Tuesday: 5 new Covid cases, no deaths

published : 23 Jun 2020 at 12:08

A man wearing a face mask stands in Saraburi province on Monday. (Reuters photo)

The government reported five new imported coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Tuesday.

It is the 29th consecutive day with no confirmed local transmissions of Covid-19 and taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,156 with 58 deaths since January.

All five new cases were quarantined returnees from the Middle East.

A spokesperson said two new cases returned from Egypt on June 9 and were quarantined in Chon Buri province. They at first tested negative, but were found to have the disease in their second test on Saturday, 11 days after their return.

One of them is a 31-year-old male student who returned from Cairo. The other is a maid aged 22.

Three other new cases returned from Qatar.

One of them is a woman aged 31. Another is a 22-year-old masseur and the other is a crane driver aged 52.

All five new cases were asymptomatic.

Total cases in Thailand rose to 3,156, 3,023 of whom recovered, including one patient in the past 24 hours. Seventy-five patients remained at hospitals.

Vocabulary

asymptomatic (adj): (of a person or illness) having no symptoms, i.e., not signs of a disease or medical condition - ไร้อาการ
consecutive: following one after another in order and with nothing else in between - ที่ต่อเนื่องตามลำดับ
crane: a tall machine used for lifting or moving heavy objects and building tall buildings - ปั้นจั่นยกของหนัก
maid: a female servant in a house or hotel - สาวใช้, หญิงรับใช้
masseur (noun): a person whose job it is to give massages to people - หมอนวด
negative (adj): showing no signs of being infected by a particular virus, bacteria, etc. - ทางลบ
quarantine (verb): to keep a person or animal that might have a disease separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - กักบริเวณ จำกัดบริเวณ
quarantine (noun): a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - การกักบริเวณ, การจำกัดบริเวณ
recover: to become healthy and fit again after an illness or injury - การฟื้นไข้
returnee: someone who is "returning" to some place -

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