Makan in Thailand

[steveluv]

Sunday made some chwee kueh 

Prepare

Steam

Ready

[Colin03]

@steveluv 

 

You are very innovative in food creation.

1 thumb up for u

[steveluv]

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2113295/indian-variant-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-thailand

Indian variant of Covid-19 confirmed in Thailand
Government considers widening ban on foreign arrivals throughout subcontinent
published : 10 May 2021 at 14:51

People gather to receive their coronavirus vaccine doses at a vaccination centre in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 28. (Reuters photo) 

The Indian variant of Covid-19 has arrived in Thailand.

The variant was detected in a Thai woman and her young son arriving from Pakistan, prompting authorities to consider widening the ban on international arrivals to other countries besides India.

Apisamai Srirangson, the assistant spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Monday the woman and her three sons, aged four, six and eight, arrived in Thailand from Pakistan via Dubai on April 24.

All were in a state-arranged quarantine facility after the arrival and the first tests found the mother and her youngest son were positive, while the other children were not infected.

A whole genome sequencing test conducted at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital on Sunday confirmed the virus detected on them was the variant from India, named B.1.617.1.

"These were the first detections of the Indian variant in the country," Dr Apisamai said.

The B.1.617.1 variant was recorded for the first time in India in October before spreading to other countries. Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh were among the nations on the subcontinent where this virus was found. In Southeast Asia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have detected the same variant.

Dr Apisamai said authorities were worried by the arrival of this version of the virus and the new danger it poses. "There is concern about this variant and about the possibility that it could mutate in Thailand," she added.

Thailand has barred foreign arrivals from India since the beginning of this month due to worries about the Indian variant. The Thai embassy in India does not issue certificates of entry (COE) to any non-Thai nationals, effectively meaning they cannot travel to the kingdom.

The assistant spokeswoman said the Foreign Ministry and Department of Disease Control were on Monday holding discussions about halting the issuance of the entry permit in other countries to try to keep the Indian variant of Covid-19 out of Thailand. 

She did not name the countries but said the variant had been recorded in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

"There is a possibility of delaying COEs in other countries," she added.
 

[steveluv]

This morning fried noodles for breakfast

The ingredients 

Cooking

 

[Shibadog]

50 minutes ago, steveluv said:

This morning fried noodles for breakfast

 

how to order via Line?

[steveluv]

Just in the numbers for today 

New cases = 1,919 ( +289 )
Deaths = 31 ( +9 )

[Mooose]

8 minutes ago, steveluv said:

Just in the numbers for today 

New cases = 1,919 ( +289 )
Deaths = 31 ( +9 )

scary .. thailand's numbers which earlier this year was way below singapore's has now way surpassed singapore ..

end march 2021, thailand had 28000+ cases, now it is past 85000 ..

singapore is at 61000+ now ..

hopefully school opening especially in rural provinces where online learning will not be so easy, will be postponed again ..

[Wt_know]

2 minutes ago, Mooose said:

scary .. thailand's numbers which earlier this year was way below singapore's has now way surpassed singapore ..

end march 2021, thailand had 28000+ cases, now it is past 85000 ..

singapore is at 61000+ now ..

hopefully school opening especially in rural provinces where online learning will not be so easy, will be postponed again ..

although spore numbers are high ... they are mostly dorm cases in the first wave ...

community cases are not "very jialat" ... generally, spore is still safe

Edited May 11, 2021 by Wt_know

[Tohto]

On 5/8/2021 at 11:27 AM, steveluv said:

So in Thailand eating out had been banned since 1st May. This is what we do these days

The noodle shop

Tabao

Eat in office

Cannot ask them to seperate the soup from the bee hoon?

[Mooose]

4 hours ago, Wt_know said:

although spore numbers are high ... they are mostly dorm cases in the first wave ...

community cases are not "very jialat" ... generally, spore is still safe

yes agree, singapore has been ranked one of the safest places in the world now .. vaccination rates also going along well 😊

[steveluv]

6 hours ago, Tohto said:

Cannot ask them to seperate the soup from the bee hoon?

Thai habit is separate for customers every time but I request them not to because my office is just 5mins away. Save 1 plastic bag 😊

Edited May 11, 2021 by steveluv

[steveluv]

Made French toast for breakfast today

 

 

[steveluv]

Yesterday passed by Pattaya on the way back to Bangkok. Haven't been into Pattaya for a while so decided to enter Pattaya to have a look at what's happening. 

