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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 c...

Covid doesn't discriminate published : 22 Dec 2020 at 04:00 24 The Covid-19 surge with hundreds of infections in Samut Sakhon and other provinces has come as a profound shock. The outbreak followed the detection of one infection, a 67-year-old female wholesaler in Samut Sakhon's Central Shrimp Market. The case is related to infections in Myanmar migrants in the province, which is a seafood trading hub. As a result, Samut Sakhon, part of the Greater Bangkok area, has been placed under lockdown, albeit partially, since Saturday as health authorities work against time to end the outbreak. As...

Thailand begins Covid testing blitz after biggest ever surge in cases Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Thailand is testing tens of thousands of people for Covid-19 after an outbreak at a shrimp market led to the biggest surge in cases in the country, which had appeared to have almost eradicated the virus. More than 1,000 people have tested positive over recent days, mostly migrant workers in Samut Sakhon, where coronavirus was detected late last week. Cases have since been reported elsewhere, including in Bangko...

SYDNEY (AP) — The outbreak in Sydney’s northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. While the numbers are rising, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sunday there hasn’t been evidence of massive seeding outside the northern beaches community. A new list of cases, however, shows the virus had spread to greater Sydney and other parts of the state. The government has imposed a lockdown in the area until Wednesday. Residents will only be permitted to leave their homes for...

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand — Thousands of people lined up for coronavirus tests in a province near Bangkok on Sunday, as Thai authorities scrambled to contain an outbreak of the virus that has infected nearly 700 people. Triple lines of mainly migrant workers stretched for around 100 metres in one location alone, at Mahachai in Samut […]