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Covid doesn t discriminate
published : 22 Dec 2020 at 04:00
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The Covid-19 surge with hundreds of infections in Samut Sakhon and other provinces has come as a profound shock.
The outbreak followed the detection of one infection, a 67-year-old female wholesaler in Samut Sakhon s Central Shrimp Market. The case is related to infections in Myanmar migrants in the province, which is a seafood trading hub. As a result, Samut Sakhon, part of the Greater Bangkok area, has been placed under lockdown, albeit partially, since Saturday as health authorities work against time to end the outbreak.
As of yesterday, the number of infections among migrants in Samut Sakhon rose to 821, while 5,838 were negative; and results for another 2,827 are pending. Three cases related to the shrimp market have been confirmed in Saraburi, in addition to cases in Bangkok (4), Nakhon Pathom (2), and Samut Prakan (3).
Thailand’s New COVID-19 Outbreak: Myanmar Migrants Mustn’t Be Scapegoated
Myanmar migrant workers return from Thailand via the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border post in July amid COVID-19. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 22 December 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 that has infected hundreds of Myanmar migrants working in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province, southwest of Bangkok, is now the kingdom’s worst. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed health authorities to come up with a working plan in case the country needs to go into full lockdown. Already, worrying signs are emerging that the Myanmar migrant population in Thailand will be targeted and discriminated against.
Thai Union employee tests positive for coronavirus, threatening operations in Samut Sakhon
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Thai Union announced on Monday, 21 December, that one of its employees in Samut Sakhon has tested positive for the coronavirus, amid a resurgence of infections in the Thai province.
The seafood processing hub, located west of Bangkok capital, had seen no infection for 250 days before first case was detected last week.
In a statement sent to the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Thai Union said the company is strictly following requirements from local authorities to contain the spread of the deadly virus. All of its plants remained open as of 21 December and the company is working to avoid any temporary suspension in production activities.
Samut Sakhon to suffer huge financial losses
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New lockdown forecast to cost province 1 billion baht per day
published : 21 Dec 2020 at 04:30
101 Myanmar workers wait to be tested for Covid-19 in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The lockdown of Samut Sakhon due to a new surge in Covid-19 infections will cause about 1 billion baht a day in economic damage, says Amphai Harnkraiwilai, chairwoman of the Samut Sakhon Chamber of Commerce.
She said the province s seafood industry with sales amounting to 400 to 500 million baht a day, as well as other related businesses, have now been forced to stop as a result of the lockdown.