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Tuesday, 22 December, 2020 - 12:45
Authorities in Thailand are weighing whether to impose a wider coronavirus lockdown after a major outbreak at a seafood market | AFP Asharq Al-Awsat
A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand passed 1,000 cases on Tuesday, as authorities weighed whether to introduce a wider lockdown.
Thailand has been on tenterhooks since Thursday following the positive virus test of a 67-year-old prawn seller from Mahachai market, Samut Sakhon province, about 40 minutes southwest of Bangkok.
As of early Tuesday morning, there were 1,063 confirmed positive cases out of 6,156 tested a major outbreak for a country which previously had 4,300 infections.
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Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020 06:13 PM MYT
A migrant worker has her temperature checked as she queues to talk with the public health authorities for a Covid-19 investigation at a fresh market in Bangkok, Thailand December 22, 2020. Reuters pic
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BANGKOK, Dec 22 A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand surpassed 1,000 cases today, as authorities weighed whether to introduce a wider lockdown.
Thailand has been on tenterhooks since Thursday following the positive virus test of a 67-year-old prawn seller from Mahachai market, Samut Sakhon province, about 40 minutes southwest of Bangkok.