Runaway Israeli tourist tests negative
published : 23 Dec 2021 at 12:45
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Supapong Chaolan
RT-PCR tests on an Israeli tourist who left his quarantine hotel in Bangkok and went to Koh Samui have returned negative for Covid-19.
Two RT-PCR tests had been made on swabs from Ohad Baruch, 29 - at Bangkok Hospital Samui and Koh Samui Hospital - and both tests came back negative.
The visitor was ordered into quarantine at Koh Samui Hospital for 10 days.
Mr Baruch arrived in Bangkok on Dec 17 and left a hotel in Sukhumvit area the next day without waiting for his RT-PCR test result. Police began a search for him after the test in Bangkok returned positive.
He went first to Pattaya and then travelled south to Koh Samui, where he surrendered to police early Wednesday afternoon.
Department of Medical Sciences officials were not satisfied, and ordered Koh Samui Hospital to send his samples for further tests at the department's laboratory.
The results were expected on Thursday afternoon.
Mr Baruch is now wanted on an arrest warrant for failing to follow disease control measures. The offence carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and/or a fine of 40,000 baht.
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Vocabulary
- arrest warrant: a document signed by a judge allowing police to arrest someone - หมายจับ
- laboratory: a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing, etc - ห้องปฏิบัติการ, ห้องทดลอง
- negative (adj): showing no signs of being infected by a particular virus, bacteria, etc. - ทางลบ
- offence: a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment - การกระทำผิดกฎหมายหรือข้อบังคับ
- penalty: a punishment, or the usual punishment, for doing something that is against a law - โทษ
- runaway (noun): a child or very young person who has left their home to live somewhere else, usually without their parents approval or permission; a person who has run away from something - คนหลบหนี
- satisfied: pleased because you have achieved something or because something that you wanted to happen has happened - พอใจ ถูกใจ
- surrender: to give yourself up - ยอมจำนน
- swab (noun): a piece of soft material used by a doctor, nurse, etc. for cleaning wounds or taking a sample from somebody’s body for testing -
