CHACHOENGSAO: The chairman of the Chachoengsao provincial administration organisation (PAO) has revealed he is infected with the coronavirus, sending shockwaves through the local community because of the large number of social activities he has attended.

Kitti Paopiamsap posted on his Facebook page Sunday saying that he was infected with Covid-19.

He believed he contracted the virus while at Lumpini Boxing Stadium on March 6. Actor and singer Mathew Deane Chanthavanij also revealed on social media on March 13 that he contracted the virus while at the boxing stadium the same day.

The chief of the Army Welfare department is also infected with Covid-19. He also regularly attends Lumpini boxing stadium. 

Mr Kitti said he was concerned about the many people he had been in close contact with at various social functions from March 6-15. He asked them to go in self-observation and strictly comply with advice from the Public Health Ministry.

Functions he attended included a merit-making ceremony at a cockfighting ring and an activity at a hospital on March 6. On March 7, Mr Kitti went to five wedding ceremonies, two temple fairs and a funeral. On March 8, he took part in the International Women's Day celebration, attended a fair and a funeral. On March 9, he visited an elderly people's group and attended a funeral. Mr Kitti attended two ordination ceremonies and a function of a women's group on March 10. He was at a funeral on March 11. On March 12, he met with representatives of the elderly from all districts, had a meeting with Muslim people and attended a funeral. He was also at a funeral on March 13. On March 14, Mr Kitti went to a wedding and an ordination ceremony.

He had met hundreds of people, some of them very closely, at these functions.