Slum cluster was avoidable

Slum cluster was avoidable
published : 4 May 2021 at 04:00
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After the experiences of the Samut Sakhon and Thong Lor outbreaks, there was a clear expectation that state authorities would now be better prepared to prevent clusters of infections getting out of hand. Yet, the emerging Klong Toey cluster proves the opposite to be the case.
Yesterday, the authorities woke up to an alert from Chulalongkorn Hospital over a surge in Covid-19 cases over the past few days -- a number of patients were from the slum area with several deteriorating quickly.
The hospital's Facebook page yesterday revealed that it had 400 Covid-19 patients in its care, 231 on hospital premises and 169 in designated "hospitels". Of these, 22 are in critical condition.

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