Teachers, students, parents who travelled to six countries urged to stay at home for 14 days

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The number of virus cases in Thailand remains at 35, while Japan and South Korea recently experienced a spike in infected patients.

Vert strange indeed.

[Bundooman]

1 hour ago, DeeMak9 said:

If you don't have it on hand yourself, how can you blame others from not having it?

You carry a spray around with you 24/7 then, do you? Even when you are travelling with luggage - you still have an alcohol spray handy - really?

Ridiculous response

[wensiensheng]

I can understand the Thai government covering up the number of covid cases, frankly I expected nothing better from them. But the Thai health professionals should be ashamed of themselves. They owe a duty to the population to speak up, even if they incur the governments wrath.

 

a certain Chinese doctor had the right principles.

Edited February 24, 2020 by wensiensheng
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[newnative]

     Umm.  Why is this coming from the Education minister and not that yahoo Health minister? (Still first dibs on him.)   Why should students and teachers who visited these countries isolate themselves and not tourists from these countries?   Totally wacko.  

[SunsetT]

Stay at home with your 3 generation family of 30 living in one room......555

[TheAppletons]

34 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

You carry a spray around with you 24/7 then, do you? Even when you are travelling with luggage - you still have an alcohol spray handy - really?

Ridiculous response

  Two weeks ago I traveled BKK-TPE-LAX.

 

  I brought hand sanitizer with me and a package of Dettol alcohol wipes to wipe down everything in my seating areas - armrest, video screen, headrest, seat belt buckle, tray table, etc.  I used the hand sanitizer copiously and especially after being fingerprinted at BKK, when using the lavatory on the plane, after going through security.  

 

  Not a ridiculous response. 

 

  

[thisisrascal]

39 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

You carry a spray around with you 24/7 then, do you? Even when you are travelling with luggage - you still have an alcohol spray handy - really?

Ridiculous response

 

I do.

[Guderian]

I'm both surprised and disappointed that the WHO or CDC haven't called out the Thai government over its ludicrous statistics. Given the number of foreign tourists who are visiting Thailand in the high season, this isn't a case of being diplomatic or respecting national or cultural sensitivity, it's literally a matter of life and death, possibly for millions of people in the coming months, if the virus becomes widely established around the globe. If the Thai government and medical profession refuse to behave responsibly then all countries concerned for their citizens' welfare should immediately issue a travel advisory warning people not to travel to Thailand under any circumstances as the extent to which the virus is present there is being covered up unknown at present.

Edited February 24, 2020 by Guderian

[Surasak]

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Sounds like a sensible request.

Should not have been a request, it should have been enforced. Are these people going to take any notice of this request?

[MikeyScars]

34 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

  Two weeks ago I traveled BKK-TPE-LAX.

 

  I brought hand sanitizer with me and a package of Dettol alcohol wipes to wipe down everything in my seating areas - armrest, video screen, headrest, seat belt buckle, tray table, etc.  I used the hand sanitizer copiously and especially after being fingerprinted at BKK, when using the lavatory on the plane, after going through security.  

 

  Not a ridiculous response. 

 

  

I did exactly the same.  Brought hand sanitizer and alcohol wipes to the plane.  Wiped everything in site including my mouth!

 

Agreed 100%! Not a ridiculous response!

[mindfulness]

Yet evidence of another brain dead welfare recipient who has wormed his way into the position of speaking bull poo. 

Jesus Christ these idiots are insane ? 

 

 

[holy cow cm]

And Italy has just exploded in cases having new 150 positive. They have locked down over 12 + cities. So to say Thailand is still at 35 is ridiculous and that they still let Chinese free to fly in and go anywhere they want is ludicrous. And low and behold China has just released a new directive on instructions on strengthening biosecurity management in microbiology labs that handle advanced viruses such as the one in Wuhan, and this is exactly like the coronavirus. So sounds like in not so many words they let the cat out of the bag. Everything is pointing to Chinese lab manufactured. And yet Thailand still only has 35 cases. All I can say is : "Amazing Thailand"!

 

 

[Isaan sailor]

But our fearless leader told us Wuhan virus 100% under control...

[Orton Rd]

1 hour ago, manhood said:

This government risks the life of the people living in the country just to show, Thailand has not many cased of Corona virus: but who believes the statement of this government! Just all a lie and yes, try to get more Chinese to spread the various around to the population living here!

I recall the floods in 2010 and being near Don Muang at a friends house. All through the afternoon we kept getting SMS messages from some govt department informing us that the water levels were not rising and no reason to worry. I could see it going up and up and when we left it was scarily high walking to the road, which by then had no buses only lorries picking people up. They were telling people the exact opposite of what was going on, probably just as likely now.

[holy cow cm]

20 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

But our fearless leader told us Wuhan virus 100% under control...

Yes and he also said that his government was elected honestly and democratically and the outcome in another part were the watches were borrowed from a friend and in another part the Health Minister who has zero back ground in the health industry and his ministry is competent to handle this as the situation as is under control. I feel things are about to explode if has not already. But keep on letting the Chinese in? Ludicrous!

