Curbs on camp, dorm movements
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34 clusters now found across city
published : 20 May 2021 at 04:23
3 Workers remain inside the construction camp of Italian-Thai Development Plc at government complex in Laksi district, Bangkok, on Tuesday. The camp was sealed off as it becomes a major cluster of Covid-19 cases. (Photo: Pattarapong Chapattarasill)
Movements of workers at construction sites and worker dormitories are being restricted in Bangkok as the locations are feared to be the city s latest infection hotspots.
The restrictions are being put in place as Covid-19 infections in Bangkok continue to rise with 34 clusters popping up across 50 districts. Assistant spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) Apisamai Srirangson said five new clusters were recently detected in Bangkok, bringing the total number to 34.
A total of 196 out of 300 workers tested for Covid-19 at a construction camp on Chaeng Wattana Road were found to be infected, according to a government MP for Bangkok.
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