Wednesday: 15 new Covid cases

published : 16 Dec 2020 at 15:34

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters

A worker puts a mask on the statue of a guardian demon in the passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday, part of the campaign to get people to wear masks to contain the spread of Covid-19. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Fifteen new cases of novel coronavirus infection were reported on Wednesday, quarantined arrivals from 10 countries, raising the total to 4,261.

Three were from Myanmar, two each from India, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, and one each from Bahrain, Brazil, France, Hong Kong, Hungary and the United States.

One of the UAE cases was a Thai flight attendant.

The three cases from Myanmar are Thai women aged 24, 33 and 34 who worked at entertainment venues there.

All were now in quarantine.

Of the total 4,261 cases, 3,977 (93%) had recovered, including 28 discharged over the past 24 hours, and 224 were in hospital. The death toll was unchanged at 60.

Vocabulary

discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
flight attendant (noun): someone who serves passengers on an aircraft - พนักงานต้อนรับบนเครื่องบิน
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

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