Prayut self-isolates after Covid exposure in Phuket
published : 5 Jul 2021 at 18:49
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Bangkok Post and Bloomberg
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will isolate at home for a week after he came into close contact with a person who later tested positive for coronavirus during the reopening of Phuket to vaccinated foreign tourists.
The PM, who has received two AstraZeneca vaccine doses, will continue his work as usual, a government spokesman said on Monday.
“The prime minister has not tested positive for the virus so far, and will continue to conduct tests,” they said.
The PM’s self-isolation came after Veerasak Pisanuwong, the Surin Chamber of Commerce chairman, confirmed he had tested positive for the virus after attending the Phuket reopening ceremony with Prayut on July 1.
Prayut and several of his cabinet were in Phuket to welcome the first batch of vaccinated foreign tourists, who will not be required to quarantine.
Thailand’s most-famous holiday destination has received 1,893 tourists since July 1, according to official data.
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- batch: a group of things considered similar in type - พวก, ชุด, กลุ่ม
- cabinet: the group of government ministers who make and approve government policy - คณะรัฐมนตรี
- dose: an amount of drug that has been measured so that you can take it - ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง
- exposure: the state of being put into a situation in which something harmful or dangerous might affect you - การให้ถูกแสง
- isolate: to separate from other people - แยกจากกัน
- isolation: the state of being separated form other people -
- self-: does it to them self, not others -
- test positive: to show in a medical test that a particular virus, bacteria, disease is present in the body - ตรวจพบว่าติดเชื้อ
