Nonprofit criticizes Thailand blaming immigrants for fresh Covid-19 outbreak 2 minutes read
Bangkok, Dec 23 (efe-epa).- The Nonprofit Mekong Migration Network (MMN) on Wednesday criticized Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for blaming so called illegal immigrants for a fresh Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market, and called for better response against the pandemic.
The authorities have quarantined thousands of immigrant workers, mostly Burmese and Cambodians, at a seafood market and adjacent dormitories in Samut Sakhon province to contain an outbreak that resulted in more than 1,200 infections since Thursday last week.
“The seafood industry in Samut Sakhon, like elsewhere in Thailand, is hugely dependent on the low paid labour of migrants from Myanmar and Cambodia who live and work in conditions where physical distancing and recommended hygiene measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are largely absent,” MMN said in a statement.