Covid: Thailand tests thousands after virus outbreak in seafood market

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Tens of thousands will be tested after hundreds of cases linked to Thailand's biggest seafood market.

The outbreak has largely impacted the Myanmar migrant workers who toil in Thailand's seafood industry

It has locked down Samut Sakhon, the coastal province near the capital Bangkok, home to the market which employs mostly migrant workers from neighbouring Myanmar.Thailand was the first country outside China to register cases of Covid-19. But it has recorded a relatively low virus caseload since, with just over 4,000 cases and 60 deaths before this latest outbreak.It started with a 67-year-old Thai female prawn seller testing positive on Thursday.

It added that the woman had no history of leaving the country and authorities were searching for the source of the infection.Along with stepping up testing, Myanmar workers who live around the market have been ordered not to leave their residences, according to AFP news agency. Health officials said most of the cases identified so far have been asymptomatic, reported Reuters news agency.Tens of thousands of people are set to be tested after this outbreak - Thailand's biggest yet

 

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