More than 100 schools close
published : 22 Dec 2020 at 04:01
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The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has announced the closure of more than 100 schools in Bangkok and Samut Sakhon due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases.
Opec secretary-general Attapol Truektrong said around 100 private schools in Bangkok, Samut Sakhon and several nearby provinces have closed because of the increasing number of confirmed cases linked to a seafood market in Samut Sakhon.
Private schools are allowed to close or remain open at their discretion, the secretary-general said.
A number of other schools have begun allowing at-risk students and staff to work from home from Dec 21 to Jan 3.
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Cambodia: Govt. suspend sending migrant workers to Thailand & strengthen border checks following the surge of over 800 COVID-19 positive cases in Thailand Quarantined at border: Recruitment agencies to suspend sending workers to Thailand until further notice , 22 December 2020
Strict border restrictions imposed . have led to 543 Cambodians being placed under 14-day quarantine at the three main border crossings â OâSmach, Doung, and Poipet.
Le Chansangvath, director of Banteay Meanchey provincial health department, said 310 migrant workers came through Poipet International Border checkpoint yesterday, and all of them went into quarantine.
He said that 46 of them had their samples taken for testing.
Khlok Huot, director of Oddar Meanchey provincial health department, said the first batch of 172 Cambodian migrant workers arrived at the OâSmach International Border Checkpoint at about 11am and were transported by military trucks to Samraong city for th
Two more cases in Bangkok, both linked to Samut Sakhon
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published : 21 Dec 2020 at 16:01
54 Myanmar migrants children ride in the sidecar of a motorcycle in the area under lockdown in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Sunday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
Two more coronavirus infections have been reported in Bangkok, and both had recently visited the Central Shrimp Market in Samut Sakhon.
The market in tambon Mahachai of Samut Sakhon s Muang district is the source of a Covid-19 outbreak which has spread to several other provinces, including neighbouring Bangkok.
Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman, announced the two new cases on Monday, confirming that both were linked to the market but offering scant other details.
Health ministry to prepare lockdown criteria
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published : 21 Dec 2020 at 13:24
76 The Talay Thai Market, one of the country s major seafood markets, was also shut down on Monday, until Jan 3, to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after an outbreak of Covid-19 that began at a nearby wholesale shrimp market in Muang district of Samut Sakhon. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The Public Health Ministry has been assigned to draw up clear guidelines for locking down more provinces if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration spokesman, said on Monday the task was given to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-ocha during a meeting at Government House.
3 new Covid cases found in Samut Prakan
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published : 20 Dec 2020 at 17:24
2 Health officials check the area in Muang district of Samut Prakan where a Lao man and two Thais tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday night. (Photo by Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)
SAMUT PRAKAN: Three more Covid-19 infections have been confirmed in this central province, governor Wanchai Kongkasem said after a meeting of the Provincial Communicable Disease Committee on Sunday.
Of the three new cases, one was a 31-year-old Lao migrant worker employed to transport seafood between markets while the other two were the man s employers, both Thai.
The Lao man was admitted to Samut Prakan Hospital for treatment while his Thai employers were in Vibharam Chaiprakan Hospital, the governor said.