18 Bangkok districts with large clusters flagged
27
published : 20 May 2021 at 18:00
27 The Bank Kapi market in Bang Kapi district, one of the largest Covid-19 clusters in Bangkok, is off-limits on Thursday. It was closed for three days until Saturday for cleaning and disinfection. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
The government has flagged 18 districts with large Covid-19 clusters in Bangkok for serious actions and maximum caution.
Issuing the warning on Thursday, Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, referred to 23 clusters in the 18 districts.
They are:
Ratchathewi (Pratunam, Rim Klong community and state railway flats in Makkasan);
Laksi (a construction workers camp);
Warnings for 21 Covid clusters in Bangkok
17
published : 18 May 2021 at 15:48
17 People living near the construction workers camp of Italian-Thai Development Plc in Laksi district, Bangkok, line up for Covid-19 tests on Tuesday. The camp is one of 21 active clusters in 16 districts of Bangkok (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
People in 16 districts of Bangkok where Covid-19 clusters are active have been warned to be extra careful, to avoid infection.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, issued the warning during his daily update on the situation nationwide from Government House.
He said 21 Covid-19 clusters were active in 16 districts and health workers had yet to control the outbreak.