Thai PM blames migrant workers for Covid-19 outbreak in market

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The majority of the new cases are workers from Myanmar, who toil on shrimping boats and in factories. FMTNews Thailand migrant

A shrimp market is closed and surrounded by barb wire in Samut Sakhon, south of Bangkok on Dec 20.

Contact tracing and mass testing found more than 800 cases so far linked to the site — a major outbreak for a country which previously had just 4,000 confirmed infections. “I have told authorities there must be a system to trace workers,” he said, adding that he was hopeful the situation would improve in a week.The market and its vicinity have been on lockdown since Saturday with the thousands living there barred from leaving.

He added that no information has been provided about who has tested positive, causing fear in the worker community.

 

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