Thursday: 2 more returnees infected

published : 3 Sep 2020 at 12:40

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters

Army engineers at a send-off parade before leaving to join a United Nations peace-keeping mission in South Sudan, in Ratchaburi province on Wednesday - when Thailand logged two more Covid-19 cases, both returnees from overseas. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

The government on Thursday reported two more cases of coronavirus disease, quarantined Thai returnees from Indonesia and the United States, raising the total to 3,427.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said one of the new cases was a male student, 22, who arrived from Indonesia on Aug 20 on the same flight as two previously confirmed cases.

The other was a woman, aged 23, She arrived from the US on Aug 21 and was quarantined in Bangkok. Her infection was found by her second test on Tuesday.

Neither patient showed any symptoms.

Of 3,427 total cases, 3,277 (95%) had recovered and 92 patients were at hospitals. The death toll had stopped at 58 since June 2.

Vocabulary

confirm (verb): to state or show that something is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence - ยืนยัน
neither: not the one nor the other of two people or things -
patient: someone who is receiving medical treatment - คนป่วย, คนไข้
recover: to become healthy and fit again after an illness or injury - การฟื้นไข้
symptoms (noun): signs that someone has an illness - อาการ

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