COVID returns to Chiang Mai
COVID returns to Chiang Mai
THAILAND: Chiang Mai is assessing its COVID-19 situation, after it was confirmed that the province had recorded six new infections nearly three months after its previous cases.
Wednesday 7 April 2021, 08:45AM
Officials close Warmupcafe in Chiang Mai province yesterday (Apr 6) after cases of COVID-19 infection at the pub. Photo: Panumet Tanraksa.
Four new cases recorded on Monday (Apr 5) were the first in the province for 83 days and were linked to night entertainment venues in Bangkok and Nonthaburi.
The latest two cases were confirmed yesterday, according to Chiang Mai’s committee on communicable disease control, bringing the total number of infections in the province to 75.
Covid returns to Chiang Mai
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VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17
17/01/2021 08:10 GMT+7
National medical council makes debut
The national medical council officially made its debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 15.
The national medical council officially made its debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 15, which has been regarded as a milestone of the domestic health care sector.
The council was formed in line with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 956/QD-TTg, with the aim of assisting the Government leader in preparing necessary conditions for organising capacity assessment in medical profession.
The establishment of the council is in accordance with international commitments on medical capacity standards and matches Vietnam’s situation, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said, urging the council to soon put forth its operation regulations as well as mechanisms for the organisation of medical licensing examinations.
Thailand to Step Up COVID-19 Testing of Myanmar Migrant Workers
A COVID-19 team conducts tests in Samut Sakhon, Thailand in late December 2020. / Myanmar Labor Attache’s Office
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By The Irrawaddy 14 January 2021
Thai health authorities have announced they will accelerate COVID-19 testing for Myanmar workers in Samut Sakhon, with an estimated 35,000-plus migrants working in 400 factories in the province near Bangkok expected be tested by Jan. 24.
Samut Sakhon is home to a large number of factories and migrant workers, most of whom come from Myanmar. The wholesale seafood market at the epicenter of the latest outbreak, which began in December, employs a large community of Myanmar migrants. Some 300,000 to 400,000 Myanmar people work in seafood markets and processing plants in Thailand.
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