Outbreak 'under control'

Outbreak 'under control' published : 21 Dec 2020 at 04:30 4 Around 2,000 Myanmar migrant workers wait in front of a dormitory near the Thai Union Market in Samut Sakhon. Health officials are testing thousands of Thai vendors and Myanmar workers linked to a cluster of infections at the Central Shrimp Market. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool) The Public Health Ministry has reassured that it is able to contain the new outbreak of the novel coronavirus that originated in a seafood market in Samut Sakhon within two to four weeks, despite new cases surging to almost 700 as of on Sunday. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Sunday that the number of cases linked to Talad Klang Kung, or the Central Shrimp Market, surged to 689 from Saturday's tally of 548, as authorities conducted tests on 1,443 people yesterday.