It Begins - Curfew imposed over large portion of metro Bangkok

[vinapu]

many mild cases may go unreported and fortunately it looks  a lot of them are indeed mild 

I think actual numbers are not as important as the direction they are moving, up or down.

 

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From The Nation

Prayut will consider easing lockdown in last week of April

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday (April 15) that he will evaluate the Covid-19 situation in the last week of April to see if some restrictions can be lifted.

He has already instructed state agencies to ease restrictions if the situation gets better and what they should do if infections rise. The Centre of the Covid-19 Situation Administration will also take all factors into account before making any decision.

The prime minister has warned that if people let their guard fall, the situation will worsen, adding that his government is giving equal attention to all affected groups.

Thailand has around 37 million workers in the informal and formal sectors combined, plus 9 million freelancers and 17 million in the farming sector.

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https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30386066

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From Coconuts Bangkok

44 ‘low-risk’ Thai provinces could reopen in May, no plans for mass testing: official

Forty-four Thai provinces where no new cases have been confirmed in the past two weeks could see restrictions lifted as soon as May 1, a health official said Friday.

Without naming those provinces, Tanarak Plipat of the Disease Control Department said they could see restrictions lifted on travel and business operations as part of a staggered reopening of the kingdom based on perceived vulnerability.

“We have now more than 44 provinces that haven’t reported any cases in the last 14 days,” Tanarak told the BBC’s Jonathan Head in an interview streamed online by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. “Those provinces may start to relax the rules a little bit first.”

He said provinces would be assessed low or high risk, with the latter likely to “be reopened later.” According to his department’s online tracking tool, provinces with no cases reported in the past two weeks include Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi, Lopburi, Sukhothai and Buriram.

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/44-low-risk-thai-provinces-could-reopen-in-may-no-mass-testing-planned-official/

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From The Nation

28 new cases offer more proof Covid-19 curve flattening in Thailand

Thailand’s total number of Covid-19 patients rose to 2,700 with 28 new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period, while one more person died, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Friday (April 17).

 

He said the number on Friday was the same as on Monday, the lowest in weeks. He added that 964  Covid-19 patients remained in hospitals, the first time it had gone under 1,000 in weeks, leaving many patient beds available.

Over the last nine days, the average number of new cases has stayed at around 34.

However, the government and the private sector have discussed reopening businesses, such as hairdressing salons and department stores. Taweesin said the shops could open, but there will have to be restrictions on the number of clients and wearing of mask must be mandatory.

[Patanawet]

Booze sales ban extended till end of April.

[vinapu]

59 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

Booze sales ban extended till end of April.

only 10 days to learn how to make moonshine

[Patanawet]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

only 10 days to learn how to make moonshine

Years ago, sometime in the last century, we used  to get from Boots the Chemist homemade wine-making kits.  Oh what fun to have demijohns bubbling away in the airing cupboard.

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Or move to Vietnam where it's legal to make it