Thailand confirms record 914 new coronavirus cases
January 25, 2021 GMT
BANGKOK (AP) Thailand on Monday confirmed a record 914 new cases of the coronavirus, all in Samut Sakhon province near Bangkok where a major outbreak began in December. The new cases shot the national total past 14,000.
The previous high was on Jan. 4, when 745 cases were reported, mostly in Samut Sakhon among migrant workers from Myanmar. The province is a center for fishing and industry. The first case reported in the recent surge was detected there in mid-December at a major seafood market, which has been closed.
Any new cases in other provinces will be announced in Tuesday. National totals are announced the day after test results, but Samut Sakhon health officials released local results on Monday, the same day they began mass proactive testing in the province, targeting up to 10,000 people a day for a week.
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BANGKOK Thailand’s government is confident it can contain a major coronavirus resurgence without a national lockdown, instead relying on provincial controls as the outbreak mainly among migrant seafood workers continued to spread. “I can assure that the government will do its best,” Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said in a live televised address after a […]
Thailand confident coronavirus outbreak is controllable without lockdown
Thailand generally has been seen as successful in combating the coronavirus due partly to its well-regarded public health infrastructure and people s adherence to rules.
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BANGKOK: Thailand s government is confident it can contain a major coronavirus resurgence without a national lockdown, instead relying on provincial controls as the outbreak mainly among migrant seafood workers continued to spread. I can assure that the government will do its best, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said in a live televised address after a meeting of the government s COVID-19 coordinating center.
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