- Thailand plans to test more than 10,000 people after a record daily surge in coronavirus cases to more than 500, most of which were among migrant workers linked to a shrimp market near the capital, an official said on Sunday (Dec 20).
- By Wednesday the authorities aim to conduct 10,300 tests in the southwest province of Samut Sakhon, where the outbreak appeared, and such nearby provinces as Samut Songkhram and Nakhon Pathom, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for Thailand’s COVID-19 taskforce, told a news conference.
- “Active case findings will continue in several provinces, actually across the country,” he said.
- Thailand, the first country outside China to report coronavirus infections, has largely kept the outbreak under control with 4,907 cases and 60 deaths.
- Other Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, have also reported thousands of cases among migrant workers.
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