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Pattaya Mail: Pattaya's transport lockdown has unexpected results, say critics.
Pattaya’s transport lockdown has unexpected results, say critics - Pattaya Mail
The policy of the government and the provincial authority to semi-isolate Pattaya in an attempt to reduce virus casualties is a mixed-bag of consequences, according to some Thai and farang residents of the beleaguered city. Although the nighttime curfew, 9 pm to 4 am, is being generally observed...
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It is reported that police roadblocks are not manned during daylight hours and the stay at home order is widely flouted. Pattaya with it's now 1000 new Covid infections a day and and the 12 provinces that surround BKK are dark red zones and contribute over 50% of Thailand's GDP. As the country enters it's worst economic crisis since 2008 ( according to Bloomberg ) and after 7 consecutive quarters of economic decline the natural response is to circle the wagons and come home for the Isaan diaspora.
With the low rates of testing and the high rate of those being tested being positive for Covid it is safe to assume that in two to three weeks we will be awash in Delta strain infections. Rural Isaan health care facilities are for the most part rudimentary and the largest hospital in my province uses patient's family member to push gurneys and provide street food to those in their care.
Where is the Army, the well oiled, overly equipped and fed mechanism of control? Why is the obscene wealth of the one whose daily life is the subject of a nightly half hour review on the tv not being put to use to protect his " children " ?
