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Bangkok: 2 more cases of COVID infection are involved in the Samut Sakhon shrimp market
Date Dec 21, 2020 at 4:04 pm
A Bangkok spokesperson said that two more cases of coronavirus in Bangkok were involved in the shrimp market in Samut Sakhon. Get ready to visit 56 markets with foreigners working
On December 21, at Bangkok City Hall, Police Lieutenant Colonel Pongsakorn Kwanmuang of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced after the BMA management meeting in the event of a COVID-19 infection. In the Bangkok area, two additional cases were found today, including four of the COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, all of which were related to the shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province, and one of them was an employee who He worked in the shrimp pond, Samut Sakhon province. He lives in the Bang Khun Thian area. Another was admitted to a Bangkok hospital. Under investigation. I have to wait for the details from the CRC.
However, in the first case of the first patient in Prachachuen, Bang Sue district, 51 high-risk people were tested and no infection was found. In quarantine, see symptoms for 14 days Patient 2, 4 high-risk exposure, examined and the results have not yet been published. The third and fourth patients were in the process of investigating the disease.
In addition, Bangkok will carry out intensive labor inspections abroad. Especially in a market that is at risk of spreading disease. Because there are foreign workers who may have contact with the source of the epidemic. By going to a random area to test samples for COVID-19 Foreign workers In the vulnerable market in the connection area with Samut Sakhon province, focusing on Myanmar workers AND markets receiving products from the shrimp market in the Samut Sakhon province to sell a total of 56 markets in which Bangkok, together with the Ministry of Public Health, has 80 teams visiting the area, capable of testing 10-30 places / day, random sample testing for 5,000 -8,000 samples in 7 days.
Police Lt. Col. Pongsakorn said Bangkok still requests cooperation to refrain from organizing activities during the New Year. But if you have to apply for the permission of the Bangkok Health Office, if the number of people is not more than 200-300 people, it can be arranged with strict measures to be followed. But if the number of people exceeds this amount, all activities must be requested, so Bangkok will announce 10 measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In the Bangkok area It’s official today
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