Chonburi has 91 new, confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, Governor orders another related industrial estate closed temporarily

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

Chonburi- The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 91 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 this morning, driven by clusters at industrial estates and factories in Mueang Chonburi with many workers who live in Phan Thong.

 

The Governor also ordered the temporary closure of Celeres (Thailand) Company Limited, located in the Amata City Chonburi Industrial Estate (Amata Nakorn), in the Nong Mai Daeng Sub-district of Mueang Chonburi. 

 

The estate will be closed for at least fourteen days, all workers are detained/quarantined and not allowed to leave while they are checked for Covid-19.  All their close contacts will also be checked.

 

A significant amount of the new cases are migrant workers living in close quarters at dormitories. The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 91 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, May 23rd, which is a rise from 71 cases yesterday, driven by increased testing and a cluster at a factory and migrant worker camp dormitory for the factory in a nearby district.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/05/23/chonburi-has-91-new-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-today-governor-orders-another-related-industrial-estate-closed-temporarily/

 

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[Olmate]

Awaiting Ryan to tell us its risen the last 5 days! ????

[sandyf]

Not the best of news, there is a large Tesco on that estate, not been for a few years now.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 91 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 this morning, driven by clusters at industrial estates and factories in Mueang Chonburi with many workers who live in Phan Thong

Safe to say it's everywhere as we all expected it to be... just down to the vaccine programme which at the moment seems to favour tourism rather than domestic economy.

[CRUNCHER]

Even places that have done quite well with the virus, Singapore, Taiwan etc., have suffered spikes and clusters related to cheap foreign labour housed like animals in overcrowded conditions. A simple lesson that Thailand failed to learn.

[Leaver]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Safe to say it's everywhere as we all expected it to be... just down to the vaccine programme which at the moment seems to favour tourism rather than domestic economy.

 

Tourism is nearly a 5th of Thailand's GDP.  It's also one of the biggest sources of employment in the country.  

[jacko45k]

10 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Tourism is nearly a 5th of Thailand's GDP.  It's also one of the biggest sources of employment in the country.  

So the domestic economy is 4/5ths, or 80%?

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Tourism is nearly a 5th of Thailand's GDP.  It's also one of the biggest sources of employment in the country.  

How can a 5th be the biggest source of employment?

[jacko45k]

21 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

How can a 5th be the biggest source of employment?

It is that old chestnut 'one of the biggest'... supplied by people who do not want to do research and actually quantify it, and big up what they want to say. It is definitely not THE biggest source, which is agriculture., followed by services like manufacturing and construction.

Edited May 24, 2021 by jacko45k

[Leaver]

On 5/24/2021 at 5:37 AM, jacko45k said:

So the domestic economy is 4/5ths, or 80%?

 

For near 20% of GDP,  the sector employs a lot of people, nation wide.  Many of those people send money back to their family, in different provinces.  So zero tourism is also felt in provinces that don't have tourism.  

[Leaver]

On 5/24/2021 at 6:40 AM, hotchilli said:

How can a 5th be the biggest source of employment?

 

Read again.  

 

I said, "one of the biggest."