Edited February 24, 2020 by holy cow cm

[Matzzon]

2 hours ago, legend49 said:

Except they just found in China incubation period on one patient was 27 days. Oh I forgot everything here is 100% under control.

Of course it is! What are on about? Are you insinuating that we can´t trust what the prime minister is telling us? 

[Canuck1966]

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

I'm both surprised and disappointed that the WHO or CDC haven't called out the Thai government over its ludicrous statistics. Given the number of foreign tourists who are visiting Thailand in the high season, this isn't a case of being diplomatic or respecting national or cultural sensitivity, it's literally a matter of life and death, possibly for millions of people in the coming months, if the virus becomes widely established around the globe. If the Thai government and medical profession refuse to behave responsibly then all countries concerned for their citizens' welfare should immediately issue a travel advisory warning people not to travel to Thailand under any circumstances as the extent to which the virus is present there is being covered up unknown at present.

Thailand literally gets away with murder.

It must be because they are such an insignificant boil on the world's ârse

Edited February 24, 2020 by Canuck1966

[Matzzon]

3 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Then why not put every single person traveling from these countries under the same conditions of entry? Why pick on these people?

To not pick anybody, would look very irresponsible. As well as they need to save face, they will also need something to put in the news. ????

So, in other words, these ones will do good for this weeks statistics.

[ncc1701d]

The Australians have just done the opposite. They are keeping the Chinese travel self quarantine in place  And lifting for hkg, 

 

https://www.dese.gov.au/news/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov

[TheAppletons]

I guess I missed the part of the news article where it said the Thais tested these high risk patients entering the country for the virus.  

[Isaanbiker]

We've got friends visiting from Wuhan who brought some excellent bats for us to eat. 

 

 We can't eat them all, is anybody interested in ten very sweet and still alive bats? ????????

[petedk]

3 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Then why not put every single person traveling from these countries under the same conditions of entry? Why pick on these people?

My friend just told me that a colleague at her office has just returned from Japan an shows signs of a bad cold. She is NOT staying home.

The boss doesn't seem to mind so much.

 

I find this very irresponsible. 

Edited February 24, 2020 by petedk

[BobbyL]

Pretty chaotic at the international school in Bangkok where I work this morning as we returned back from half term. International schools don't usually follow the MoE directives, however ISAT (International Schools Association of Thailand) emailed yesterday saying we need to implement these checks. The parents were then informed about today's procedure, however many forgot or didn't bother.

 

All nursery, primary and secondary students had to show their passports before being allowed in to the school premises. If they didn't have a passport or had visited a country on the banned list last week in half term they were sent home. The same for all staff. We have six teachers in our primary department off now because they went to Japan, South Korea or Singapore in half term. It seems like this will be for 14 days. 

 

More problems occurred as some students had been to countries like Australia or USA (in a one week half term ????) and transited through places like Singapore or Taiwan but obviously received no entry stamp in their passport. No idea what has happened to those students so far. 

 

These types of things are normally very well organised within international schools, however this morning seemed pretty poor to be honest. Anyway, only twelve students in my class this morning so that is a bonus. 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by BobbyL

[sungod]

3 hours ago, DeeMak9 said:

If you don't have it on hand yourself, how can you blame others from not having it?

Cause its a liquid and they nicked it off me on the way out ????

[Elkski]

4 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Visitors having been to China stay at home but Chinese tourists please continue to go around Thailand coughing, spitting and shouting, seems flawed somewhere ????

This is what they said. 

[nickmondo]

4 hours ago, DeeMak9 said:

If you don't have it on hand yourself, how can you blame others from not having it?

absolutely correct.

i take my own wipes and wipe before i use the fingerprinter, and also the scanner next to me.

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, ncc1701d said:

The Australians have just done the opposite. They are keeping the Chinese travel self quarantine in place  And lifting for hkg, 

 

https://www.dese.gov.au/news/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov

And many people and some radio hosts are angry as heck for the Australian government bending over to the Chinese. Is said some Universities are giving the Chinese students $1500 so they can re-route through a transfer country to side step the direct china entry ban. So no they are not being safe just like Thailand. 

[White Christmas13]

5 hours ago, Das Boot said:

Meanwhile:  All you Chinese who come from the epicenter of the pandemic are welcome to come & circulate freely??????

 

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, DeeMak9 said:

If you don't have it on hand yourself, how can you blame others from not having it?

Because a public body should be setting examples of and facilitating good practice. Even Tesco Lotus was putting alcohol hand wand wash at its entrances. 

[CygnusX1]

4 hours ago, AussieBob18 said:

1. Seek out and eradicate the sources - in this case being a specific species of bats.  2. Once a global pandemic is declared, immediately cease all human travel - all planes, ships, etc. 

1. Better to stop the trade in exotic animals in China, and I think the Chinese government will finally get serious about this now.

2. That would disrupt the world’s economy so badly that the cure would be worse than the disease.