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Healthcare workers at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
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After months of successful containment, Thailand has set a new daily record for COVID-19 cases, as it strains under a third wave of infections that include the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant of the virus.
On Monday, the country recorded 985 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a spike comes on the cusp of the Songkran new year holiday, which authorities have banned for a second year due to the pandemic.