have died in Thailand.

Immigration officials report that 1,004,067 Chinese passengers arrived in Thailand between January 1 – February 6. Of those, 889,567 have already returned home. In the same five or so weeks, there were 23,933 arrivals from Wuhan. 21,895 of these have now returned. Of the 103,944 passenger from Guangzhou, 91,688 have departed Thailand.

Pol Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, maintains that tourists from Wuhan and Guangzhou were a focus of stringent health screening when they arrived in Thailand, as well as random follow-up checks to make sure they have not developed symptoms. Only one visitor was isolated as a result of the checks and remains under observation awaiting results of lab tests.

The immigration Commissioner says that most of the Chinese visitors still in Thailand arrived before outbreak became a public health problem in Wuhan.

“Those who cannot return to China, due to travel restrictions, have asked to extend their visas and the Immigration Bureau has arranged for medical personnel to carry out health checks, so they can isolate and treat anyone found to have fever.”

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

China starting work next week. Many medical doctors on front line drained or fell sick.

Guangzhou's lock-down hinted the possibility of Shanghai or Beijing lockdown within 2 weeks to prevent virus spread and better to prevent social unrest. Reports of Shanghai and Beijing citizens began hoarding daily necessities from this morning due to the potential lock-down rumors.

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

Coronavirus UPDATE – over 100,000 Chinese are still in Thailand
Published4 hours ago onFebruary 8, 2020ByThe Thaiger

PHOTO: Commuters continue to move around wearing cheap, flimsy, and largely useless, paper face-masks -Thai PBS World

This morning there remain 25 confirmed coronavirus cases in Thailand. The death toll has now reached 724 with a total of 34,878 confirmed cases in the past six weeks. Over 2,000 have now fully recovered.

Meanwhile, around Thailand, many Chinese tourists and expats continue to circulate after being in the Kingdom for more than 2-3 weeks. Around 100,000 Chinese tourists and expats are currently in Thailand. This includes 2,038 who arrived on flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. A further 91,688 tourists are from Guangzhou, in southern China.

There hasn’t been any new confirmed cases in Thailand for three days but some of the earlier identified patients have now been released from hospital. No coronavirus cases have died in Thailand.

Immigration officials report that 1,004,067 Chinese passengers arrived in Thailand between January 1 – February 6. Of those, 889,567 have already returned home. In the same five or so weeks, there were 23,933 arrivals from Wuhan. 21,895 of these have now returned. Of the 103,944 passenger from Guangzhou, 91,688 have departed Thailand.

Pol Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, maintains that tourists from Wuhan and Guangzhou were a focus of stringent health screening when they arrived in Thailand, as well as random follow-up checks to make sure they have not developed symptoms. Only one visitor was isolated as a result of the checks and remains under observation awaiting results of lab tests.

The immigration Commissioner says that most of the Chinese visitors still in Thailand arrived before outbreak became a public health problem in Wuhan.

“Those who cannot return to China, due to travel restrictions, have asked to extend their visas and the Immigration Bureau has arranged for medical personnel to carry out health checks, so they can isolate and treat anyone found to have fever.”

brother, come back if you can. In case u fall sick, higher chance in Sg.

 

[Froggy]

brother, come back if you can. In case u fall sick, higher chance in Sg.

Thanks. I have to work here, screw salesman. Will surely lose my job if I run road.

Anyway its amazing Thailand has on 25 confirmed cases so far and past 3-4 days no new cases. Keeping my fingers cross. Also so far unlike Singapore, Thailand's cases are all linked and can be traced.

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

Thanks. I have to work here, screw salesman. Will surely lose my job if I run road.

Anyway its amazing Thailand has on 25 confirmed cases so far and past 3-4 days no new cases. Keeping my fingers cross. Also so far unlike Singapore, Thailand's cases are all linked and can be traced.

I heard Myanmar also kanna. Thailand more people wearing masks than Singapore. Just tell your boss u go Singapore help him buy masks. He sure let you go. I tell u where to buy.

We are not better. Singapore delaying the confirmation of cases due to the Air Show next week. One Chinese very very weak now.

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

 

[Froggy]

Just in - https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...n=STFB&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1581145038

Thailand reports 7 new coronavirus cases: Health ministry

Thai health officials monitor arriving passengers from international flights with a thermal scan device at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on Feb 7, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE

BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand's public health ministry reported seven new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday (Feb 8), including three Thais and four Chinese.

