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The National police chief has ordered an investigation into reports that two gambling dens in Chanthaburi province were sources of Covid-19 infections.
Police inspector-general Pol Gen Wissanu Prasarttong-Osoth said on Friday that both casinos are believed to be the source of 15 new Covid cases found in Chanthaburi province. He said the 15 people had visited either one of the two casinos or both.
The first was in tambon Nern Soong in Tha Mai district and the other in tambon Nong Sri Nga in Na Yai Am district. Five hundred people, Thais and Cambodian, are thought to have frequented both gambling dens, Pol Gen Wissanu said.
Chon Buri is ready for more visitors
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Governor anxious to play down fears
published : 1 Jan 2021 at 04:00
2 The Mahachai train station market in Samut Sakhon lies deserted after strict measures were imposed restricting transport and people’s movements into the province. It is one of several clusters blamed for the new Covid-19 outbreak. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The governor of Chon Buri yesterday denied the province was under lockdown and said local authorities were actually considering an easing of restrictions to draw visitors back to the seaside province.
Pakkhathorn Thianchai, who is also chairman of the provincial communicable disease committee, said Chon Buri was also open to outsiders and they would not have to self-quarantine when they returned home.