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A crowd gathers at the Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya's Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district on Sunday to get Covid-19 tests. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: People who visited the Central Shrimp Market in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district during March 30-April 15 are urged to get a Covid-19 test at the market on Sunday from 8.00am-2.00pm free of charge, provincial governor Panu Yaemsri announced.
The market has been ordered closed since Saturday after at least 17 people were reported to have contracted the virus from people working there.
A major clean up of the market was carried out on Saturday, with trucks deployed to spray disinfectant in the area which covers about 10 rai.