Monday: 2 new Covid imports
published : 24 Aug 2020 at 11:44
updated: 24 Aug 2020 at 13:01
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The government on Monday reported two new cases of the novel coronavirus, a Qatari and a Thai who returned from India.
The Centre for Covid Situation Administration said the first case was a Thai student, 35, who returned from India on Aug 6 and was quarantined in Bangkok. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 after his third test on Friday.
The other case was a man from Qatar, 71, who arrived in Thailand on Saturday. He was quarantined in a hospital in Bangkok and tested positive the same day.
Neither patient showed symptoms of Covid-19.
The centre said doctors were keeping an eye on the the Qatari’s two sons, who accompanied him to Bangkok, although both initially tested negative for the virus.
The new infections took the total to 3,397, with no new deaths.
Vocabulary
- diagnosed (verb): having found out what physical or mental problem someone has by examining them - วินิจฉัยโรค, พบสาเหตุ
- initially: at first - ในเบื้องต้น
- keeping an eye on: looking for something -
- 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
- test positive: to show in a medical test that a particular virus, bacteria, disease is present in the body - ตรวจพบว่าติดเชื้อ
- Keywords
- novel coronavirus
