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Two reports, one from The Nation Thailand and the other from The Thaiger:
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Pattaya cleans up after tourist tests positive
Mar 18. 2020
By The Nation
There was another “Big Cleaning Day” in Pattaya on Wednesday (March 18), but considerably more serious than the usual litter sweeps of the beach.
As soon as it was reported that a 67-year-old Belgian tourist has been confirmed as infected with the Covid-19 virus, a major scrub was undertaken in the areas he’d visited.
The Belgian man arrived in Thailand on March 3, had drinks in Pattaya, spent the night in a hotel, and then went to stay at his wife’s house in Phetchabun province.
He fell ill on March 10 and went to the private hospital, where the Covid-19 diagnosis was made . . .
For the full report see: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/...ernal_referral
And from The Thaiger . . .
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Laos closes checkpoint at Thai border
Published 3 hours ago on March 18, 2020
By Greeley Pulitzer
Laos has closed its four immigration checkpoints near Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom province, saying it doesn’t have enough medical personnel to screen for the Covid-19 coronavirus at the four places.
Immigration Police Office in Nakhon Panom province were informed that Laos would close its immigration checkpoint at Thakhek port from 2pm, until the Covid-19 situation is resolved. Also yesterday, provincial governor Siam Sirimongkol announced that Laos and Nakhon Phanom would collaborate to close four local checkpoints, including the Thakhek port. Laos continues to allow travelers from Thailand to pass through the Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge at Nakhon Phanom . . .
For the full report see: https://thethaiger.com/news/regional...at-thai-border
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If I were Jellybean, I'd leave for home. Now.
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For those resident in Thailand, staying there and avoiding social contact as much as possible is a perfectly valid alternative. Remember, Thailand had COVID cases long before Europe and the USA, but the growth of cases has been at a much lower rate.
As for bar boys, those in good health will almost all survive this with no health problems.
They might have to survive with no income for a while, but for all those Khmer lads, it's still better than the 1970s were for their parents.
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They might have to survive with no income for a while, but for all those Khmer lads, it's still better than the 1970s were for their parents.
Not genocide so can't be too bad then?! Would you say to Europeans that it's not too bad, you could have been in Dachau?
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Brad the Impala
Would you say to Europeans that it's not too bad, you could have been in Dachau?
Whilst coaching some older relatives, I did point out that the previous generation lasted through 6 years of WW2, so they can probably manage a few weeks of isolation at home. [Isolation with TV, internet, I-pads and so on].
This seemed to work.
People have put up with much worse than this. It really is worth remembering that.
Also, for the majority of board members who survive this, you've had a good lifestyle and will probably be having a good lifestyle in 2021.
Remember, even now, not everyone on the planet gets to live like this.
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Jellybean, many thanks for your quotes posted above.
Any chance you can give us some information from somebody on the ground? How does Pattaya look with all the gay venues in lockdown? Have all the boys returned to the rice farm?
What’s there to do other than eat?!
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Jellybean, many thanks for your quotes posted above.
Any chance you can give us some information from somebody on the ground? How does Pattaya look with all the gay venues in lockdown? Have all the boys returned to the rice farm?
What’s there to do other than eat?!
Thanks gerefan2. With regard to Pattaya, I was there for only four days and left on Sunday, 15th March. Things are changing so rapidly that I fear my info’ will be out of date, perhaps therefore someone still in Pattaya would be better placed to provide up to date information.
In the four days I was in Pattaya, I went to Sunee Plaza and Boyz Town, but not Jomtien. I have copied below a few photos I took in Boyz Town.
In Boyz Town I drank at Panorama Bar and went to X-Boys and saw a show for the first time in 2-3 years. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, there were lots of go-go boys, but few that were my type. At Toy Boys there were around fifteen go-go boys. I chatted with the lad I off’d during my previous visit, four weeks ago, but did not off him a second time, although I was sorely tempted.
In Sunee Plaza I sat with friends in Diamond Bar and I had a good time at Nice Boys Bar and off’d a cute MB. The majority of my liaisons were however through the apps.
Here in Bangkok, on facebook, a long-time MB friend posted that he and his MB boyfriend were both returning home due to lack of work in Patpong.
Apologies for the lack of real-time info’.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/study-say...213034915.html
New study says 'high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce' spread of COVID-19
A transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. The image was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH)
A team of researchers unveiled the results of a new study last week that looked at how temperature and humidity may affect the transmission of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
According to the researchers' findings, "High temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19." An increase of just one degree Celsius and 1% relative humidity increase substantially lower the virus's transmission, according to the data analyzed by the researchers.
The study is the latest in a limited but growing body of research, not all of which has been peer-reviewed, that examines the effect of weather on the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 illness.
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probably explains why it has hit cold weather locations the worst, singapore and hong kong and most of the southern hemisphere where its early autumn and still warm seems to have escaped the worst.
Only mystery is korea, its still frigging cold there but they seem to have it under control.
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I received the following email from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO):
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Thailand travel advice
Change made
Updated information and advice on coronavirus (COVID-19) (‘Summary’, ‘Entry Requirements’ and ‘Health’ pages)
Time updated
6:13am, 19 March 2020
Link: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...tent=immediate