For those who missed Pattaya like myself I made 2 videos and wanna share them with those of you wondering the scenes in Pattaya these days. 

This is a video entering Pattaya via the Motorway and driving along the Sukhumvit Road

 

This second and longer video below saw me started driving along the Pattaya's 2nd Road (at around (11am) then turning into the Pattaya Beach Road at the end of the 2nd Road near the Terminal 21 Mall. Driving along the Beach Road till it ended at the Pattaya Walking Street and then proceeded along Pattaya South Road towards Sukhumvit Road.

Hope you guys enjoy these 2 videos

 

 

[steveluv]

Just in the numbers for today 

New cases = 1,983 ( +64 )
Deaths = 34 ( +3 )

[Mooose]

4 hours ago, steveluv said:

Yesterday passed by Pattaya on the way back to Bangkok. Haven't been into Pattaya for a while so decided to enter Pattaya to have a look at what's happening. 

For those who missed Pattaya like myself I made 2 videos and wanna share them with those of you wondering the scenes in Pattaya these days. 

This is a video entering Pattaya via the Motorway and driving along the Sukhumvit Road

 

This second and longer video below saw me started driving along the Pattaya's 2nd Road (at around (11am) then turning into the Pattaya Beach Road at the end of the 2nd Road near the Terminal 21 Mall. Driving along the Beach Road till it ended at the Pattaya Walking Street and then proceeded along Pattaya South Road towards Sukhumvit Road.

Hope you guys enjoy these 2 videos

 

 

its so deserted, hardly see any song theaw running😨

[Mooose]

8 hours ago, steveluv said:

Just in the numbers for today 

New cases = 1,983 ( +64 )
Deaths = 34 ( +3 )

aghast to see the numbers in the prisons .. sure its hard to distance from one another but like that the inmates are all sitting ducks ..

 

[steveluv]

2 hours ago, Mooose said:

aghast to see the numbers in the prisons .. sure its hard to distance from one another but like that the inmates are all sitting ducks ..

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2114555/thousands-of-inmates-at-two-prisons-have-covid-19

Thousands of inmates at two prisons have Covid-19
published : 12 May 2021 at 17:25

Inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison pass the time reading books. (Bangkok Post file photo)

A total of 2,835 inmates at two main prisons in Bangkok - the Bangkok Remand Prison and Central Women's Correctional Institution - have been found to be infected with Covid-19, Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan said on Wednesday.

Mr Aryut revealed the figures after democracy activist Panusya Sithijirawattanakul posted on her Facebook page after being released on bail that she was infected with the virus during her stay in detention.

Ms Panusya was released on May 6 after being detained for 59 days at the Central Women's Correctional Institution.

Mr Aryut said active case finding conducted on prison officials and inmates found that 1,795 prisoners at Bangkok Remand Prison and 1,040 at the Central Women's Correctional Institution - 2,835 in total - were infected with the Covid-19 virus.

Most of them were being treated at the field hospitals set up at the two prisons or the Corrections Hospital. Others in more severe condition were admitted to other hospitals outside, he said.

"The Corrections Department has ordered all correctional facilities to set up an area for quarantine and a field hospital, with doctors and nurses on duty to provide treatment for the infected inmates.

"We also plan to inoculate all detainees. We are only waiting for an allocation of vaccines from relevant agencies," Mr Aryut said.

The Corrections Department had conducted active case finding on prison officials and detainees. Those found infected were taken out for treatment and those deemed high-risk put in quarantine.

New inmates were to be placed in quarantine for at least 21 days and they must be tested for Covid-19 twice before being sent to different zones.

He said the number of infected inmates was small when compared to the number of infections throughout the country.

According to a source at the Corrections Department, as of  May 5, there were 3,238 prisoners at the Bangkok Remand Prison and 4,518 at the Central Women's Correctional Institution,

The website prisonstudies.org reports there were 307,910 people being held in Thai prisons as of April 1 this year, including pre-trial detainees. The site, run by the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, quotes the "national prison administration".

[steveluv]

Is this the beginning of an uncontrollable situation? Record spike of 2,004 cases over yesterday. Death 32 (-2)

New cases divided into 2 groups

Prison = 2,835
Others = 2,052