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Bang Khae virus outbreak reaches 4 provinces

Vendors find few shoppers at Bang Khae Market after the new coronavirus surge was found in the area. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

Health officials in four provinces have been ordered to monitor people linked with the new coronavirus hotspot at Bang Khae Market.

Disease Control Department director-general Opas Karnkawinpong said on Sunday health personnel in Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom, Phetchaburi and Samut Sakhon were assigned to closely follow up the cases after the department had sent the names and personal details to them.

Mass testing at the market has found 85 infections so far, including five people from Suphan Buri, three from Nakhon Pathom, six from Phetchaburi and one from Samut Sakhon, department figures showed.

The patients comprised 46 Thai nationals, most of them vendors, and 39 Myanmar…

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