The new cases brought the total reported in the country to 32, among the world's highest number of infections outside of China.

"The seven new cases are all in hospital," said Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director-general of the Disease Control Department.

One of the Thai cases was part of the group of 138 evacuated from China's coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan on Tuesday, Dr Suwannachai told reporters.

The other two Thais had exposure to tourists, he said.

Among the four Chinese, three are members of the families of previously reported cases, while the other is a tourist from a "risky area" in China, said Dr Suwannachai.

Among the 32 cases Thailand has reported so far, 23 are Chinese while nine are Thais.

As of Saturday, one more patient was allowed to go home, bringing the count of discharges to 10, said Dr Suwannachai.

Twenty-two other patients remain in hospital, he said.

 

[jw5]

KNN LHL already said that if the situation gets worse, even those who are infected but stable will be asked to go to the GP and stay at home, leaving those elderly, sick and young to stay in the hospital KNN

My uncle say KNN actually even if they are in hospital the only thing they can do is to give iv drip for dehydration and electrolytes topup if they are not eating and drinking KNN other than that is monitor temperature and bp KNN if she can still eat abit it is same as going to hospital KNN

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN LHL already said that if the situation gets worse, even those who are infected but stable will be asked to go to the GP and stay at home, leaving those elderly, sick and young to stay in the hospital KNN

KNN luckily he never say put those with same level of seriousness in the same room KNN

 

[jw5]

KNN that one is said by me but trust me when they run out of rooms they will do that KNN

KNN luckily he never say put those with same level of seriousness in the same room KNN

 

[eatshitndie]

Thanks. I have to work here, screw salesman. Will surely lose my job if I run road.

Anyway its amazing Thailand has on 25 confirmed cases so far and past 3-4 days no new cases. Keeping my fingers cross. Also so far unlike Singapore, Thailand's cases are all linked and can be traced.

stay in los. safer than sg. sg is fucked by poor half-ass compromised containment policies.

 

[laksaboy]

It's like pulling a highly reluctant pig to the slaughterhouse.

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

Korea is trapped. China ceased export of fabric materials to South Korea for making KF-94 masks.

KF-94 is the South korean equivalent for N95. Tested and proven during MERS outbreak in South Korea.

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

Update from Hubei:
Experienced respiratory doctors & nurses are mostly affected in public hospitals due to prolonged exposures to patients and inadequate protection gear.
China's government lost control over distribution of medical supplies and fresh produces. Medical supplies hijacked for resale and fresh produce prices surged 10 folds in Hubei as regional states hoard supplies this week.

 

[glockman]

I heard Myanmar also kanna. Thailand more people wearing masks than Singapore. Just tell your boss u go Singapore help him buy masks. He sure let you go. I tell u where to buy.

We are not better. Singapore delaying the confirmation of cases due to the Air Show next week. One Chinese very very weak now.

Four are critical now. I fear the first death is going to occur soon. Fuck the pap!

 

[laksaboy]

USA has started investigating whether the coronavirus was artificially created (and not from eating bats, raccoons etc). Expect great news at the end of February.

Now let's see what that feckless Lee Hsien Loong does in the coming weeks.

 

[blackmondy]

USA has started investigating whether the coronavirus was artificially created (and not from eating bats, raccoons etc). Expect great news at the end of February.

Definitely man-made. The fact that the Wuhan virology lab kept silent all this while is a dead giveaway.
Now it's just whether Trump wants to give face to Mr Shit-hole.

 

[glockman]

Fucking commie govt is not actively distributing test kits to hospitals so that deaths cannot be attributed to the coronavirus. Keeping the mortality numbers down. That's so fucked up.

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

Deaths in Hubei alone are now above 200:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202001/t20200131_2016680.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 249:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200201_2017100.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 294:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200202_2017658.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 350:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200203_2018272.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 414:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200204_2018742.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 479:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200205_2019293.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 549:
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200206_2019847.shtml

looks like death toll will blow my estimate of 669 away by the time it ends.

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 618 (increasing by 69! ):
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200207_2020605.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 699 (increasing by 81! ):
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200208_2021418.shtml

Deaths in Hubei alone are now 780 (increasing by 81 again! ):
wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/202002/t20200209_2021930.shtml