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Bangkok irrigation officials infected during visit to Samut Sakhon

A disease control worker sprays a taxi motorcyclist with disinfectant at the shrimp wholesale market in tambon Mahachai of Muang district, Samut Sakhon, on Tuesday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

Two engineers of the Royal Irrigation Department in Bangkok were diagnosed with Covid-19 after visiting a restaurant in Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the latest outbreak of the disease.

Sanya Saengpumpong, acting director-general of the department, said on Tuesday that the two men were among four irrigation officials employed at the department on Samsen Road in Dusit district who visited Krua Chao Phraya restaurant in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Dec 13.

The first to test positive was an engineer of the Medium Scale Water Resources Development Division at the Technical Office Building. He was at…

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