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Thailand confirms first human-to-human coronavirus transmission (Taxi Driver) total cases rise to 19
https://www.channelnewsasia.com ^ | Jan 31, 2020

Posted on 01/31/2020 6:43:42 PM PST by 11th_VA

BANGKOK: Thailand has seen its first case of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus inside the country, a health official said on Friday (Jan 31), as it raised its total number of cases to 19, the second-highest after China.

The first patient to contract the virus inside Thailand is a Thai taxi driver, said Tanarak Pipat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control.

"(He) ...does not have the record of travelling to China, and it is likely that he was infected (by) a sick traveller from China," Tanarak said.

Authorities have conducted virus scans on 13 people, including three family members, who the taxi driver came into contact with. They said that initially none of them had tested positive for the virus.

"The overall risk of infection in Thailand is still low, but people should take precautions to protect themselves," Tanarak said.

Thailand's previous cases have all been either Chinese tourists or Thais who had visited China, where the virus originated.

The taxi driver is one of five other coronavirus cases confirmed in Thailand on Friday. The other four patients are Chinese nationals.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bangkok; ccp; china; coronavirus; kathoeys; thailand; wuhan
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To: null and void

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21 posted on 02/01/2020 3:18:25 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Silentgypsy

No, but I’ve pinged to stories about it.

Sure sounds engineered to me.


22 posted on 02/01/2020 4:22:07 AM PST by null and void (The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
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To: Husker24
Wait until it hits India.

It has.

23 posted on 02/01/2020 4:22:50 AM PST by null and void (The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
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To: Silentgypsy
Debunked: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3812704/posts
24 posted on 02/01/2020 6:59:24 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways to Sunday)
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To: DuncanWaring

That would be my question.

That, and, how are they going to track down all his passengers who he might have infected?


25 posted on 02/01/2020 7:43:45 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Husker24

It already has.

I suspect the lack of new cases there has more to do with lack of testing than anything else. Especially if it’s spreading mainly in the lower castes for now.


26 posted on 02/01/2020 7:45:48 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: DannyTN

I’d add restaurant workers and other food-service jobs, along with hotel staff.


27 posted on 02/01/2020 7:46:46 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: 11th_VA

this is why everyone from the future is always wearing silver unitards.


28 posted on 02/01/2020 7:50:36 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Ellendra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hFNOiCOLJ0&feature=youtu.be

Above is a video of just that - lack of testing equipment.

So sad and tragic.

“So he has scans of his lungs that show the ‘glass”. But they wouldn’t test him ; so they send us to the next one.”


29 posted on 02/01/2020 7:50:53 AM PST by 21twelve
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To: Ellendra

Yeah, grocery and pharmacy clerks.


30 posted on 02/01/2020 1:44:47 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Mr. K

31 posted on 02/01/2020 1:58:49 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

why is this picture familiar?


32 posted on 02/01/2020 1:59:58 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: txnativegop

Buck Rogers


33 posted on 02/01/2020 2:05:20 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

I thought so but I wasn’t sure. Thanks!


34 posted on 02/01/2020 2:08:10 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: palmer

Thanks. One of the articles implied that four insertion sites were too many to have occurred by chance (mutation) alone.


35 posted on 02/01/2020 2:40:22 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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