Thursday: 5 new Covid-19 cases

Officials educate students at Bang Sao Thong School in Samut Prakan province about Covid-19 and how to protect themselves on Thursday morning. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
Officials educate students at Bang Sao Thong School in Samut Prakan province about Covid-19 and how to protect themselves on Thursday morning. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)

Five new cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Thursday, all quarantined arrivals from Germany, Sweden, Iran, Kenya and Switzerland, raising the total to 3,852.

Of the new patients, four were Thais and the other was a German national, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

The German retiree, 70, arrived on Starurday.

The case from Sweden was a 30-year-old Thai student who arrived on Nov 3.


The case from Iran was a 45-year-old Thai welder. He arrived on las Thursday and was asymptomatic.

The case from Kenya was a Thai trader, 58, who arrived last Friday.

The case from Switzerland was a 65-year-old Thai woman who arrived on Saturday. 

Of the 3,852 cases to date, 3,693, or 95.9%, have recovered, including eight discharged from hospitals over the past 24 hours, while 99 remain in hospitals. The death toll remains at 60.

Vocabulary

  • asymptomatic (adj): (of a person or illness) having no symptoms, i.e., not signs of a disease or medical condition - ไร้อาการ
  • discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
  • national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
  • retiree: a person who has stopped working because of their age - ผู้ที่หยุดทำงานแล้ว, ผู้ที่เกษียณแล้ว
  • trader: someone who buys and sells things - ผู้ค้า
  • welder: a worker who cuts and joins metal using electricity (arc welding) or gas (acetylene welding) - ช่างเชื่อม, ช่างเชื่อมต่อ, ช่างเชื่อมโลหะ
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