Thai Health Minister Anutin explains why some cruise ships welcome

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Anutin explains why some cruise ships welcome

By The Nation

 

 

The government allowed two cruise ships, the Seabourn Ovation and Quantum of the Seas, to dock at Phuket because the majority of the 2,000 passengers aboard each were European, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this week.

 

The Westerdam has been denied permission to berth at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi because most of its passengers are from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, and China is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19, he said. 

 

The Ovation and Quantum have been turned away nowhere else, whereas the Westerdam is struggling to find a place anywhere to land, he added.

As well, Anutin said, the Ovation and Quantum’s stays in Phuket were for only 10 hours.

 

Trisulee Trisaranakul, a deputy government spokeswoman, said the Ovation’s medics reported that no passenger had shown symptoms of the virus anywhere along its voyage.

 

Thailand has no measure for restriction passenger ships’ travels, she said, but the ministry was obliged to follow safety procedures and earn the public’s confidence.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382072

 

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[DrTuner]

Europeans in, Chinese out. Attaboy Anutin, keep it up.

[spiekerjozef]

Some cruise ships put more money in a brown envelop then others...

Edited February 13, 2020 by spiekerjozef

[zydeco]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

The government allowed two cruise ships, the Seabourn Ovation and Quantum of the Seas, to dock at Phuket because the majority of the 2,000 passengers aboard each were European, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this week.

 

The Westerdam has been denied permission to berth at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi because most of its passengers are from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, and China is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19, he said. 

This is a statement of, er, uh, some degree of, let's say, confusion. Right now, Thailand is a very important staging area for moderate to well-to-do Chinese from the PRC. Other countries have closed them from entry, unless they can prove a 14 day period of stay outside of China. Where can they stay for 14 days while getting ready for the move??? Expect a steady but consistent stream of Chinese "tourists" in 14 day transit as long as this virus continues. 

[JonnyF]

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Westerdam has been denied permission to berth at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi because most of its passengers are from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, and China is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19, he said. 

 

Great plan Anutin. Let the Chinese mainlanders enter via the airports instead. That'll guarantee no problems, COVID-19 hates the enclosed spaces of planes and airports.

 

[crazygreg44]

majority being Chinese from Hongkong on the Westerdam? In Hongkong, 600 Chinese boarded the ship. The majority are the 1400 Dutch passengers and the even bigger majority are the 19 Thai citizens! ????????

 

and from Sihanoukville the 1400 Dutch passengers first travel to Pnom Penh, and from there they fly home via Bangkok. What was all the ruckus for? Instead of taking them to Suvarnabhumi by bus from Laem Chabang, they are now arriving at Suvarnabhumi by plane, and they still arrive on Thailand's soil. Same Same but stupid?

[kotsak]

Running out of facepalms again.. ????

[lujanit]

Anutin=hypocrite

[colinneil]

Anutin as each day passes you spout more sh++e, why not just sit in your corner quietly?

[christophe75]

This guy is going to have a really, really... hard time.

 

The best is yet to come !

 

We are talking about loss of face times facepalms times "i want to become invisible" times "my-brain-is-fried" style of hard time...

 

"Two passengers who arrived at NSCBI Airport (West Bengal, India) from Bangkok have tested positive for the novel #coronavirus - Airports Authority of India"

 

Wait... From Bangkok ? Nonnn. Mais ce n'est pas possible ! We were told.... ? ????

 

And to increase the "bad luck factor"... both passenger have an indian name... Or perhaps they were living in China ?

 

Or not.

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-more-passengers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-during-thermal-screening-at-kolkata-airport-1646072-2020-02-13

[Cake Monster]

54 minutes ago, crazygreg44 said:

majority being Chinese from Hongkong on the Westerdam? In Hongkong, 600 Chinese boarded the ship. The majority are the 1400 Dutch passengers and the even bigger majority are the 19 Thai citizens! ????????

 

and from Sihanoukville the 1400 Dutch passengers first travel to Pnom Penh, and from there they fly home via Bangkok. What was all the ruckus for? Instead of taking them to Suvarnabhumi by bus from Laem Chabang, they are now arriving at Suvarnabhumi by plane, and they still arrive on Thailand's soil. Same Same but stupid?

Most of the passengers on the Westerdam were from Canada, Germany and Holland.

Where did all these Chinese that were aboard come from ? were they stowaways

[Cake Monster]

5 minutes ago, christophe75 said:

This guy is going to have a really, really... hard time.

 

The best is yet to come !

 

We are talking about loss of face times facepalms times "i want to become invisible" times "my-brain-is-fried" style of hard time...

 

"Two passengers who arrived at NSCBI Airport (West Bengal, India) from Bangkok have tested positive for the novel #coronavirus - Airports Authority of India"

 

Wait... From Bangkok ? Nonnn. Mais ce n'est pas possible ! We were told.... ? ????

 

And to increase the "bad luck factor"... both passenger have an indian name... Or perhaps they were living in China ?

 

Or not.

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-more-passengers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-during-thermal-screening-at-kolkata-airport-1646072-2020-02-13

OMG

This thing could possibly go really Ballistic in the number of cases if the Indian Authorities do not get to grips with this in some kind of rapid fashion.

