28 A truck sprays disinfectant at Pornpat market in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani. The province logged 22 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, when 130 new infections were reported nationwide. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The government on Friday confirmed that a doctor who treated patients infected with Covid-19 had himself caught the disease and died, raising the death toll to 83.
The total number of infections since the pandemic hit the country had risen to 25,241, Covid-19 Situation Administration assistant spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangson said during the daily briefing from Government House.
Dr Panya Hanphanitphan, 66, was the latest death, which was widely reported on Thursday.
He had treated three patients at his clinic in Maha Sarakham province before they were confirmed infected with Covid-19, linked to a banquet in the northeastern province.
Thailand's GDP growth outlook this year remains weak as economic drivers are unreliable at this stage, with the vaccine rollout the only positive factor for sentiment in the short term yet to begin, says Standard Chartered Bank Thai.
New case in Ayutthaya, 3 now linked to Pathum Thani market
published : 17 Feb 2021 at 14:52
25 Ayutthaya governor Panu Yaemsri chairs a meeting of the provincial communicable disease control panel on Tuesday. (Photo: Ayutthaya public relations Facebook page)
AYUTTHAYA: One more Covid-19 infection has been detected in this central province, bringing the local total to 47, with three cases linked to Pornpat wet market in Pathum Thani province.
Provincial public health chief Peera Areerat said on Wednesday the new patient is a 25-year-old woman living in Phak Hai district. She is a niece of patient No 46, a vegetable vendor at Pornpat fresh market in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani
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