Typical Thailand. The piece is not clear. 14 day home quarantine..Yes or no?
Whatever. I'm pretty sure this virus is going to dominate the world for most of this year. I hope I'm completely wrong about that.
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Typical Thailand. The piece is not clear. 14 day home quarantine..Yes or no?
Whatever. I'm pretty sure this virus is going to dominate the world for most of this year. I hope I'm completely wrong about that.
Update on still uncertain position:
https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/coro...l-restrictions
4/3/20 PM says quarantine for Thai workers returning from S. Korea:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...g-from-s-korea
Not a lot at good news in this.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...arios-11948661
SO, considering I'm travelling in Mid April from Japan to Bkk and after reading the Government statement telling me I need to self quaratine etc ( and then seeing the statements almost instant removal) is ANYONE any the wiser as to the position, as needless to say if they DO implement such a policy I would have no choice but to cancel my (entire) trip ( as the flights from various places were all booked as one ticket :-( ?
most of the mask wearers don't seem to have read the WHO advice on how to wear and handle masks so in a high risk area they are probably placing themselves at greater risk than if they didn't wear a mask!
if the Thai authorities were reading the Daily risk assessment on COVID-19, 4 March 2020 from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control then not just France but all of the EU and UK would already be on the list, and you should probably be more worried about you risk at home
read the full report: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/curren...irus-situationQuote:
The risk associated with COVID-19 infection for people in the EU/EEA and UK is currently considered moderate to high
This assessment is based on the following factors:
- Most cases reported in the EU/EEA and the UK outside some regions in Italy have identified epidemiological links. However, there is an increasing number of cases without a defined chain of transmission. Extraordinary public health measures have been implemented in Italy and other EU/EEA countries and the UK, and strong efforts are being made to identify, isolate and test contacts in order to contain the outbreak. Despite contact tracing measures initiated to contain further spread, there continue to be cases exported between EU/EEA countries, and an increasing number of sporadic cases across EU/EEA countries. The probability of further transmission in the EU/EEA and the UK is considered high. There is still a level of uncertainty regarding several unpredictable factors in a situation that is still evolving.
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Mancs, I’m guessing that it is only a matter of time before the UK is added to Thailand’s list of high-risk zones, which currently include: Japan, Germany, South Korea, China, Taiwan, France, Singapore, Italy, Iran, Hong Kong and Macau, judging from the headline in today’s edition of The Times:
For the full report see: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...ards-xbg7wpdrkQuote:
UK told to brace for coronavirus epidemic
Handshake ban considered as contagion spreads
updated
Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor
Wednesday March 04 2020, 12.00pm GMT, The Times
Coronavirus is probably spreading freely in the UK already and an epidemic is now likely, the chief medical officer said this morning . . .
But the sixty-four million dollar question is, how long? As bkkguy says in the previous post, the UK should probably already be on the list!
It’s all very depressing news and I certainly wouldn’t like to be in your shoes or those of NIrish-guy, as I really would not know what to do for the best.
I note what you say above bkkguy, but while doing a bit of aimless meandering along Silom Road this afternoon, I noticed quite a few street traders were selling face masks. White ones, blue ones and black ones. But members will be disappointed to learn I couldn't see any rainbow coloured ones.
When I tried to do my photo journalistic bit for the forum, one old girl got herself into a right old stushie! Honestly, I thought I'd never live to file this report.
Having tried to reassure her my pics were for a fa-ràng friend and that I was not a trading standards inspector, I got the feeling she didn't quite believe me, so I managed to snap only one or two photos, which weren’t quite up to David Bailey standards.
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Now I realise this thread is becoming quite depressing at times, so please forgive me if, from time to time, I try to introduce a little bit of levity.
If being out and proud by sporting a rainbow coloured face mask is not quite your thing, and you're more the patriotic Brit type of person or you simply like the Union flag, then I've just the thing for you. See the video below:
https://youtu.be/BiC56E9t0r8
About the video, I never realised that the Brits were modestly endowed.
One size fits all!
Apparently.