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Public trust in govt is quickly eroding
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The Covid-19 pandemic chaos has worsened in Bangkok and its vicinity in the past week. With the rise of cases, the arrival of new variants, dubious vaccine deliveries and a lack of hospital ICU beds, people are becoming more infuriated about how the government is handling the Covid situation.
Their trust in the government has eroded.
Its failure is not just proven by the rise in new cases more than 6,000, plus 60 fatalities recently. People are reported to be having difficulty getting Covid tests. In the past week, a couple of my friends in Bangkok rushed to hospital after one of their family members interacted with a high-risk person. But their requests for Covid-19 tests were rejected as hospital staff admitted they lacked testing kit materials.
When the whole country saw how the prime minister was nonchalantly teasing reporters and giggling in front of the camera last Friday, we didn t know that it was just the beginning of a series of mishaps.
On Saturday afternoon, over 400 construction camps in Bangkok and peripheral areas were closed, following the semi-lockdown imposed by the government. It turned out that the order, which aimed to keep workers contained inside the camp, ended up being counterproductive. Without knowing until late on that the government would provide food and financial support, hundreds of workers, at a conservative estimate, packed their bags and headed home before the order took effect on Monday.
The managers of Krystal Club and Emerald Club in Bangkok's Thong Lor area, where the third wave of Covid-19 allegedly began, have denied operating an entertainment venue without permission and violating the emergency decree, a police source said on Tuesday.
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