1,200 in a Samut Prakan community being tested after 21 found with COVID-19

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1,200 in a Samut Prakan community being tested after 21 found with COVID-19

 

 

Health officials in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province are now screening 1,200 people in the Toh Rung market community, after 21 people there were found infected with COVID-19.

 

Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department, said on Sunday that the 21 cases were among 281 Thai, Myanmar and Cambodian workers at a factory in Samut Prakan, who were screened after a 19-year old female Myanmar migrant worker had tested positive.

 

Dr. Opas pointed out that provinces bordering Malaysia are new potential hot spots for illegal border crossings, after the Malaysian government freed all non-Malaysian detainees from lockdown detention centres.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/1200-in-a-samut-prakan-community-being-tested-after-21-found-with-covid-19/

 

 

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[Bkk Brian]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

21 cases were among 281 Thai, Myanmar and Cambodian workers at a factory in Samut Prakan, who were screened

As expected its not just Samut Sakhon

 

Around 8% infection rate. Now lets see some rapid action and mass testing in all surrounding factories not just this one. 

[hotchilli]

Samut Prakarn about to spike....

[chilly07]

And still Pattaya wants to attract party people from Bangkok. Sheer lunacy!¹

[brewsterbudgen]

16 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

And still Pattaya wants to attract party people from Bangkok. Sheer lunacy!¹

 I doubt many Burmese migrant labourers from Samut Phrakan are planning on partying in Pattaya!

[Bradmeister]

Uh Oh, 

 

I was really hoping it would not hit the factories in Samut Prakan .....

 

Many, many Thais are employed with Big Company names, from all over the world in Samut Prakan. 

 

So, if we're lucky....2027 might be the year Thailand returns to the economy it once was