Reuters
The Thai prime minister and health officials said Monday that foreign workers who entered the country illicitly were the likely source of a record outbreak of coronavirus cases detected at Thailand’s largest seafood market complex, where hundreds of migrants from Myanmar have been infected.
Thailand until last Thursday had contained the number of COVID-19 infections to only about 4,200 since the first case was detected here in January – compared with much higher numbers in its neighbors Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar.
But the caseload shot to nearly 5,300 on Monday after more than 900 cases – mostly among workers from Myanmar – were confirmed at the market complex in Samut Sakhon province, south and west of the greater Bangkok limits, health authorities said.
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Care in the community
Care in the community
Thaioil s efforts to offer child dental cover, create family health programmes and build an accident and emergency unit saw it winning the PM s Industry Award 2020
published : 17 Dec 2020 at 04:00
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It s a normal day at the Thaioil Community Health and Learning Centre, where dozens of people are taking advantage of the cool weather to jog around the track, practice aerobics or strain against their bodyweight at various exercise stations.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha presents the Prime Minister’s Industry Award 2020 for CSR to Thaioil chief executive Wirat Uanarumit.
Inside a nearby building, schoolchildren are being offered free dental examinations, while in another room, community residents are having their regular screenings for signs of diabetes or heart disease.