Quietguy

Thai Airways suspends flights

He will have to avoid contact with his parents.

DC I'm glad I'm not on any committee which has any impact on your life too! I only made that suggestion because, as you say, thousands in Pattaya, Bangkok and other areas which rely on tourism are going to be left without any, or little, income. The UK Government has imposed a 3 month (possibly to be extended) moratorium on any new repossession/eviction court cases. There was concern that this might not make any difference to the approximately 20,000 repossession/eviction cases already in progress, but this morning it has been announced that the Lord Chancellor has told courts to avoid issuing any eviction notices in current cases too. I know in Thailand landlords don't go through the formalities of a court procedure to evict people. I know a lb who came home to find a handwritten note on her door telling her that she and her room mate had to leave by the end of the week - 3 days notice. I would hope that landlords understand their tenants financial difficulties at present and would come to some arrangement about rents. A lot of people are apparently already returning to their home towns and villages, so landlords will probably find it difficult to find new tenants if they evict their present tenants. I was only suggesting that the Thai Government need to give some guidance, I shouldn't have said 'directive' - but I think that was the word used in the news report. I would think they will give some advice on this. The announcement that the Government will make 5,000 bt a month available to some workers should help if it actually works in practice. I hope this is all resolved without too many problems for renters, or landlords.

Reports in Thaiger and Pattaya News that the Thai Government will make payments of 5,000 baht a month to 'informal workers'.

South African flights suspended

I hope that the Thai Government will also take steps to suspend rent payments for the period of the State of Emergency. Otherwise how can people (including bars) who are not earning pay their rent? We'll just have to wait until tomorrow and see what their directives are.

A graph from the Financial Times indicates places where a lockdown was implemented early have seen a lower rate of increase in Covid-19. Of course that might change I suppose. The US has one of the highest rates of increase, and the World Health Organisation says the US has the potential to become the epicentre of the virus.

i agree. But I can only go on the advice of our doctors, epidemiologists, nurses and scientists who are overwhelmingly calling for a lockdown.

Same in uk. So far over 11,500 retired NHS staff including 6000 retired doctors and 2,500 nurses have volunteered to return to work to help out.

It won't stop the virus but it will slow it's spread. If it spreads as quickly as present, doubling every couple of days, it will overwhelm any health service. A total lockdown seems to have worked in Wuhan.

No not necessarily. In UK (and France I believe) healthcare workers and other 'key workers' can still send their kids to the schools where remaining teachers take care of them.

The Russians might like them as they look like the Soviet Army's winter camouflage.

There were Zeppelin bombing raids in other parts of England too, including several on London.

@Annat, bbg was dodging bombs dropped by Zeppelins when he was trialling for some Northern football club!

Unless they have accommodation and food provided by the bar they work at, the best option might be to return to live with family. But they will have to do that before the State of Emergency is declared on Thursday. But that might spread the virus to other areas.

State of Emergency to be declared on Thursday, including a 'request' not to return home, and fines for non-compliance if violating quarantine or self isolation. Nothing about imprisonment, though I guess if people are found to have symptoms of coronavirus they are likely to be put into quarantine for 14 days, which could be interpreted as imprisonment.