Friday: 1 more Covid case
published : 21 Aug 2020 at 13:56
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
One new coronavirus case was reported on Friday, a man who returned from Singapore.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said the 56-year-old Thai arrived from Singapore on Aug 7 and was in quarantine.
The new case took the tally to 3,390.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said although the death toll from the disease had remained at 58 since June 2, there was still a chance there would be more deaths from the virus in Thailand.
"In reality, we cannot keep fatalities at zero forever," he added.
The spokesman confirmed that the CCSA will recommend that cabinet extend the state of emergency for another month after the present period ends on Aug 31.
Vocabulary
- fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
- 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
- state of emergency: a dangerous situation in which the government takes on special powers and the rights of the people are often limited in some way - ภาวะฉุกเฉิน
- tally: a record or count of a number of items - การบันทึกจำนวน
- Keywords
- case
- coronavirus case
- death toll
