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Bangkok to open more community isolation centres amid Covid surge

A community isolation facility was opened at Ram Intra sporting centre as Covid-19 cases surged, driven by the Omicron variant, on Jan 10. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

More community isolation facilities will be opened throughout Bangkok to handle the rising number of Covid-19 infections in the capital, City Hall announced on Wednesday.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said all 50 district offices had been directed to set up additional community isolation centres. 

Community isolation centres all districts already ease the caseload of infected patients at hospitals. People who test positive for the coronavirus but do not have serious symptoms are treated at the centres.

The exact number of these centres already operating is not known. 

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