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Record deaths put govt on alert
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Tougher measures likely as infections and fatalities soar
published : 18 Jul 2021 at 06:00
21 Officials conducts the final check at a new field hospital near Mongkutwattana Hospital on Changwattana Road in Lak Si district on Saturday. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Tougher lockdown measures, including closing down nearly all businesses in Greater Bangkok, will be presented to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), sources said.
Meanwhile, the country also recorded two grim milestones on Saturday as daily Covid-19 fatalities reached triple digits and new infections hit five figures for the first time.
The Ministry of Public Health said 141 people died in the previous 24 hours and 10,082 new cases were found. Both were single-day records. Of the new cases, 9,955 were among the general population and 127 were prison inmates.
87 Covid deaths, 9,317 new cases
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published : 14 Jul 2021 at 14:21
updated: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:25
164 A new field hospital being erected near Mongkutwattana Hospital on Changwattana Road in Lak Si district on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
There were 87 more Covid-19 fatalities and 9,317 new transmissions were in Thailand on Tuesday health authorities said on Wednesday morning.
This raised the toll to 2,934 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 363,029.
Official said 9,188 of the new infections were in the general population and 129 in prisons.
Apisamai Srirangson, a spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said later in the afternoon briefing that the 87 new fatalities were aged 24-104 years and 70% of them were over 60 years old.
87 Covid deaths, 9,317 new cases Wednesday
published : 14 Jul 2021 at 09:18 A new field hospital is under construction near Mongkutwattana Hospital on Changwattana Road in Lak Si district on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
Health authorities on Wednesday said 87 more Covid-19 deaths and 9,317 new transmissions around Thailand were logged on Tuesday.
This brings the accumulated toll to 2,934 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 363,029.
They said 9,188 of the new infections were in the general population and 129 in prisons.
Vocabulary
accumulate: to get more and more of something over a period of time - เก็บสะสม, สะสม, สั่งสมมานาน
authority (noun): a person or government agency who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
Doctors arrive in capital amid surge in cases
Doctors arrive in capital amid surge in cases
THAILAND: While the government is upbeat about its Phuket reopening scheme, health personnel in Greater Bangkok are struggling to deal with a surge of new COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Friday 2 July 2021, 09:10AM
Thongchai Kiratihatthayakon, deputy permanent secretary for public health: “Now, Bangkok and the surrounding provinces are in a real crisis, patients are beginning to die at home.” Photo: Bangkok Post
Hospitals are experiencing a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and staff to take care of patients in serious condition. The Public Health Ministry has mobilised 144 newly-graduated doctors from several provinces to help take care of patients amid the shortage of medical personnel in Bangkok. A welcoming event was organised yesterday (July 1) for the doctors who specialise in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, infectious diseases and critical care medicine.