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Provincial governors told to manage waste after huge numbers of ATK test kits/masks are used at New Year

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Sutthipong Julacharoen at the interior ministry told INN that the Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was concerned about the management of waste associated with Covid-19.

 

Specifically the PM was concerned about the large number of ATK test kits and masks discarded after events to mark New Year.

 

Consequently the PM instructed interior mister Anupong Paojinda to order provincial governors to manage the safe collection handling of such hazardous waste to avoid further infections. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that many people needed ATK tests to attend events and with mask wearing mandatory this only added to the waste.

 

Casually discarded masks are now a common feature of general litter seen in Thailand. 

 

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

Consequently the PM instructed interior mister Anupong Paojinda to order provincial governors to manage the safe collection handling of such hazardous waste to avoid further infections. 

From the report, it sounds as though these items were used by people who tested negative for Covid and thus were allowed to attend events. So in what way are they "hazardous", and how would they cause "further infections"?

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