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Thailand has found 46 additional cases of the new coronavirus infection, 31 of which are related to the outbreak in the shrimp market, Mahachai sub-district, Mueang Samut Sakhon district, Samut Sakhon province. So far, 16 cases have been found outside of Samut Sakhon. The province has not included the infected Myanmar workers. Which currently has no less than 1,000 cases
Since I met a 67-year-old shrimp trader in the shrimp market with COVID-19 on December 17, the number of infected people has increased and expanded rapidly. Until the Ministry of Public Health announced that it is there are three groups of people infected from this area in Thailand as a “new outbreak” of COVID-19:
- A close contact with a 67-year-old merchant, both family members and workers.
- Myanmar workers in shrimp markets and nearby areas What is the largest group infected in this new outbreak?
- People, seafood traders, traders from other provinces who travel to buy things at the shrimp market.
More recently today (December 23), which is approaching the one-week anniversary of the outbreak in the shrimp market, Dr. Thaweesil Wissanuyothin, spokesperson for the Center for the 2019 Coronavirus Outbreak (FES) reported that in the last 24 hours Thailand has found 46 new COVID cases, of which 31 out of 13 provinces have a history of traveling to the shrimp market or having contact with infected people from the shrimp market, Samut Sakhon.
The BBC Thai collected data from an FDA press release from December 18 to the noon announcement on December 23, it was found that there are currently infected people linked to the shrimp market. Samut Sakhon Scattered in 16 provinces: Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Suphanburi, Phetchabun, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachinburi, Chachoengsao, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Kamphaeng Phet, Krabi, Samut Prakan, Saraburi, Phuket, Pathum Thani, Uttaburi, Phetchaburi
However, it should be noted that the FDA spokesperson did not report the number of infected Myanmar workers today. Just clarifying that “There are many reasons why we have to talk.”
46 new cases of infection are divided into groups as follows:
- 31 person It is connected to the Samut Sakhon shrimp market. Scattered in 14 provinces: Bangkok, Chachoengsao, Nakhon Pathom, Kamphaeng Phet, Prachinburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Samut Prakan, Saraburi, Phetchabun, Suphanburi, Krabi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Phuket and Pathum Thani. This group of patients consisted of fishermen, fishermen, deliverers of seafood, personal entrepreneurs, housewives.
- 6 cases It has not yet been confirmed that it is linked to the shrimp market. But having a history of migrant workers with diseases OR being a person who has touched an infected person The disease is investigating these 6 cases in 4 provinces: Bangkok, Tak, Nonthaburi and Khon Kaen.
- 2 cases Being Thai and Chinese has not yet confirmed the link to the shrimp market. But he has a history of going to the department store flea market
- 7 cases Be a person traveling from abroad and staying in a state quarantine facility
Mutants have not been found.
Dr. Supakit Sirilak, Director General of the Department of Medical Sciences He said that the officer deciphered and analyzed the new coronavirus that was detected in patients from the shrimp market case in Samut Sakhon province, it was found to be the GH strain, a strain found among Thai employees traveling to work in entertainment venues. in the recent province of Tachilek in Myanmar
Dr. Supakit explained that the origin of this virus comes from India. This is different from the first outbreak in Thailand around March and is a different species from Indonesia.
The director general of the Department of Medical Sciences added that analysis of the epidemic virus in the province of Samut Sakhon has not found a mutation in the gene N501Y, the strain that is currently causing the pandemic in England.
CRC prepares to classify risk areas andoutsideNew year measures
General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense In an interview with the press at the Government House today (December 23) that at the NCC meeting tomorrow, the measures to control the illness in the next phase, including the New Year. It is expected that at the national level it will be classified according to the severity of the outbreak and the risk. It is a green, orange and red area to have concrete measures of how to do it.
“I would like to remind everyone that we can suffer and sacrifice. Because if we cannot solve this problem during this time, it is the next problem,” said the prime minister.
Gen Prayut also expressed concern about the problem of organizing foreign workers. What is the source of a new outbreak from this time? Especially the workers who smuggle into the city.
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The Prime Minister said that the smuggling movement should be eliminated as far as possible.
“The only concern Now there are some factories or factories that use illegal labor. Taken to release in other areas or quit work. This morning I ordered the SSC to propose measures to do this. By instructing the Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Work and related agencies to consider As when we registered workers in the past, there was a temporary registration method before the pink card It is working here Because if we carry out too many intensive actions, this labor is released elsewhere. In this Right now, we are looking for measures, ”said Gen Prayut.
