Thailand
Government launches suicide prevention committee to help suffering citizens
A suicide prevention team is being created to help those in despair, says Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, who will chair the committee. The ministries of Social Development and Human Security, Education, and Justice, as well as several other government bodies, will all play a role in the committee’s work.
Anutin says the committee will work to ensure people are aware of their rights and welfare entitlements, as well as trying to help them manage their problems. The team will also screen people considered “at risk”, such as those battling substance addition, people who have previously tried to commit suicide, and those who are suffering with mental illness.
According to a Nation Thailand report, around 53,000 – 54,000 people in Thailand try to commit suicide each year, with around 4,000 succeeding. Since 2017, the suicide rate has been on the increase and is particularly prevalent among males, who make up the majority of victims. 2020 figures show that the financial implication of Covid-19 has played a significant role in deaths by suicide.
If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai) or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai).
SOURCE: Nation Thailand
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Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is postponing his inaugural Covid‐19 vaccination citing paperwork issues with the AstraZeneca vaccine shipment. According to Khaosod English, the vaccine shipment was sent to Thailand last Wednesday from South Korea, but was missing the additional required paperwork.
Prayut was supposed to receive the vaccine tomorrow, but the highly‐publicised event will not be happening. According to Khaosod English, an official at the Secretariat of the Prime Minister has also confirmed the news of the postponement without citing a reason.
Although the Sinovac vaccine is also being administered in Thailand, healthcare officials say Prayut is too old to receive it as its age limit is 60. Prayut is 66 years old, which is well over the oldest age that can receive the vaccine.
The Sinovac vaccine drive is set to commence on Monday, 2 weeks behind schedule. Those frontline health workers, hospitality workers and vulnerable groups will receive the vaccines first.
Meanwhile, Phuket is waiting for the green lightto start administering vaccines and has already held a vaccine administration rehearsal overseen by Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong along with other health officials.
Pichet says the first vaccine round of 4,000 doses should arrive early in March, with the 2nd and 3rd set of doses, 16,000 and 48,000 respectively, to arrive in April and May.
The government pandemic center reported 72 new confirmed infections on Friday, after first only reporting 45 new cases. 37 of those cases were locally-transmitted, and one 6 year old Thai girl returning from the UK was found to have tested positive for the virus. Samut Sakhon, again, reported over half of the new cases yesterday, as it remains the epicentre of Thailand’s second wave of the coronavirus outbreak.
The total virus tally in Thailand sits at 25,764, with 83 fatalities. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has not yet announced the amount of new cases for today.
There is no word yet on when PM Prayut will be rescheduled to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.
SOURCE: Khaosod English
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Thailand reports 45 new cases of Covid-19cases today, with 37 infections being locally-transmitted. 8 of those infections were imported, raising the total amount of infections since the pandemic began to 25,809.
The Department of Disease Control reports that 32 cases were confirmed at hospitals with 5 confirmed through active case finding in communities.
Samut Sakhon province, the 2nd wave epicentre, reported over half of the new cases at 19. 14 of those cases were confirmed at hospitals and 5 were detected in Myanmar communities. Bangkok has reported 3 new cases, Nakhon Nayok reported 5, Chai Nat 3, Nakhon Pathom 3, Saraburi 2, Prachuap Khiri Khan 1, and Samut Prakan 1.
The 8 imported cases were those under quarantine arriving from Pakistan, Bangladesh, the UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands, and Kuwait. The case from the UK was that of a 6 year old Thai schoolgirl.
Globally, Covid-19 cases rose by 444,466 over the past day to 113.54 million. The worldwide death toll increased by 10,552 to 2.52 million. The United States still has the most cases at 29.5 million, with the most deaths at 520,785.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
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Brian
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 12:03 pm
“the financial implication of COVID-19”. No, it’s the harmful consequences of the government’s overreaction to a seasonal illness. Deaths of despair are way up all over the world due to financial hardship and isolation. The simple fact is that terrible government policies are killing people.
Ted
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 12:34 pm
Or I would say; Thai governments lack of real support, to those in real need [to survive] and not simple support to those who want a cheap(:er) hotel for the night.
Andy
Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 4:04 am
Exactly
Toby Andrews
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:00 pm
“to ensure their rights and welfare entitlements”
They problem is they do not receive their rights and welfare.
Recently welfare for old people was a week late.
Officiasl had Thais signing for their emergency hand-out, and taking a percentage as a bribe, otherwise, no hand-out.
A fisherman who claimed his right to fish at night in Pattaya was arrested because he broke the curfew.
A curfew that was imposed for a virus, that only is caught by .01 of the population, and only kills about 2 percent, who are old and sick anyway.
Daily there is another ban. A ban that is imposed fraudulently.
Hence, suicides.
Google corruption Thailand. there are 39.000.000 hits.
Issan John
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:18 pm
If only it was possible to sort the garbage you write from the utter crap, Toby …
“Officiasl had Thais signing for their emergency hand-out, and taking a percentage as a bribe, otherwise, no hand-out.” The “emergency hand-out” wasn’t signed for, Toby. It was distributed via the bank.
“a virus, that only is caught by .01 of the population” – the population on your planet possibly, Toby. In the UK it’s estimated to be 1 in 10 or higher in London, as it is in parts of the US.
etc, etc, etc 🙂 🙂
Issan John
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Oh, and about the maths, Toby.
If the virus was “only caught by .01 of the population” it would be difficult for it to “only kills about 2 percent.”
Bill
Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:58 pm
2% of the .01 caught perhaps he was saying, google semantics