Phuket suffers first death in current COVID outbreak

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The news was confirmed during the daily broadcast this morning (May 12). Screenshot: PR Phuket

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Phuket has suffered its first death in the current outbreak of COVID-19, and a new cluster of infections in the Phoonpon area of Phuket Town has pushed the infection rate in Phuket higher than the national rate. 

 

 

 

The COVID fatality was a 71-year-old man who passed away yesterday morning (May 11), Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has explained.

 

The man already suffered from emphysema, and he started to receive hospital treatment for COVID-19 on Apr 13, he added.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-suffers-first-death-in-current-covid-outbreak-79982.php

 

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[Deli]

71 and pre's. What's the point ? Btw, will the party people be prosecuted or even fined ?

[Excel]

8 minutes ago, Deli said:

71 and pre's. What's the point ?

What's the point of what ? Treating him because he was 71, treating him because he had emphysema, or reporting him because he unfortunately passed away whilst also have contracted Covid ? RIP.