Thai seafood market coronavirus infections top 1,000 | Malay Mail

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BANGKOK, Dec 22 — A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand surpassed 1,000 cases today, as authorities weighed whether to introduce a wider lockdown. Thailand has been on tenterhooks since Thursday following the positive virus test of a 67-year-old prawn seller from...

A migrant worker has her temperature checked as she queues to talk with the public health authorities for a Covid-19 investigation at a fresh market in Bangkok, Thailand December 22, 2020. — Reuters pic

As of early this morning, there were 1,063 confirmed positive cases out of 6,156 tested — a major outbreak for a country which previously had 4,300 infections. “They want people who have been infected to be separated from everyone else. It’s a very crowded area,” Suthasinee told AFP.

 

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