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Army camp opened to local residents to allay Covid fears

Soldiers clean up the boxing arena at Camp Burachat in Muang district of Ratchaburi, during a visit by local residents to confirm it is not being prepared as a field hospital for Covid-19 patients from Samut Sakhon. (Photo: Saichol Srinuamchan)

RATCHABURI: A boxing arena in an army camp in Muang district was opened to local residents’ inspection on Wednesday, to allay their fears it was being converted into a field hospital for Covid-19 patients from Samut Sakhon.

On Tuesday afternoon, worried residents from tambons Ko Phlap Phla, Chedi Hak and Hin Kong in Muang district gathered at Camp Burachat, the headquarters of an army engineering regiment.

They were responding to a comment by Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha during a TV interview that field hospitals, with a total of 1,000 beds,…

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