Pattaya: Deputy police chief urges bar patrons/owners to be responsible as second spike threatens

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Pattaya: Deputy police chief urges bar patrons/owners to be responsible as second spike threatens

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A large contingent of police, army and local officials descended on Walking Street and other red light areas in Pattaya on Saturday to see if Covid-19 regulations were being followed on the first Saturday of Phase 5 release from lockdown. 

 

They were not.

 

Sanook reported that the regulations were being flouted and that people were being negligent. 

 

Most of the bars were still shut but the ones that were open had too many people to adopt proper social distancing measures. There were both Thai and foreign visitors to the bars.

 

Deputy Pattaya police chief Lt-Col Nithat Waenpradap led the authorities' visit and adopted a friendly PR stance advising people to follow the rules. 

 

No arrests were reported.

 

He called on people in Pattaya to be responsible to society by following the rules lest a second spike of coronavirus proves to be worse than the first.

 

Bars and clubs are subject to 22 rules that many people have described as unworkable, notes Thaivisa. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[Don Mega]

hahahahahaha, good luck with that !!

[rott]

Yes indeed, I mean do they actually contribute anything to Thai tourism? 

[sammieuk1]

How can you get a 2nd spike with no cases and no 1st spike amazing Thailand????

[Raphus]

Second spike threatens.

Is this just scare mongering tactics? Or do Thai people actually believe this virus is hiding in some shady corner street waiting to pounce on an unsuspected tourist !!

hahahahah

Beggars belief.

[Justgrazing]

Is that a super shiny lapel badge or has a tiny space star just landed on plod's shoulder .. 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Justgrazing
Sp

[bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Is that a super shiny lapel badge or has a tiny space star just landed on plod's shoulder .. 

Or is it leading up to a close encounter of the third kind?

[garygooner]

22 rules... 22 reasons to stay away a little longer. 

[OnTheRun]

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

How can you get a 2nd spike with no cases and no 1st spike amazing Thailand????

Exactly, perhaps it's a pre-emptive statement for when they reopen the borders to the esteemed Chinese tourists.

[DoctorG]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

red light areas

If there is no prostitution in Pattaya, why are they referred to as red light areas?

[Brunolem]

Next step: take a couple of persons returning from abroad, actually in state quarantine, and having tested positive...send them to visit Pattaya Walking Street and hit as many bars as possible...soon a new cluster will emerge and the whole area will be closed down for an indefinite period...

 

Something similar has already happened in South Korea and New Zealand...

 

[smedly]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

as second spike threatens

coming from where 

 

according to official data there is no CV-19 in Thailand

[Darksidedude]

4 hours ago, rott said:

Yes indeed, I mean do they actually contribute anything to Thai tourism? 

they most definatly do just depends what your in thailand for 

[steelepulse]

Keep the fear mongering coming.  We haven't had enough of it yet.

[Deli]

According to nbrs published, there hasn't been even a 1st spike or outbreak. Now, more than a month went by without official infections in the country. So, where shall new infections come from ?? 

Unless someone knows more than the public is allowed to know.

[dimitriv]

They should have checked Nang Ram Beach yesterday and this morning the breakfast buffet at our hotel in Pattaya.  Everyone close together, absolutely no social distancing.  And no mask to be seen.

 

[ukrules]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

No arrests were reported.

Is there an arrestable offence?

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

A large contingent of police, army and local officials descended on Walking Street and other red light areas in Pattaya on Saturday to see if Covid-19 regulations were being followed on the first Saturday of Phase 5 release from lockdown. 

 

They were not.

Did they really believe they would be ?

[richard_smith237]

Second spike of what? 

In these bars where there is no prostitution there is no risk of a second spike because there are *no cases of Covid-19 in Thailand !!! 

 

 

(The only cases have been from testing those arriving in Quarantine).

Edited July 7, 2020 by richard_smith237

[mikebell]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

No arrests were reported.

But there was a surge in the number of new BMWs being ordered.

[Rimmer]

Troll post and replies removed

[wobblyjohn]

On 7/6/2020 at 6:52 AM, rott said:

Yes indeed, I mean do they actually contribute anything to Thai tourism? 

 

On 7/6/2020 at 11:10 AM, Darksidedude said:

they most definatly do just depends what your in thailand for 

Tourists and expats contribute a lot to the economy through beer and food sales spend all their hard earned cash in shops buy houses/condos/cars take flights and accomadation, give money to wives/girlfriends/gigs if it wasn't for foreigners spending the country would be a lot poorer

[WhatsNext]

Every day there is a spike called traffic's deaths, about 60 of them. More people per day than all deaths of the virus on half a year.

 

If Thailand only applied 10% of the attention that they give to the virus to that problem, then we could save some lives.

 

But no instead of that they destroy the economy, take my temperature 12 times per day and make me do the check-in and out dance at every opportunity for nothing.

 

This country's gouvernement is beyond crazy

Edited July 9, 2020 by WhatsNext

[herfiehandbag]

Got his picture out on "the media", jobs a "good un", back to the mess for tea and crumpets!

[jacko45k]

15 minutes ago, WhatsNext said:

Every day there is a spike called traffic's deaths, about 60 of them. More people per day than all deaths of the virus on half a year.

 

If Thailand only applied 10% of the attention that they give to the virus to that problem, then we could save some lives.

 

But no instead of that they destroy the economy, take my temperature 12 times per day and make me do the check-in and out dance at every opportunity for nothing.

 

This country's gouvernement is beyond crazy

Silly people like you are the reason this virus is proving difficult to eliminate. 

Comparing or bringing traffic accidents into the discussion is quite irrelevant.

It is not for nothing, it is for making Thailand a safe place to be, unlike many places in  the so called advanced Western world. 

If it is so heinous, why are you still here?

[hotandsticky]

28 minutes ago, WhatsNext said:

Every day there is a spike called traffic's deaths, about 60 of them. More people per day than all deaths of the virus on half a year.

 

If Thailand only applied 10% of the attention that they give to the virus to that problem, then we could save some lives.

 

But no instead of that they destroy the economy, take my temperature 12 times per day and make me do the check-in and out dance at every opportunity for nothing.

 

This country's gouvernement is beyond crazy

 

Nobody is forcing you to go anywhere. If you can’t accept the rules of the game then don’t go.

 

Or go find a country that matches the laxity of your opinions.

[Henryford]

A comet from outer space threatens........

About the same risk as dying from Covid in Thailand.

[steven100]

50 minutes ago, WhatsNext said:

Every day there is a spike called traffic's deaths, about 60 of them. More people per day than all deaths of the virus on half a year.

 

If Thailand only applied 10% of the attention that they give to the virus to that problem, then we could save some lives.

 

But no instead of that they destroy the economy, take my temperature 12 times per day and make me do the check-in and out dance at every opportunity for nothing.

 

This country's gouvernement is beyond crazy

oh stop whinging .... you need a holiday in Wuhan.

[jacko45k]

6 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

Or go find a country that matches the laxity of your opinions.

Brazil maybe?

[Bob A Kneale]

On 7/6/2020 at 11:32 AM, webfact said:

Pattaya: Deputy police chief urges bar patrons/owners to be responsible as second spike threatens

"...as second spike threatens".

That's an odd heading (that wasn't in the Sanook original), a second spike is not threatening Pattaya.