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Migrant worker cases drive Thai coronavirus total past 5,000 by The Associated Press Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 5:14 am EDT BANGKOK — Thailand’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases surged past 5,000 on Monday as hundreds of migrant workers tested positive, posing a major challenge for the authorities. Thailand has been one of several Southeast Asian countries that were faring relatively unscathed by the pandemic. But on Saturday, health officials reported a daily record of 548 new cases, almost all of them among migrant workers in the seafood industry in Samut Sakhon province, 3...

Advertisement After a year in which it has mostly kept the coronavirus under control, Thailand has seen a sudden alarming spike in coronavirus infections. On December 20, Thai health authorities announced a record 689 infections, including 516 cases announced the day before. That is by far the country’s highest daily tally, bringing the country’s total to just over 5,000 confirmed infections. In January 2020, Thailand was the first country outside China to report a case of COVID-19, but thanks to strict border and quarantine controls has so far reported just 60 deaths from the disease. Th...

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...

Thailand Locks Down Coastal Area as Virus Cases Hit Record Bloomberg 12/20/2020 Prim Chuwiruch © Photographer: JACK TAYLOR/AFP Medical officials collect a nose swab sample to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon on December 19, 2020 after some cases of local infections were detected and linked to a vendor at the market. (Bloomberg) -- Thailand reported a record number of new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and locked down a seaside province near Bangkok where infections have surged. The health ministry said it will continue to aggressively searc...

(Bloomberg) —Thailand reported a record number of new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and locked down a seaside province near Bangkok where infections have surged. The health ministry said it will continue to aggressively search for infections in Samut Sakhon, a manufacturing centre and seafood industry hub. Migrant workers from Myanmar make up the majority of the 689 new cases. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang announced a raft of measures to contain the virus late on Sunday. Schools will be closed for 14 days, workers who commute to Samut Sakhon must stay at home and migrant workers entering Bang...