Big jump in Covid-19 cases in Thailand's Samut Sakhon, but situation 'not worrisome'; more local cases reported


All images courtesy of The Nation Thailand/Asian News Network.

BANGKOK, Dec 19 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): More than 2,000 people in Samut Sakhon province who might have been at risk of infection have been tested for Covid-19 and so far 13 people have been found positive, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul has announced.

The minister visited a prawn market in Samut Sakhon’s Mahachai subdistrict to follow up on investigations after a 67-year-old woman, who ran a seafood shop in the market, tested positive for Covid-19 on Dec 18 after showing symptoms on Dec 13.

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