Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 22 consecutive days

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Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 22 consecutive days

 

FILE PHOTO: People shop for face masks inside the Sampheng wholesale market as Thai government eases isolation measures, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths and marked 22 successive days without a domestic transmission.

 

The country has recorded a total 58 deaths related to COVID-19 among some 3,135 confirmed cases, of which 2,993 patients have recovered.

 

It was the third time in six days that no cases were reported. All recent cases have been found in quarantine among Thais returning from abroad, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government's COVID-19 Administration Centre.

 

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-16

 

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