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20 July, 2021, 5:09 pm
Public health officers Charoenrat Chaibut and Jurairat Tasom travel by boat to bring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swab testing to residents living in remote communities, amid the rise of coronavirus disease infections, in Samut Prakan, near Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand (Reuters) – Two Thai health workers zip up their protective suits, put on masks and face shields and slowly climb aboard a small boat waiting in the reeds on the banks of a countryside canal.
This is the best way to ensure remote communities in Samut Prakan, a province on the fringes of the capital Bangkok, get some access to checkups as the country struggles to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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Two Thai men working on a farm near Israel’s border with Gaza were killed on Tuesday by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants.
Another Thai farm worker, Aryae Aryi, told the BBC what it s like working under near-constant threat of attack.
Video produced by BBC Thai s Issariya Praithongyaem, edited by Kaona Pongpipat and with footage from Aryae Aryi.
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