2 The Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya gets a final cleaning on Tuesday, ahead of its re-opening on Wednesday, nearly a month after it was closed following a Covid-19 outbreak there. (Photo: Soonthorn Phongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: The Central Shrimp Market in Ayutthaya, the centre of a Covid-19 cluster in mid-April, was re-opened on Wednesday after being closed for nearly four weeks.
The market, on the main highway in tambon Hantra, Muang district, was ordered closed on April 17 after 43 people were found to have been infected with Covid-19 from about 10 shops selling grilled shrimp and fish there.
Governor Panu Yaemsri said on Wednesday the market had been disinfected and re-organised during the closure. Improvements had also been made to the market s infrastructure.
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Covid closes another Ayutthaya market
published : 28 Apr 2021 at 15:34
12 People wait their turn for a Covid-19 test in Ayutthaya province on Wednesday, when the central province reported 14 new infections, raising the local total in the latest outbreak to 339. (Photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: Authorities have ordered the closure of Wang Noi Muang Mai Market in Wang Noi district of Ayutthaya for three days of cleaning after three vendors tested positive for Covid-19.
Ayutthaya governor Phanu Yaemsri said on Wednesday that all zones of the market had been temporarily closed, from April 27 until April 29.
Mass testing of people who were at risk was already underway, with 600 tested so far. The results were pending, the governor said.
More cases in Ayutthaya, shrimp market closure extended
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published : 27 Apr 2021 at 12:17
2 A health official collects a nasal swab from a woman during Covid-19 testing in Ayutthaya province. (File photo: Sunthon Pongpao)
AYUTTHAYA: The closure of Ayutthaya’s Central Shrimp Market has been extended for seven more days, with 43 people now confirmed to have caught Covid-19 there.
The communicable disease control committee on Tuesday resolved to extend the closure of the market in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district until May 4, after additional coronavirus infections were linked direcly to the marketplace, Ayutthaya governor Phanu Yaemsri said
Infections were earlier detected among owners and employees of six seafood restaurants in the shrimp market. The number of seafood restaurants where infections have been reported has since risen to 10.