Coronavirus (Covid-19)

20 new Covid-19 cases detected in quarantine

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Thursday, December 17, 2020 13:34

20 new Covid-19 cases were detected in quarantine, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Thailand’s total number of confirmed cases is raised to 4,281 with 3,989 recoveries and 60 deaths. 232 people are currently receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus.

5 Thai men, ages 33 to 42, and a 42 year old Indian man travelling from India tested positive for Covid-19.
2 British nationals, ages 17 and 60, and a 36 year old Thai woman tested positive for Covid-19.
2 Thai women, ages 50 and 73, and a 75 year old Dutchman travelling from Switzerland tested positive for Covid-19.
2 Thai women, ages 20 and 37, travelling from Sweden tested positive for Covid-19.
A 49 year old Thai woman travelling from the United Arab Emirates tested positive for Covid-19.
A 54 year old Thai woman travelling from the United States tested positive for Covid-19.
A 45 year old Thai man travelling from France tested positive for Covid-19.
A 79 year old German man travelling from Germany tested positive for Covid-19.
A 30 year old Pakistani man travelling from Pakistan tested positive for Covid-19.
A 31 year old Thai man travelling from Kuwait tested positive for Covid-19.

20 new Covid-19 cases detected in quarantine | News by Thaiger

SOURCE: Bangkok Post

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3 Comments

S.R. Leif

Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 6:27 pm

A positive finding in a high cycle threshold PCR test does not mean one is ill or infectious or that they even HAD SARS-COV-2. What cycle threshold were they using?

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Ray

Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 9:34 pm

Exactly. There was a case the other day where an Austrian parliamentarian who clearly displayed that after being placed in Coca Cola, the result came up……positive! And as for those papaya and goats in Ghana which also came up after testing, also came up ‘positive’!!

You really can’t make this stuff up!

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Rick

Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 9:38 pm

Another article with a list of positive tests. Are any of these people actually ill? What test is being used? What primer is being used in the test? How many cycles are being run? How many times have these people been tested before they tested positive? I have seen a previous article in the Thaiger where it was reported that someone tested negative twice and then tested positive and it was reported as a case. How does that work?
As someone pointed out – this is a virus so deadly that you have to be tested to find out that you have it!!

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Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.

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