Officials clean the shrimp market in Samut Sakhon on Friday. The market was ordered closed for three days after a 67-year-old stall owner was found infected with Covid-19. (Photo: Samut Sakhon PR office Facebook page)
Three close relatives of a Covid-19 infected shrimp wholesaler at a market in Samut Sakhon have also tested positive for the virus.
The shrimp market, meanwhile, has been closed for thorough cleansing.
The 67-year-old vendor’s 95-year-old bed-ridden mother, her elder sister, aged 73, and her sister-in-law, 57, were found to be also infected, Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, director general of the Communicable Diseases Division, said on Friday.
The woman owns a stall at the Talad Klang Kung, or Central Shrimp Market, in Samut Sakhon and fell ill on Dec 13, with muscle pains and loss of…
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