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4,753 new Covid cases, 27 more deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

There were 4,753 new Covid-19 cases and 27 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...27-more-deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Three die after second jabs of Covid vaccines

SAMUT PRAKAN: Funerals for three people who died after receiving the second doses of Covid-19 vaccines were held at the same temple - Wat Nam Daeng in tambon Bang Kaew in Bang Phli district - of this Central province on Saturday.

However, it was not clear whether the three cases were directly related to vaccination against Covid-19.

The first funeral was for Wuthidet Namo, a 15-year-old student, who died at Samut Prakan Hospital on Nov 26.

Juthathip Namo, 46, Wuthidet's guardian, said her nephew received the first jab of Pfizer vaccine at his school on Nov 3. After the inoculation, he became fatigue and gasped for breath. Wuthidet, who weighed 121 kilogrammes, also lost some weight.

On Nov 24, he received the second jab of Pfizer vaccine at the school. On that day, after returning home, he complained about having chest pains and breathing difficulties. She took him to Samut Prakan Hospital. A doctor examined him and let him return home without giving any advice.

Ms Juthathip said she brought Wuthidet back to the hospital on Nov 25 after he again developed the same symptoms. The doctor gave him a shot and told him to go home. But, with continued breathing difficulties, he stayed overnight in the hospital.

On Nov 26, she received a call from the hospital, telling her to rush to the hospital as the boy's condition was deteriorating. When she arrived at the hospital, Wuthidet already died.

The doctors concluded Wuthidet's death was not related to the Covid vaccination and that he died from diabetes, intestine problems, acidity in blood and high sugar content in blood.

Ms Juthathip said she was not certain about the cause of her nephew's death.

The second funeral was for a 26-year-old man identified only as Vachira, a employee of the Isuzu Company in Samut Prakan.

His relatives said he received the first shot of AstraZeneca on Aug 26 and the second one on Nov 12. On Nov 20, he had chest pains with a high fever and was admitted to a hospital, where he died on Nov 26. The doctors said he died from blood infection.

The relatives said they wanted officials concerned to investigate whether Vachira's death resulted from the Covid vaccination.

The third funeral was for a 26-year-old man identified only as Sithipol. He died on Nov 22 after receiving the second jab of Moderna vaccine. The doctors said he died from heart failure. The first Covid jab he received was of sinovac, but the date was not clearly known.

The body was taken to Wat Nam Daeng temple for the funeral on Nov 25.

The relatives suspected Sithipol's death might be from the vaccine.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...covid-vaccines

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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5,854 new Covid cases, 30 new deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

Thailand logged 5,854 new Covid-19 cases and 30 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...-30-new-deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Coronavirus Cases: 260,858,641

Deaths: 5,205,888

Under reported US death count: 799,137

American Civil War Battle Deaths and In Theater (north and south) - 498,332

it's been blown way out of proportion.

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Some attendees at Pattaya music festival advised to get COVID antigen test

Anyone who watched the Pattaya music festival on November 12th and 13th by staying outside the event zone without wearing a face mask has been advised, by Chonburi provincial health office, to get a COVID-19 rapid antigen test quickly, after several such people have been found infected.

The organisers set the event zone’s maximum capacity to 500 and everyone who entered had to show proof that they were fully inoculated and had tested negative for the virus within the previous 72 hours. They were also required to wear face masks all the time and have body a temperature under 37.5oC.

Meanwhile, in Bangkok today (Thursday), an eatery at the CentralWorld shopping mall has been ordered to close for three days after a customer was found to be infected with COVID-19.

The infected person has already been sent for treatment at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province. Health officials have been trying to identify the source of the infection.

The mall’s management said in its Facebook page yesterday that, from today, it has intensified the screening of all people entering the “Groove” zone of the mall, where the infection was found.: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/some-at...-antigen-test/

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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More COVID infections found in Bangkok after woman drops dead in alley

Health officials and a mobile COVID-19 testing unit were dispatched to Phahonyothin Soi 54/1, in Bangkok’s Sai Mai, district to test people in the community, after a 30-year-old woman collapsed and died in the middle of a lane on Tuesday. The woman tested positive for the virus at the post-mortem examination.

Health officials urged unvaccinated residents in the neighbourhood to receive free inoculations at Wat Koh Or-ngern today.

The victim’s house, a nearby grocery shop and several other houses were also disinfected today.

Test results of the victim’s four family members show her mother and elder sister are infected, while her father and a seven-year-old child are clear of the virus.

14 of 22 neighbours were tested this morning, with 5, including the grocer, tested positive.

Health officials said that four of the infected are fully inoculated with two AstraZeneca vaccine doses and the fifth has received two Sinopharm doses and third AstraZeneca booster jab.

They also said that the deceased was unvaccinated, while four others in the same family have each received two shots of unspecified vaccines.: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/more-co...dead-in-alley/

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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6,073 new Covid cases, 32 new deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

Thailand logged 6,073 new Covid-19 cases and 64 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...-32-new-deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Man dies after Moderna jab following Sinovac

A man died at his home in Muang district late on Tuesday night shortly after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, following an initial dose of Sinovac in September.

Police were called to house 66/189 at Moo 5, tambon Bang Muang in Muang district about 12.30am, Pol Capt Adithes Phocharoen, a duty investigator, said on Wednesday.

They found Sithipol Bovornkittipaisal, 26, lying dead on the ground floor of the house. There was no sign of physical assault.

Sithipol's mother Sopa Khotpakdi, 50, said her son had recieved the first dose of Sinovac vaccine in early September, but did not say where.

