Spike in capital sees screening ramped up
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Factories to blame, say health chiefs
published : 6 Feb 2021 at 04:33
34 People wait for their turn to go inside Siam Rattana near Wong Wiang Yai on Friday as the shop offers discounted items to help those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)
The Public Health Ministry is stepping up Covid-19 surveillance in western Bangkok following a spike in infections, a senior official said on Friday.
Dr Chakkarat Pittayawong-anont, director of the epidemiology division at the Department of Disease Control (DDC), said public officials are ramping up proactive screening in six districts after a large number cases were confirmed.
36 A monk wears a face mask while on his alms round in Bangkok on Thursday morning, when the country reported 809 new Covid-19 cases over the previous 24 hours. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The government on Thursday reported 809 new Covid-19 cases, 796 local infections and 13 imported, raising the total to 22,058.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said 751 new cases were found through active testing in communities and 45 others were confirmed at hospitals.
Over the previous 24 hours, Samut Sakhon province logged 786 cases - 750 found in communities (549 Myanmar and 201 Thais) and 36 (24 Myanmar and 12 Thais) at hospitals. Bangkok confirmed three new cases at hospitals, two Thais and one Myanmar.
Students happy to go to class for a change
Those near Samut Sakhon are still having to make do online
published : 2 Feb 2021 at 09:26
16 A boy raises his hand for a temperature check at Wat Nong Khaem School in the capital. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
Pupils returned to schools across Bangkok on Monday although not everyone was allowed to reunite with classmates.
A surge in Covid-19 infections in Bangkok at the end of last year forced classes online as the city entered a partial lockdown.
The infection rate has since improved.
Bored of being stuck at home, many students could not have been happier to return to school.
Infant among 6 new cases
published : 1 Feb 2021 at 04:30
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A two-month-old baby was among six new cases found in Bangkok on Sunday, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
The latest patients are three males aged between two months and 34 and three females aged from 30 to 59, CCSA assistant spokeswoman Panprapa Yongtrakul told the media. That makes the capital where virus protection measures are eased from Monday only second to Samut Sakhon in terms of the number of Covid-19 cases.
Samut Sakhon had the most new cases which were detected at hospital and clinic walk-ins 79 followed by Bangkok and one each in Nakhon Pathom, Chon Buri, Khon Kaen, Ratchaburi, Lop Buri and Samut Songkhram. For Bangkok, five cases including the new-born patient were infected from a cluster spread, while one was located from active case searching. That case is a 25-year-old female Myanmar migrant worker who was asymptomatic. All si
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BANGKOK, Jan. 31 (The Nation/ANN): Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Sunday has allowed 37 types of venues in the province to reopen after they had been ordered to close in the aftermath of the second Covid-19 wave.
The governor’s announcement follows approval on Friday (Jan 29) from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for relaxation.
The order, approved by the provincial communicable disease prevention committee, will take effect on Monday (Feb 1).
However, pubs, bars, karaoke booths, massage parlours, cockfighting or other types of animal fighting stadium, and child-care centres located in Bang Khun Thian, Bang Khae, Bang Phlat, Chom Thong and Thonburi districts will remain closed.