I hate to imagine the outcome if the Virus gets a hold in this Country with its 1.3 Billion Inhabitants, who mostly live in poor living conditions.

[BritManToo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Westerdam has been denied permission to berth at Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi because most of its passengers are from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, and China is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19, he said. 

Passenger list has 1/29 from China/Hong Kong, most of the rest were from western countries.

Edited February 13, 2020 by BritManToo

[Beggar]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Passenger list has 30 from China/Hong Kong, most of the rest were from western countries.

You think too much ????

[Tayaout]

10 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

OMG

This thing could possibly go really Ballistic in the number of cases if the Indian Authorities do not get to grips with this in some kind of rapid fashion.

I hate to imagine the outcome if the Virus gets a hold in this Country with its 1.3 Billion Inhabitants, who mostly live in poor living conditions.

It's already there. They have confirmed cases and thousand of peoples under observation waiting for tests results.

[sammieuk1]

We believe you love us long time now minister next you will be talking no 90 report or cash in the bank for visas you lub us so much ????

[Destiny1990]

Confusing: Yesterday farangs had to be kick out because of not accepting his face masks and today cruise-ships full with farangs are welcome again. ????

[phetphet]

10 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Confusing: Yesterday farangs had to be kick out because of not accepting his face masks and today cruise-ships full with farangs are welcome again. ????

He was probably waiting on the quay to hand out masks to the "f***ing farang" as they disembarked.

[tifino]

4 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Most of the passengers on the Westerdam were from Canada, Germany and Holland.

Where did all these Chinese that were aboard come from ? were they stowaways

well those chinese certainly not bona fide 'tourists'

- caught out trying to backdoor the restrictions

if all the falangs get shoved straight back to their home countries... so should those chinese

[Youlike]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Passenger list has 1/29 from China/Hong Kong, most of the rest were from western countries.

Yes only 30 from china in total, why Anutin is counting 600 chinese?

[tifino]

5 minutes ago, Youlike said:

Yes only 30 from china in total, why Anutin is counting 600 chinese?

trying to empart some sense of importance?

[Sunderland]

Does it matter whether they arrive by cruise ship or airplane?

 

Most of the cruise ship passengers will transit through Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi airports to get connections home.

[Stocky]

5 hours ago, christophe75 said:

This guy is going to have a really, really... hard time.

 

The best is yet to come !

 

We are talking about loss of face times facepalms times "i want to become invisible" times "my-brain-is-fried" style of hard time...

 

"Two passengers who arrived at NSCBI Airport (West Bengal, India) from Bangkok have tested positive for the novel #coronavirus - Airports Authority of India"

 

Wait... From Bangkok ? Nonnn. Mais ce n'est pas possible ! We were told.... ? ????

 

And to increase the "bad luck factor"... both passenger have an indian name... Or perhaps they were living in China ?

 

Or not.

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/two-more-passengers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-during-thermal-screening-at-kolkata-airport-1646072-2020-02-13

"Two passengers, who arrived at Kolkata international airport from Bangkok, have been placed in isolation for suspected novel coronavirus, officials said on Thursday."

 

Since when has a positive thermal scan been confirmation of Corvid-19?  Same garbage reporting as the Daily Mail yesterday and the two prisoners in the UK who eventually tested negative.

[spidermike007]

When one is appointed from the bottom of the barrel, and has no experience whatsoever in the health field, what is to be expected, beyond gross incompetence? 

 

Thailand is the opposite of a meritocracy. And as long as they continue to appoint based on cronyism, this is what they will get. Very low end appointments. Anutin has lost the tiny shreds of credibility he may have once had. May as well replace him at this point. 

[newnative]

Remember I called dibs on him first for the dunce contest.

[Assurancetourix]

16 hours ago, colinneil said:

Anutin as each day passes you spout more sh++e, why not just sit in your corner quietly?

From internet , not my photo

 

 

 

[Cake Monster]

14 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Confusing: Yesterday farangs had to be kick out because of not accepting his face masks and today cruise-ships full with farangs are welcome again. ????

,bout turn, you ,orrible little Man

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

When one is appointed from the bottom of the barrel, and has no experience whatsoever in the health field, what is to be expected, beyond gross incompetence? 

 

Thailand is the opposite of a meritocracy. And as long as they continue to appoint based on cronyism, this is what they will get. Very low end appointments. Anutin has lost the tiny shreds of credibility he may have once had. May as well replace him at this point. 

Replace him !

But what with ? Any other appointment will more than likely be " low end "

[Youlike]

13 hours ago, Stocky said:

"Two passengers, who arrived at Kolkata international airport from Bangkok, have been placed in isolation for suspected novel coronavirus, officials said on Thursday."

 

Since when has a positive thermal scan been confirmation of Corvid-19?  Same garbage reporting as the Daily Mail yesterday and the two prisoners in the UK who eventually tested negative.

Why did underline the words 'suspected virus'  ????

[billd766]

19 hours ago, colinneil said:

Anutin as each day passes you spout more sh++e, why not just sit in your corner quietly?

And wear one of these. Also from the internet. Not my photo.

Edited February 14, 2020 by billd766
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