Covid outbreak closes Ayutthaya shrimp market
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At least 17 infections linked to site, where 300 workers will be tested on Sunday
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17 Apr 2021 at 19:12
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Volunteers clean up the Central Shrimp Market in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya on Saturday. Some 300 market workers will be tested on Sunday after at least 17 Covid infections were linked to the site. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: The Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya has been ordered closed until Sunday after at least 17 people were believed to have contracted Covid-19 from people working there.
Health officials will conduct coronavirus tests at the market on Sunday, targeting some 300 people who work there. All shops and stalls there will be closed for the day, said the provincial administration organisation, which supervises the site.