Two inmates at Chiang Mai Central Prison have been infected with the Alpha Plus variant of Covid-19, according to the provincial public health office. Both cases were detected late last month.
Arrivals to Chiang Mai face checks
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Officials focus on Samut Sakhon virus spread
published : 27 Dec 2020 at 07:20 Chiang Mai airport
Health authorities have required people who have been to the epicentre of the latest outbreak of Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon to be traceable when they enter Chiang Mai.
People suspected of being infected with Covid-19 and those who visited the central shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, where the outbreak was first detected, must check in on the CM-Chana tracing application when they arrive, said Dr Kittipan Chalom, assistant to Chiang Mai public health office chief.
In addition to the app check-in requirement, arrivals also need to report to public health officers, undergo the RT-PCR coronavirus test and be confined to a designated quarantine facility for 14 days.
Chiang Mai declared safe to visit, no Covid lockdown
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published : 15 Dec 2020 at 11:13
10 Dr Kittipan Chalom, assistant to the chief of the public health office of Chiang Mai, declares the province is safe from the novel coronavirus. (Photo: Phanumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: The Covid-19 situation is under control, there will be no lockdown and it is safe to visit Chiang Mai, a senior provincial health official said on Tuesday.
The assurance was given by Kittipan Chalom, an assistant to the head of the provincial public health office.
Speaking at the provincial public relations centre, Dr Kittipan said that since Nov 26 there had been five confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the province, and all of them were people infected outside the country.