Thursday: 3 new returnee Covid cases
published : 13 Aug 2020 at 13:57
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The government on Thursday reported three new cases of coronavirus disease, quarantined returnees from Singapore and India, raising the total to 3,359.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported that the returnee from Singapore was a construction worker aged 53. He arrived on Friday and was quarantined in Chon Buri province. He tested positive on Tuesday but was asymptomatic.
The two other new cases from India are masseuses aged 30. They arrived on Saturday and were quarantined in Bangkok. They tested positive on Tuesday.
One of them had a runny nose and loss of the sense of smell. The other had a cough and muscle pains.
Of the 3,286 people who have arrived from India, 6.4% had Covid-19. The infection rate among the 1,943 people coming from Singapore is 1.9%.
Of the total cases, 3,169 recovered (94%), while 132 patients are in hospitals. The death toll has been unchanged at 58 since June 2.
Vocabulary
- asymptomatic (adj): (of a person or illness) having no symptoms, i.e., not signs of a disease or medical condition - ไร้อาการ
- construction: the work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc. - การก่อสร้าง
- masseuse: a woman whose job is to give people massages - หมอนวดที่เป็นหญิง
- muscle (noun): a piece of body tissue that you contract and relax in order to move a particular part of the body; the tissue that forms the muscles of the body - กล้ามเนื้อ
- patient: someone who is receiving medical treatment - คนป่วย, คนไข้
- returnee: someone who is "returning" to some place -
- runny nose: when liquid flows from the nose - มีน้ำมูก
- test positive: to show in a medical test that a particular virus, bacteria, disease or drug is present in the body - ตรวจพบว่าติดเชื้อ
- Keywords
- cases
- tested positive
- arrived
- quarantined
