Blanket testing begins as virus hits 10,000 inmates
published : 18 May 2021 at 04:00
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The Department of Corrections wants prisoners nationwide vaccinated after more than 10,000 were diagnosed with Covid-19 in recent tests.
Director-general of the department Ayuth Sintoppant said yesterday that inmates at high risk of severe symptoms, such as those aged over 60 or who suffer from underlying illnesses, would be separated from the main prison population and all inmates would be swab-tested every seven days.
From May 12-16, 9,783 prisoners in eight prisons were found to be infected. Chiang Mai Central Prison reported 3,929 infected prisoners out of its total of 6,469 inmates.
Mr Ayuth strongly denied allegations that the department had concealed information about the extent of infections and said the high number of cases was the result of widespread testing.
144 inmates infected at Chiang Mai prison
published : 26 Apr 2021 at 16:09
21 Dr Chatuchai Maneerat (centre), chief public health executive of Chiang Mai province, together with other health personnel, updates the situation in the province on Monday. (Photo supplied by Panumet Tanraksa)
A field hospital has been set up in Zone 6 of the Chiang Mai prison after 144 new prisoners and two officials were found to have been infected with Covid-19, Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan said on Monday.
Mr Aryut said the new infections were detected between April 12-22 while new prisoners were put in quarantine for Covid-19 screening.
The two prison officials infected with the virus had been admitted to a field hospital for treatment.
Chiang Mai on high alert
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Daily infections now above 200 every day
published : 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22
9 Authorities in Chiang Mai are concerned following a spike in Covid-19 infections in the northern province. (Bangkok Post file photo)
Authorities in Chiang Mai admit they are greatly concerned following a spike in Covid-19 infections that are now passing 200 every day.
An additional 260 Covid-19 cases were reported in the province on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections there to 1,260 since the epidemic arrived early last year.
Despite Chiang Mai s situation proving to be a constant concern along with other provinces around the country also considered high risk , the Department of Disease Control (DDC) insists no nationwide lockdown will be imposed because other provinces are not affected.
Chiang Mai green lights NY countdown
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published : 24 Dec 2020 at 04:00
31 Disease control officials are collecting swabs from residents in Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai, in a bid to curb Covid-19 on Wednesday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
Chiang Mai province is confident it can curb the spread of Covid-19, insisting that it will stage its New Year countdown celebration.
Director of Public Health Promotion Division Chiang Mai Municipality Danai Sarapruek said the province will not ban New Year events due to the economic impact of doing so.
Despite no ban, organisers of all New Year celebrations are required to inform the provincial administration of the activities they are planning to organise, Mr Danai said. The municipality has measures in place to control the virus, he added.