Two more Bangkok cases linked with Samut Sakhon outbreak

By The Nation

 

 

Two more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Bangkok, bringing the total number of infections in the capital linked with the outbreak in Samut Sakhon to four.

 

On Monday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said one of the new cases is a male resident of Bang Khun Thian district, 43, who worked in the Central Samut Sakhon Shrimp market at the centre of the outbreak. The other lives in Prachachuen, Bang Sue district.

 

As of Monday, 821 new cases nationwide have been linked to the market in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district.

 

Fifty-one close contacts of the infected Bang Sue resident have tested negative and been quarantined.

 

Four close contacts of the Bang Khun Thian resident are awaiting results of tests.

 

The BMA and the Public Health Ministry have deployed 80 teams to test between 5,000 and 8,0000 mainly migrant workers at 56 markets linked with the Samut Sakhon shrimp market over the next seven days.

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday revealed the following timeline for the Bang Khun Thian case.

 

December 5-11: Drives from home to work at the shrimp market from 4am-9am, wearing a mask and cleansing hands with alcohol gel regularly.

 

December 12: After news of outbreak at market, moves to rental house in Bang Khun Thian district, living alone and only going out to buy food to eat in his room.

 

December 13-17: Drives daily between rental house and shrimp market.

 

December 18: Takes drive-through test at private hospital and returns to rental house where he self-isolates.

 

December 19: Receives “positive” test result and travels by taxi to Ramathibodi Hospital for another test. He and the driver wear masks throughout journey. Admitted at Ramathibodi Hospital while awaiting test result.

 

December 20: Ramathibodi Hospital test result confirms infection.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399973

 

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inter provincial travel needs to stop now before this gets everywhere and we are to April of this year

You have to remember that everyone just traveled yesterday back from where they went to vote (Home Towns), so how many were possibly infected during the traveling up and back or down and back or, well you get the picture.  5 days from now we should have a pretty good idea.