12 new Covid cases in Ayutthaya
published : 24 Apr 2021 at 11:58
26 People in a risk group take Covid-19 tests in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district, Ayutthaya province, on Saturday. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: Twelve coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ayutthaya province on Saturday, raising the total number of cases in this central province to 280.
Health authorities on Saturday reported that the 12 new cases were people who caught the disease at the Central Shrimp Market or were infected by family members.
The new infections raised the total number of the cases in the province from the latest outbreak to 280. Of them, 73 had recovered and 207 remained in hospitals.
New Covid cases in Ayutthaya include three children
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published : 23 Apr 2021 at 12:10 People take Covid-19 tests at a tent in Ayutthaya province on Friday. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: Nineteen more Covid-19 cases were reported in Ayutthaya province on Friday, including three children, bringing the total number in this central province to 268.
Health officials said most of the 19 new cases were infected by family members, and one caught the disease at the Central Shrimp Market, which has been closed after people working there were found to be infected.
Three of the new cases are children aged 1, 6, and 10 years.
The six-year-old boy, patient No.255, was infected by his father in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district; the year-old girl, patient No.262, caught the disease from her mother in Maharat district; and the10-year-old girl, patient No 266, was infected by her aunt in Maharat district.
published : 22 Apr 2021 at 14:09
17 People gather at the shutdown Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya s Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district on April 18 to get Covid-19 tests. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: Twenty-four new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ayutthaya, including a 2-year-old girl infected at the Central Shrimp Market, raising the total number of cases in the province from the latest outbreak to 249.
Provincial authorities on Thursday reported that the 24 cases were people who caught the disease at the shrimp market or were infected by family members and since confirmed cases.
Three caught the virus at the market - two women, aged 30 and 40 years, and a girl aged 2, all from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district.
8 A crowd gathers at the Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya s Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district on Sunday to get Covid-19 tests. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: People who visited the Central Shrimp Market in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district during March 30-April 15 are urged to get a Covid-19 test at the market on Sunday from 8.00am-2.00pm free of charge, provincial governor Panu Yaemsri announced.
The market has been ordered closed since Saturday after at least 17 people were reported to have contracted the virus from people working there.
A major clean up of the market was carried out on Saturday, with trucks deployed to spray disinfectant in the area which covers about 10 rai.
Covid outbreak closes Ayutthaya shrimp market
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At least 17 infections linked to site, where 300 workers will be tested on Sunday
published : 17 Apr 2021 at 19:12
4 Volunteers clean up the Central Shrimp Market in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya on Saturday. Some 300 market workers will be tested on Sunday after at least 17 Covid infections were linked to the site. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: The Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya has been ordered closed until Sunday after at least 17 people were believed to have contracted Covid-19 from people working there.
Health officials will conduct coronavirus tests at the market on Sunday, targeting some 300 people who work there. All shops and stalls there will be closed for the day, said the provincial administration organisation, which supervises the site.