Bangkok accelerating effort to screen migrant workers for virus

[rooster59]

Bangkok accelerating effort to screen migrant workers for virus

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok authorities are speeding up the mission to screen migrant workers for Covid-19 across the capital.

 

 

On Friday, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang said that 7,220 immigrant workers in 484 markets across the capital had been screened since December 21.

 

The move follows last week’s outbreak of Covid-19 among locals and migrant workers at a Samut Sakhon shrimp market, 45 kilometres southwest of Bangkok.

 

 

Posting on Facebook, Aswin said Bangkok officials will evaluate workers' history before conducting swab tests on those found to be at risk of infection.

 

"Meanwhile, we have screened 54,257 immigrant workers in 5,890 businesses and construction sites across the capital. We will complete the operation as soon as possible," he said.

 

"We would also like to thank the Mor Lab Panda team for their support," he said, referring to the popular Facebook page run by celebrity medic Parkpoom Dejhutsadin.

 

Aswin added that City Hall has deployed medical personnel to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak in Bangkok and its vicinity.

 

"We are ready to raise the protection level to curb the spread of the virus if the situation worsens," he said.

 

All public New Year’s events have been banned in Bangkok, which has been placed in the Orange zone (more than 10 cases) as part of the four zones – Green, Yellow, Orange, Red – of Covid-19 restrictions.

 

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[Petey11]

God forbid any Thai people need screening at random, because they could surely not be carriers, only the immigrant worker population, many of whom I suspect have been in Thailand months anyway.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Bangkok accelerating effort to screen migrant workers for virus

Why just migrants.... test everyone if you want to stop it quickly.

[berton]

because untill last week , all new case are coming from foreign countries. So , medical authorities cannot test 66 million people quickly. the biggest proportion is coming from migrants workers . Many of them could come back home and back in their job (illegally, with no quarantaine) . They are objectivly the most dangerous vehicles for virus (in burma, Covid is very active)

[ThailandRyan]

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

All public New Year’s events have been banned in Bangkok,

However, when I called Icon Siam, they said the events for diners and celebration were still on.  Guess they are unsure of what to do with the collected money for the reservations that were made.