🔴 #COVID19 update on Saturday: ⬇️ 4,079 new cases ⬆️ 39 deaths. Richard Barrow



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Wild & Crazy vecka 49: Nu får det var slut med silkesvantarna. Problemet är de 1,5 miljoner människor i Sverige som vägrar att vaccinera sig. Denna själviska minoritet hindrar samhället att fungera. Det är rädslan för att dessa människor ska bli sjuka och behöva IVA-vård som gör att regeringen hotar med nya restriktioner. Alltså, nu får det vara slut med silkesvantar för denna grupp. De ovaccinerade bör alla få ett personligt, skarpt brev där de kallas till en vaccination. Travel News

Wild & Crazy vecka 49: Nu får det var slut med silkesvantarna

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I veckan skruvade regeringen Magdalena Andersson åter upp kranen när det gäller covid-restriktioner. Munskydd i kollektivtrafiken och undvik att krama människor som du tror inte är vaccinerade. Vaccinpassen ska äntligen användas. 

Krögare och hotellägare ska även denna gång ta ett stort ansvar för att hindra smittspridningen. Det är inte längre okej att trängas på restauranger eller i barer. 

Alltså, man skulle kunna tro att människor som tycker om att vara en del av samhället är problemet. 

Men så är det inte. 

Problemet är de 1,5 miljoner människor i Sverige som vägrar att vaccinera sig. Denna själviska minoritet hindrar samhället att fungera. Det är rädslan för att dessa människor ska bli sjuka och behöva IVA-vård som gör att regeringen hotar med nya restriktioner. 

Alltså, nu får det vara slut med silkesvantar för denna grupp. De ovaccinerade bör alla få ett personligt, skarpt brev där de kallas till en vaccination. 

Det måste fungera bättre än förra veckan när jag hyrde en bil och åkte till Scania i Södertälje för att vaccinera min tonåring. Vaccination ska erbjudas mitt i stan över hela Sverige. 

Och om någon har svårt att ta sig till dessa platser ska sjukvården komma hem till de ovaccinerade med sprutan. 

– Hallå Peter Wahlbeck, nu är det dags att ställa upp för samhällets bestånd.

Lättja, låg utbildning, språkförbistring och konspirationsteorier tycks ligga bakom oviljan att stoppa vår tids värsta pandemi. 

Det är upprörande att denna spretiga grupp människor ska få sticka in käppar i det stora samhällshjulet. Självfallet ska det vara vaccinationstvång för människor som arbetar i vården. Företag som vill sparka anställda som vägrar vaccinera sig ska få en medalj. 

Nu handlar det om att vrida om armen på de som inte förstår sitt eget bästa. 

På pressträffen redovisade regeringen en plan för vilka restriktioner som kommer om smittan går upp. 

Men hallå, jag vill se en TYDLIG plan för hur vi får den ovaccinerade minoriteten att ta sprutan.  

Det får vara slut med morötter och vänliga ord. 

Nu är det piskan som gäller om vi ska bli av med covid. 

Covid-pass borde vara obligatoriskt för alla människor som vill lämna sin bostad.

Mitt tålamod är som ni märker slut!

Chonburi announces 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths Friday, 10 December 2021, 14:33. The Pattaya News

Chonburi announces 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths

Friday, 10 December 2021, 14:33

Highlights:

• 175 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today

• 143 people recovered and were released from medical care

• No new deaths

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with no new deaths, December 10th.

This makes a total of 109,261 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 1,868 people still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 772 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April.

Additionally, 143 people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 106,621 people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave of Covid-19 began.

Four people were listed as being in serious condition in Chonburi currently, either on a ventilator or pneumonia, and were not vaccinated.

In total, 1,874,253 people in Pattaya and Chonburi have received their first dose of a Covid -19 vaccine which is 80.47 percent of the total Chonburi population. Of those, 293,047 have received their first dose and are what the Thai government calls 608 groups (elders, have chronic health problems, and pregnant) which is 79.22 percent of those in these risk groups in Chonburi.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi 14, Si Racha 56, Banglamung (Pattaya) 58, Sattahip 4, new soldiers in Sattahip 11, Ban Bueng 3, Phan Thong 4, Nong Yai 2, and 23 people transferred from other provinces for medical care.

The details on the cases are as follows:

1. Cluster soldiers in Sattahip, 11 cases
2. Work and stayed in Rayong, transferred from other provinces for medical care, 23 cases
3. Cluster, Celestica (Thailand) company, Si Racha, 10 cases
4. Cluster, Siam Compressor Industries in Si Racha, 6 cases
5. Cluster Meyer Industries company in Si Racha, 4 cases
6. Cluster NTN Manufacturing in Si Racha, 4 cases
7. Risky occupations meeting many people, 2 cases
8. 1 medical staffer
9. Back from other provinces in Bangkok, 2 cases
10. Close contacts from previously confirmed cases in families – 43 cases, in workplaces – 23 cases, close personal contacts 4, and joined parties – 1 case
11. Close contact of a confirmed patient (under investigation), 9 cases
12. 32 cases, close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation)



More flights seen at Thai airports in December. Reservation for international flights to main airports in Thailand has jumped more than 20% this month as the country is entering the high season for tourism. Bangkok Post

 More flights seen at Thai airports in December

New arrivals at Suvarnabhumi airport, the country's gateway, are instructed to go to a health-screening area on Tuesday. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Reservation for international flights to main airports in Thailand has jumped more than 20% this month as the country is entering the high season for tourism.

Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) said on Thursday night that confirmed slots for airlines from overseas destinations this month had accounted for 9,483 flights so far this month, a 24% rise from November.

The airport-operating agency also said a total of 17,132 flights would land at its airports in the last two months of this year, most of them in December.

The increasing number of flights reflected more air travel to Thailand during the peak season of the tourism sector, AoT said. More flights will likely be added this month, said the state-owned airport operator.

Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai and Phuket are its facilities serving international travellers since the government reopened the country on Nov 1.

A total of 186,938 travellers entered the country since the reopening day, mainly through Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket, according to Department of Disease Control data to Wednesday.

Americans and Germans were top international visitors arriving in the kingdom.



Omicron found in 2 people with booster shots. Two Singapore residents may have caught the Omicron variant even after receiving Covid-19 booster shots, in cases which may shed light on the protection offered by a third dose of vaccine. Bangkok Post

 Omicron found in 2 people with booster shots

People pass the control tower of Singapore's Changi Airport, Singapore, in January this year. (Reuters photo)

Two Singapore residents may have caught the Omicron variant even after receiving Covid-19 booster shots, in cases which may shed light on the protection offered by a third dose of vaccine.

A 24-year-old female airport passenger-service worker has returned a preliminary positive test to Omicron, in what would be the city-state's first local case of the variant, the health ministry said in a statement late Thursday.

The second person is considered an imported case after returning from Germany via the vaccinated travel lane on Dec 6. Both had received a third dose of vaccines, the ministry said. 

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE earlier this week said initial lab studies show a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine may be needed to neutralise the Omicron variant.

Company researchers observed a 25-fold reduction in neutralising antibodies that fight the variant, compared with the original strain of the virus, in people who got just two shots. However, boosting with an additional shot of the vaccine restored protection to a level similar to the initial two-dose regimen. 

"Given its high transmissibility and spread to many parts of the world, we should expect to find more Omicron cases at our borders and also within our community," Singapore's health ministry said.

Both people are recovering in isolation at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, and all close contacts will be placed in 10-day quarantine at designated facilities, the ministry said.

The airport worker had been tested as part of weekly testing for frontline border workers. She was asymptomatic when detected through the testing, according to the statement.

In the second case, the 46-year-old had tested negative with a PCR test on arrival. However, she developed a runny nose the next day and sought medical treatment the day after that, when she tested positive.   

Singapore has seen a sharp drop in community cases over the past month, along with a significant easing in hospital loads.

The city-state has one of the world's best vaccination rates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Eighty-seven of the total population is fully vaccinated, while 96% of those eligible are fully inoculated, most with Pfizer or Moderna.

Some 29% have also received booster jabs. Government officials have said jabs for those age 5-11 will be offered soon.



🔴 #COVID19 update on Friday: ⬇️ 4,193 new cases ⬇️ 28 deaths. Richard Barrow



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🟣 National Vaccination Rollout. Richard Barrow

 🟣 National Vaccination Rollout:

💉 Thu 2nd: 527,092

💉 Fri 3rd: 250,909

💉 Sat 4th: 720,201

💉 Sun 5th: 186,386

💉 Mon 6th: 178,314

💉 Tue 7th: 263,684

💉 Wed 8th: 462,006

🔴 TOTAL: 96,341,748 doses since 28 Feb

👫🧍🏼👬 59.5% two jabs and 5.4% booster jab

 

Fourth Omicron case emerges in Thailand – THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said this afternoon (Dec. 9) that one more Omicron case has emerged in the country with this being a Thai man returning from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amarin TV said. Thai Newsroom

Fourth Omicron case emerges in Thailand

December 9, 2021  TNR Staff

THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said this afternoon (Dec. 9) that one more Omicron case has emerged in the country with this being a Thai man returning from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amarin TV said.

He is the fourth case of the new variant in this country with the ministry yesterday confirming that two Thai women who returned from Nigeria on Nov. 24 too were infected as was an American man who travelled to Thailand from Spain a few days earlier similarly infected.

Dr. Supakit Sirilak, head of the Medical Sciences Department, said the 41-year-old Thai man is a UN official and has received two Astra Zeneca jabs. Upon arriving he went through the Test & Go procedure with his Covid test showing a mutation location consistent with Omicron's location.  This indicates a high chance of being infected with the new strain.

His samples have been sent for whole genome sequencing (WGS) test and the result confirming whether or not it is Omicron will be out in a day or two.

Investigation into risk groups is currently underway.

The ministry has said early this morning that there were 4,203 Covid cases and 49 deaths over the past 24 hours taking the cumulative confirmed total since April to 2,127,724 and from the onset of the pandemic 2,156,587, Sanook.com said.

Today's 49 fatalities raised the death toll to 21,084.

Another 7,939 patients were cured taking total recoveries since April to 2,047,662 with 60,415 patients still undergoing treatment.