Wednesday: 25 new Covid cases

A masked commuter cleans his hands with alcohol gel at Chatuchak subway station in Bangkok on Monday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
A masked commuter cleans his hands with alcohol gel at Chatuchak subway station in Bangkok on Monday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

The government reported 25 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, quarantined arrivals from nine countries, including seven from Myanmar and six from Switzerland, raising the total to 4,151.


The cases from Myanmar are seven Thai women, aged 25-35, who worked at entertainment places in Tachilek border town. They returned last Friday and tested positive on day 2 after their arrival.

The six cases from Switzerland are five Thai women and a Swiss man.

Three cases are tourists arriving from South Korea, two cases are from Kuwait, two from Turkey and two from the US.

One case came from Russia and one from Sweden.

Of the total 4,151 cases to date in the country, 3,880 (93%) had recovered, including six discharged over the past 24 hours, and 211 were in hospitals, the CCSA said. The death toll was unchanged at 60.

Vocabulary

  • border: the official line separating two areas, regions or countries - เขตแดน อาณาเขต
  • case: a particular situation or a situation of a particular type - กรณี, เหตุการณ์, สถานการณ์
  • discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
  • test positive: to show in a medical test that a particular virus, bacteria, disease or drug is present in the body - ตรวจพบว่าติดเชื้อ
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