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Thailand reports 4,887 COVID-19 cases, 32 new deaths 


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5 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Well they couldn't sweep those prison infections under the carpet, same as they limit their testing outside to keep the numbers low.

 

I wonder what the infection ratio was in the prisons

 

According to BP the infection rates were 55% in the Bangkok Remand prison and 23% in the Central Women's Correctional Institution.

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5 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Well they couldn't sweep those prison infections under the carpet, same as they limit their testing outside to keep the numbers low.

 

I wonder what the infection ratio was in the prisons

The real question is how much faith can you put in the (remarkably stable) 2000 - 2500 new cases reported daily. How many more cases are accruing behind the scenes to be reported (or not) later ?

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Yea what else was he going to say, absolute whitewash. Now lets get to all the other over crowded prisons in Thailand.

 

"Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin denies prisons were unprepared for handling as authorities had previously prepared more than 1000 beds. Almost 3,000 new cases detected in 2 #Bangkok prisons. Insists prison transparent with details."

 

 

https://twitter.com/MayWongCNA/status/1392753133588148224

 

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Just now, Dogmatix said:

 

Probably some of the 45% and 67% respectively not tested positive were either not yet tested, false negative or negative on testing but now positive after a few more nights sleeping in inhuman conditions the prison like sardines in a can.

 

Next stop is probably exponential growth rates inother institutions where people live in closes quarters to each other like the Thai military.

Or the mental health system where patients are similarly housed.

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Current main clusters in Bangkok:

 

  • Forty-one crowded communities in Khlong Toei district
  • Bon Kai community in Pathumwan
  • A construction worker camp in On Nut, Suan Luang
  • Sampeng market in Samphanthawong
  • Baan Yuan community in Dusit
  • An apartment community in Din Daeng
  • Saphan Khao Market in Maha Nak, Dusit
  • Pratunam area in Ratchathewi
  • Rama IX area in Din Daeng
  • Bobae area in Pom Prap Sattru Phai
  • Silom area in Bang Rak
  • Pak Khlong Talat and Yodpiman markets in Phra Nakhon

https://www.thaienquirer.com/27466/prison-screening-yields-record-number-of-covid-cases/

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2 hours ago, DavisH said:

Numbers from prisons SHOUL be keps separate, so we can see the rate of community spread as a separate rate. This makes epidemilogical sense. If I have 4800 cases in a day, I sure as heck want to know the sources of these infections. 

But prisons are not entirely separated from the general population at large. As has been pointed out several times, there are several interface points.

 

It’s irrelevant anyway, the math to add them in to make a combined total, or deduct them to make two separate totals, is easy. And I’m sure that the sources of cases from one big total would be analyzed just as easily as from two separate figures.

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4 minutes ago, Clydesdale said:

The real question is how much faith can you put in the (remarkably stable) 2000 - 2500 new cases reported daily. How many more cases are accruing behind the scenes to be reported (or not) later ?

 

 With a certain amount of deliberate covering up and reduction in mass testing, the real numbers outside the prison population are probably significantly higher than the 2,000 a day. 

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We're getting closer.  Start of the 3rd wave to today, but again, why is nearly 3,000 being reported only today?

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1392757306236956673

 

In a new press release, the Corrections Department has clarified that the number of infected people in prison reported yesterday (Bangkok Remand Prison 1,794 cases & Central Women's Correctional Institution 1,039 cases) was the total since the start of the new outbreak in April.

 

 

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As for the prisons, they got caught covering up cases in just two prisons in Bangkok but there are a lot more around the country.  Human rights watch said Thailand's prisons house 380,000 inmates of whom about 20% are detained without bail awaiting trial. Some prisons, such as Chiang Mai prison have been reporting cases, but it is a fair bet that many have been told to cover up cases like those two Bangkok prisons tried to do.  With the dreadful conditions in all Thai prisons it is hard to imagine there are less than 50-60,000 cases in prisons nationwide by now.

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5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Panupong "Mike" Jadnok becomes the latest activist to test positive for COVID-19 while being detained in prison. His attorney said he is seeking bail today since he is worried about Panupong's asthma

 

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https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1392676374003867649

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1392759532611260417

 

Update: Panupong’s bail hearing has been postponed by the court. Noraset Nanongtoom, a lawyer from the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group who represents the activists, also said he tested positive for COVID-19. #โควิดเรือนจํา #Thailand #KE

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1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

They've got 2 weeks to sort this mess out before the kiddies go back to school which they said they were confident they would do.

01 June will never happen.  01 July a possibility.

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4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1392759532611260417

 

Update: Panupong’s bail hearing has been postponed by the court. Noraset Nanongtoom, a lawyer from the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group who represents the activists, also said he tested positive for COVID-19. #โควิดเรือนจํา #Thailand #KE

In light of all these cases, it reinforces my suspicion that this 2000 a day mark that they normally have is deliberately being suppressed and cases are on the back burner either through not getting tested or in the system's bottomless draw.

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