Chinese Virus May Have Infected Hundreds

Czarcasm wrote:

But your figures don't add up Harv.

If it was as rife as you think, then a proportion of the thousands that have come back from holidaying there in the last two months would have been bringing infection home with them - there's no opportunity for Thai authorities to lie with figures then, is there? And then we'd have had the same restrictions as travelling from Italy put on it.

In fact, have there been any actual confirmed reports of any Brits infected after returning from Thailand? I don't recall seeing any, and I'm keeping a very close eye on it.

You need to read that Thaivisa forum for details. Dont need to be a member to read only to post
Qatar today (overnight Sunday/Monday) have banned all travellers from Thailand until further notice to be reviewed on regular basis

Bit more here below......there is another post on their own website saying transit passengers are ok but cant leave airport

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No bake beans either....must remember to stand up wind for the next few weeks around here.

VillageGreen wrote:

Went to the local co op yesterday to get a paper and the like, low and behold, all the toilet rolls had been hovered up by the panicked ones, along with various tissues too.

its absolutely ridiculous this panic buying. media hysteria causing it when no blighter actually knows how its going to go down. Some adults  almost had a scrap in Aldi yesterday when i was in there doing my regular shopping  over soap!!!!!

harvetheslayer wrote:

Czarcasm wrote:

But your figures don't add up Harv.

If it was as rife as you think, then a proportion of the thousands that have come back from holidaying there in the last two months would have been bringing infection home with them - there's no opportunity for Thai authorities to lie with figures then, is there? And then we'd have had the same restrictions as travelling from Italy put on it.

In fact, have there been any actual confirmed reports of any Brits infected after returning from Thailand? I don't recall seeing any, and I'm keeping a very close eye on it.

You need to read that Thaivisa forum for details. Dont need to be a member to read only to post
Qatar today (overnight Sunday/Monday) have banned all travellers from Thailand until further notice to be reviewed on regular basis

Bit more here below......there is another post on their own website saying transit passengers are ok but cant leave airport

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You’re fine if you are travelling ( for instance ) from Bangkok to Heathrow Harve. They have just stopped people from those countries who were staying over in Qatar.

319 infected out of 65 million = 0.000491% (and that is rounded up!).

Czar

Have copied and pasted across plus link.....the references to passages in blue wont highlight on ATD

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(EP note: my highlights in blue. Given point [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I wonder how many airlines will continue to fly into Thailand? )

Bangkok, 09 March, 2020 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to inform tourists, international and local, of the measures issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on “Practical Guidelines for the Air Operators Relating to the Services to be Provided in the Territories outside Thailand Defined as Disease Infected Zones of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak.”

On 5 March, 2020, the Royal Thai Government Gazette announced the territories outside the Kingdom of Thailand: South Korea, Italy, Iran and China (including Hong Kong and Macau) as Disease Infected Zones for COVID-19. This announcement can be changed depending on the current situation.

On 8 March, 2020, the CAAT has issued the following guidelines for all air operators in order to provide practical guidance for the air operators performing flights between those Disease Infected Zones and to support the surveillance measures taken by the Ministry of Public Health.

1. Where the Ministry of Public Health defines any territory outside Thailand as a Disease Infected Zone of the COVID-19, passengers from such Disease Infected Zone shall be subject to quarantine and any other measures for the prevention and control of communicable diseases as imposed by the Government of Thailand.

2. Air operators providing services from the airport of embarkation in the Disease Infected Zones are required to perform the screening of the passengers at the time of check in. The passengers need to present a Health Certificate certifying that they have no risk of COVID-19. If any passenger is unable to present such certificate, boarding shall be denied and the boarding pass shall not be issued.

3. Air operators may apply the measure as specified in Item 2 for the screening of passengers from the airport of departure in the countries affected by COVID-19 from the report of the Ministry of Public Health or World Health Organisation.

4. After being satisfied with the Health Certificate and the boarding passes are issued to the passengers, the air operators shall furnish the passengers with Form T8 issued under Thailand’s Communicable Diseases Act 2015 and require the passengers to fill out the forms and submit them to the Communicable Disease Control officials at the control post at the airport of disembarkation.

5. The Communicable Disease Control officials at the control post at the airport of disembarkation have the power to issue an order under Thailand’s Communicable Diseases Act 2015 as follows:

(1) Prevent anyone from entering into or leaving from the aircraft coming into Thailand without undergoing a medical examination.

(2) Prevent any vehicle from approaching the aircraft.

