In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, a guard with a face-shield stands near a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok. Thailand, which has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers in the province close to Bangkok AP
Thousands of Cambodian migrant laborers are returning home from Thailand following a second outbreak of the deadly virus there over the past week, and aid groups are warning of food shortages among long jobless workers, the migrants and supporters told RFA.
From April to mid-December, Thailand was reporting daily confirmed cases in the single and low double digits. But in late December, daily totals spiked into the mid to high hundreds, reaching a high of 844 on Monday according to WHO statistics.
Seafood market in Thailand at epicenter of new COVID-19 outbreak
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Migrant workers wait to get tested for COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE
Dec. 21 (UPI) Thailand is reporting more than 800 COVID-19 cases that have been traced to the country s largest seafood market near Bangkok. The incident has alarmed officials.
Thailand s Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration said the country reported 382 cases Monday, the Bangkok Post reported. Authorities said 360 out of the 382 people who tested positive were migrant workers from Myanmar.
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The latest outbreak began at Mahachai seafood market in Samuk Sakhon, with a 67-year-old Thai woman testing positive Thursday, according to the BBC.