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Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on February 28 reported 70 new cases, under 100 cases for the ninth consecutive day since the second wave began in December.
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Fifty-nine tourists from the UK, US, France and Finland have arrived in Phuket, becoming the first participants of Thailand’s villa quarantine scheme.
They arrived in two batches, via chartered flight from Indonesia, and are staying at the Sri Panwa Hotel, according to authorities as reported by The Bangkok Post.
Sri Panwa Hotel welcomes Thailand’s first group of villa quarantine tourists
Under the scheme, these tourists are required to complete immigration and customs procedures before undergoing Covid-19 screening at the X-Terminal building inside the airport complex. Afterwards, they are conveyed to the hotel where they will serve the first five days of their 14-day quarantine within their room.
All Images courtesy of The Nation Thailand/Asian News Network. BANGKOK, Jan 10 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported 245 confirmed cases on Sunday.
The confirmed cases include 17 Thais working at an entertainment venue, who returned from Myanmar, a Thai female student from India, a Thai woman from Turkey, as well as a Hungarian man and an American man from their respective countries.
Of the cases, 74 were exposed to the virus while visiting high-risk places.
Provinces with two-digit cases include Chonburi (12), Bangkok (14), and Samut Prakarn (18).
Proactive testing led to 43 positive cases being found 23 in Samut Sakhon (one Thai and 22 migrant workers), 10 Thais in Chonburi, 4 in Samut Prakarn (one Thai and three migrant workers), and six migrant workers in Bangkok.
Myanmar migrants easy scapegoats for Covid-19 spike in Thailand
Often exploited with slave-like working conditions, migrants face more discrimination after a coronavirus outbreak at a seafood market James Lovelock, Bangkok Updated: December 21, 2020 03:48 AM GMT
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Medical officials test a man for Covid-19 at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon on Dec. 19 after 548 infections were detected in a single day and linked to a vendor at the market. (Photo: AFP)
An alarming spike in Covid-19 infections among migrants from Myanmar working in a central Thai province could lead to further discrimination against underprivileged foreign laborers.
And it’s not as if there isn’t already enough discrimination targeted at migrants in Thailand as it is. They are often treated poorly as they lead lives of grueling toil and ceaseless penury.