(3) Take or make an order to the air operators to take the following action:

(a) Disinfect the disease in order to prevent and control the spread of the disease.

(b) Detain the aircraft at a specified place until the Communicable Disease Control officials at the control post permit to depart.

(c) Require the persons on board the aircraft to undergo a medical examination and may also isolate, quarantine, confine them for observation, or order to receive immunisation at a place and period to be specified.

6. Air operators shall be responsible for the expenses incurred relating to the isolation, quarantine, confinement for observation, and immunisation of the persons on board, including the expenses for the care, hospitalisation and prevention and control of international communicable diseases.

7. Air operators will strictly comply with the measures for the surveillance, prevention and control of dangerous communicable diseases issued by the Ministry of Public Health under Thailand’s Communicable Diseases Act 2015.

8. Air operators shall notify their staff at the airport of embarkation and the crew members of the above guidelines and have them comply with full cooperation. The cabin crew shall also make an on board public announcement to the passengers.

That number 6 is critical. My airline Oman cancelled their 10pm flight Muscat Bangkok last night albeit I think likely because of consolidation of their three Muscat Bangkok flights daily

Italy certainly taking the bull by the horns !!

Heard on LBC earlier that Spain will soon begin to shut educational facilities. 1000 cases  and 30 deaths so far over there.

Perhaps Doris is right, let nature take its course, take it on the chin, nip awf to Mustique for a month while all the old and infirm die.

The public will have forgotten by the next election.

What else can he do? To really contain it we would need to close all airports, ports, tie all ships up, stop lorries full of food crossing the channel ect. Due to our obsession of not growing our own food the country would be starving in a week. AdmItTeddy the only thing gov is worried about is GDP not holidays but a real response is impossible.

lol heath minister Nadine Dorries has contracted Covid 19 and has been in close contact with the Bozo and Cummings
Maybe there is a God

Vietnam effectively yesterday booted out all travellers complete refusal of both normal visas that are used.  Just reading a sub forum on Cambodia/Vietnam and people really upset to say the least

Machester City V Arsenal now postponed for tonight

Lol if true that is hilarious Harve. If she is positive then possibly the whole government should self isolate instead of self immolate. Give us all a break.

Earwegoagain wrote:

Lol if true that is hilarious Harve. If she is positive then possibly the whole government should self isolate instead of self immolate. Give us all a break.

Completely true Ears.....shes been in contact with virtually all the Cabinet lol
Ohh God I'm praying for the buffoon to have caught it plus his Rottweiler Cummings...

BOE chopped interest rates to unprecendented level at 0.25% not BY 0.25% but too 0.25%
Sterling being dumped no surprise currently

Man City v Arsenal (tonight) has been postponed as the Olympiakos (and Forest) owner has tested positive and was recently at the Emirates and met a few of the Arsenal players. A number of the Arsenal team are self isolating.

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Czar

Thailand today has booted out 19 Countries including India for Visa on arrivals (30 days and under) but UK not on the list.....yet !
Considering India haven't "declared" any infections somewhat surprising

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Anyone that travels abroad at the moment is reckless/selfish in my opinion, this is only going to get worse in the foreseeable future.

Les Miserable wrote:

Anyone that travels abroad at the moment is reckless/selfish in my opinion, this is only going to get worse in the foreseeable future.

Totally agree. If I was ticketed already I would simply no show. UK has just had highest daily increase in cases only a matter of hours or days before we join that 19 other countries on that post of above
We've got more cases than 12 of those 19 !!

But there is more Coronovitus in UK than in Sri Lanka it would be more risky to stay at home and at the end of the day this will have to run its course and it will without any input from me.

All insurances now null and void as WHO have declared Covid-19 a Pandemic

USA update:

Trump bans travel into the USA from Europe for 30 days. The UK is excluded.

The NBA suspends the league until further notice.

This shit is getting serious now Tom Hanks has it something serous has to be done.

Quote of the day from the BEEB.
Bongino ended his remarks on an up note, however, saying the US had been through wars, revolutions, the Spanish flu and "hippies" - and survived
Surviving Hippies fook me but yanks are wankers. Why is non conformity such a worry?

Its incredible. Madrid is on lockdown yet we've just allowed 1000 of its citizens not only into the country but to congregate in an enclosed space. We're still allowing planes from Italy to land.

Austria has closed its border with Italy, which is funny because you had to leave the EU to do that.

India have suspended all visas they have 73 cases.
I expect our response to the virus is led by bankers not scientists Hugh.