Thailand News - Corona - By Ola J.

måndag 6 juni 2022

🔴 #COVID19 update on Monday ⬇️ 2,162 new cases ⬇️ 27 deaths ⬇️ 29,509 active cases ⬇️ 761 serious cases. TNR / Richard Barrow

söndag 5 juni 2022

Thailand to Stop Reporting Daily Covid-19 Cases, Shift to Bi-Monthly Reports of Symptomatic Cases. The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration said it will report new cases only twice a month, every other Thursday. Exceptions will be made if the CCSA meets or makes announcements on a Thursday. Bangkok Herald

Covid-19 Coronavirus Daily Reports Thailand Public Health Ministry

Say goodbye to the daily scorecard of new coronavirus cases. Thailand finally will stop reporting each day's confirmed Covid-19 cases as the pandemic winds down.

The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration said it will report new cases only twice a month, every other Thursday. Exceptions will be made if the CCSA meets or makes announcements on a Thursday.

The start date for the change to bi-monthly reporting wasn't announced. For the record, on Sunday, Thailand reported 3,236 confirmed cases and 28 deaths.

While all positive RT-PCR coronavirus tests normally are counted as newly confirmed cases, the CCSA will also shift to reporting only symptomatic cases and hospitalizations. It previously had stopped reporting positive antigen tests.

CCSA spokeswoman Sumanee Wacharasint said the number of serious Covid-19 cases and fatalities in Thailand have been on the decline, leading to the lifting of disease-control measures previously imposed.

Authorities are now allowing foreign tourists to enter the kingdom without needing to quarantine, while permitting nightlife entertainment venues to reopen.

With the lifting of these measures, Sumanee warned that the number of cases could rise again. He therefore urged the public to continue complying with the "universal protection" measures and other disease control practices, including getting vaccine booster injections.

To ensure a safe transition to the endemic phase, the Public Health Ministry is working to ensure sufficient availability of beds, treatments and doctors for patients.

🔴 #COVID19 update on Sunday ⬆️ 3,236 new cases ⬇️ 28 deaths ⬇️ 32,253 active cases ⬇️ 775 serious cases. TNR / Richard Barrow

lördag 4 juni 2022

Har inget med Thailand att göra direkt men av allmänt intresse tycker jag. Detta var Arlanda flygplats i morse lördag 4 juni.

Sri Racha, Chonburi — Khao Kheow Open Zoo introduced a newborn baby tapir, one of Thailand’s endangered wildlife, on Wednesday, June 1st to commemorate its 44th anniversary. Pattaya News

Khao Kheow Open Zoo introduces a newborn baby tapir, one of Thailand's endangered species

Friday, 3 June 2022, 23:42

Sri Racha, Chonburi —

Khao Kheow Open Zoo introduced a newborn baby tapir, one of Thailand's endangered wildlife, on Wednesday, June 1st to commemorate its 44th anniversary.

Mr. Tewin Rattanawongsawat, the zoo director, said Wednesday that it was a great pleasure to introduce a male baby tapir born to the 24-year-old father "Wiang" and the 13-year-old mother "Jomklone" in celebration of Khao Kheow Open Zoo's 44th anniversary.

Tapirs are one of Thailand's endangered wildlife species. They look like pigs with tiny trunks, but they are actually related to horses and rhinoceroses.

According to the director, this baby was born on May 15th and was closely monitored by medical specialists. It was strong, healthy, and always attached to its mother. In the early period, it would have the color pattern of a watermelon, but this would eventually change to a clear white and black pattern after six months.

The director invited tourists to see this cutie at the Forest of Asia section of Khao Kheow Open Zoo in the Bang Phra sub-district, Sri Racha, Chonburi.

Additionally, Mr. Tewin announced that the zoo's 44th-anniversary celebration ceremony would range to June 5th. For those interested in helping feed the animals, you can transfer your donation via Krung Thai Bank account 006-0-23655-8 named "กองทุนเพื่อหมีแพนด้า" or contract 038-318444.

Phuket Completely Revokes Mask Order, Capping Incompetent Week of Flip-Flops. Capping half a week of flip-flops and miscommunication, Phuket’s governor on Friday completely rescinded two orders he issued earlier this week relaxing outdoor face mask rules, again returning the province to muzzled-up status.- Bangkok Herald

Phuket Completely Revokes Mask Order, Capping Incompetent Week of Flip-Flops

4 June 2022

A public sign in Phuket telling people to wear masks ... at the beach.

Capping half a week of flip-flops and miscommunication, Phuket's governor on Friday completely rescinded two orders he issued earlier this week relaxing outdoor face mask rules, again returning the province to muzzled-up status.

The bureaucratic sideshow would have been comical had people not been so sick of being forced to pointlessly wear masks outdoors, at the beach in parks and other places where they're not in close contact with others. Instead, it served as another illustration of Thailand's bureaucratic incompetence.

Gov. Narong Woonciew on May 31 issued a directive that was seen as a blanket end to the outdoor face mask mandate in the province. The order was so poorly worded and vague that it was misconstrued and misinterpreted across the country.

So on Thursday night, Narong sought to clean up his mess, issuing at 8:22 p.m. order clarifying the May 31 order to state that masks would still be required except in four instances:

While eating or drinking,
While verifying identity with government officials,
While exercising outdoors,
While at the beach, parks or stadium, as long as people can remain two meters apart.

Then, on Friday, Narong signed yet another proclamation, revoking all his earlier missives. The result? Masks are still required everywhere in public, regardless if you're lying alone on the beach or eating in a park alone.

Bangkok's governor said he also is considering doing away with the idiot mask mandate as daily coronavirus cases drop to their lowest numbers of the year. Perhaps he'll be able to string enough words together as to not make a Phuket-style mockery of the process.

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