So they beat their previous record of I think it was 2800 in one day. Damn...
Laos is still doing good, and keeping it under 20/day.
So they beat their previous record of I think it was 2800 in one day. Damn...
Laos is still doing good, and keeping it under 20/day.
I’ve always thought the numbers themselves of little consequence - statistical sampling to indicate the trend rather than any semblance of the actual cases. Thailand often charges 3,000 baht for a test and has little or no contact tracing so these figures have no precision to them at all.Originally Posted by cdnmatt
Well, if Worldometer stats are correct, Thailand is doing 116k tests per-million population. Definitely lower than developed countries out there, but not horrendously bad either. For example, Canada is at 850k tests per-million, US a little over a million, UK over 2 million though.
I have a sometime friend in Hua Hin whose 57 year old father was showing symptoms a couple of months ago. Even though he had been out of work for some time, the hospital only provided a test with an advance payment of 1,000 baht. I wrongly assumed it would be free for Thais. He was called the next day and told he was positive. He would need to travel by ambulance to the hospital for which his son had to find 700 baht. After six days in hospital he died. The son was left with hospital and funeral costs. He was also told he should be tested and that would also cost 1,000 baht!
I have no idea if this is regular practice. If so, there is a lot wrong with the covid procedures.
Here’s an example of the clusters that Thailand is experiencing - 2,000 in a single factory. There was a report of 1,000 at a single construction site the other day:
https://thethaiger.com/news/national...tal-on-the-way
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