Hundreds wait outside Bangkok temple overnight for Covid test

[Thaiger]

Use the rapid antigen test to speed up testing. Last night, hundreds of people waited outside a Bangkok temple for a free Covid test that began this morning. Like an anxiety-ridden new shoe launch, crowds of people were photographed outside the Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat temple in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district. Testing began at 8 am and the queuestarted to form at 6 am, but people still had to go home without knowing their covid status as the facility had a capacity of 900 people. Thai inhabitants say they expect the government to handle crowds better. They say the […]

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[AlexPTY]

It just doesn't make any sense. Why would you wait for a test instead of vaccination? If you are asymptomatic, you will not get treatment anyways, if you have simptoms, you don't need a test and there are no beds. Instead of lining up for useless procedure, why don't you just line up for any kind of vaccine to increase your chances to survive? No? Sorry....