He had also placed an order for Moderna vaccine with Synphaet Theparak Hospital. He went to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and was inoculated with the Moderna vaccine.

He returned home with no sign of side effects, she said.

However, late on Tuesday night, while playing on his phone on the second floor of the house, Sithipol began experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties.

Ms Sopa said she called for an emergency team from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn. While waiting, relatives carried Sithipol, who was by then unconscious, down to the ground floor.

When the medical team arrived they imediately gave him CPR and used a defibrillator on him, but could not revive him. Sithipol was already dead.

Sithipol's body was taken to Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital for an autopsy to establish whether his death was related to the Covid-19 vaccination.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...lowing-sinovac

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Covid will stay with us, expert virologist says, advising everyone to get vaccinated

Covid-19 will continue to stay with us and we will have to live with it, expert virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday.

He said we could not get rid of SARS in 2003 and it became a global pandemic. After that, we tried to create herd immunity to stop it from spreading.

To achieve herd immunity, at least 60 to 70 per cent of the population must be vaccinated.

Yong said the Delta variant spread quickly, causing a new wave.

We knew a vaccine could reduce disease severity, deaths, and patients in hospital. However, it cannot completely eradicate a pandemic so herd immunity in this case cannot entirely prevent the disease from spreading, he wrote.

With influenza, the vaccine also could not prevent infections but it could prevent deaths.: https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40009194

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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6,559 new Covid cases, 64 new deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

Thailand logged 6,559 new Covid-19 cases and 64 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...-64-new-deaths

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Thai cabinet approves plan to purchase 30 million more doses of Pfizer vaccine

The Thai cabinet today (Tuesday) approved the procurement of an additional 30 million doses of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, by Thailand’s Diseases Control Department.

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said that the cabinet also authorised the Disease Control Department to sign the third amendment to the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Pfizer for vaccine procurement.

He said that the agreement will enable the Disease Control Department to receive the new generation of Pfizer vaccine for children, adding that the 30 million doses of mRNA vaccine are to be delivered to Thailand in lots during the first, second and third quarters of next year.

With the additional doses, Thailand will have procured a total of 60 million doses of Pfizer vaccine, said Thanakorn.

At Government House today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha formally received one million doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine, donated by the United States, which arrived in Thailand yesterday.

US Chargé d’affaires, Michael Heath, celebrated the arrival of the vaccine with the prime minister, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other senior Thai officials at Government House.

On Monday, Heath said the new shipment reaffirms US support of Thailand and determination to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to overcome the global pandemic.

The million doses of Moderna vaccine is the second batch of mRNA vaccine, after 1.5 million Pfizer doses were delivered in July.

Heath added that the US government has provided tens of million dollars in COVID-19 related assistance to Thailand since the outbreak of the pandemic.: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-ca...fizer-vaccine/

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Thai cabinet approves plan to purchase 30 million more doses of Pfizer vaccine

The Thai cabinet today (Tuesday) approved the procurement of an additional 30 million doses of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, by Thailand’s Diseases Control Department.

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said that the cabinet also authorised the Disease Control Department to sign the third amendment to the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Pfizer for vaccine procurement.

He said that the agreement will enable the Disease Control Department to receive the new generation of Pfizer vaccine for children, adding that the 30 million doses of mRNA vaccine are to be delivered to Thailand in lots during the first, second and third quarters of next year.

With the additional doses, Thailand will have procured a total of 60 million doses of Pfizer vaccine, said Thanakorn.

At Government House today, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha formally received one million doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine, donated by the United States, which arrived in Thailand yesterday.

US Chargé d’affaires, Michael Heath, celebrated the arrival of the vaccine with the prime minister, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other senior Thai officials at Government House.

On Monday, Heath said the new shipment reaffirms US support of Thailand and determination to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to overcome the global pandemic.

The million doses of Moderna vaccine is the second batch of mRNA vaccine, after 1.5 million Pfizer doses were delivered in July.

Heath added that the US government has provided tens of million dollars in COVID-19 related assistance to Thailand since the outbreak of the pandemic.: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-ca...fizer-vaccine/

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.

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Asked and answered

Not enough

still not enough

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Must be several hundred times you copy-pasted that Somchai quote from March 2020, at least a dozen times more since I last remarked on it, loanshark.

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No plans to force people to take Covid-19 jabs yet: Public Health Ministry

The Public Health Ministry said on Monday that it will not take legal steps to force people to get vaccinated because the situation is still under control. However, it will consider enforcing strict regulations if there is another outbreak.

Meanwhile, the ministry’s permanent secretary said he is confident Thailand will reach the 100-million-jabs goal by December 5.

Permanent secretary Dr Kiattibhoom Vongrachit said that though the authorities are speeding up the administration of jabs to reach the target by yearend, more than 2 million vaccination records have disappeared in the system due to incomplete data.

He added that according to data available, some 10 million people have not been vaccinated yet, though this information is being verified. He said the ministry is also looking for ways to administer jabs to the unvaccinated.

As for the 8,000 or so vaccine naysayers, the ministry found that more than 60 per cent changed their minds after being provided with information about the benefits of getting a jab, though over 30 per cent still refused.

“The ministry is still not planning to impose the Communicable Diseases Act to force people to get vaccinated, as there should not be any problems once the country achieves herd immunity. If there is a new outbreak, the ministry may consider using stricter measures such as prohibiting unvaccinated people from participating in activities that may pose a risk of spreading the virus,” he said.

“Though the rate of vaccines administered may have slowed down, officials are doing their best to achieve the goal of administrating 100 million vaccine doses by December 5,” Dr Kiattibhoom concluded.: https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40009153

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for the Golden Land.