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Friday, March 29, 2024

Can we keep Covid in check?

I have always been proud of my hometown, Samut Songkhram. The smallest province in Thailand, known by some as “Maeklong”, it is just 64 kilometres from the centre of Bangkok, with Samut Sakhon sitting between my province and the capital.

Before the Amphawa Floating Market and its famous fireflies became a tourist craze, followed by the Rom Hoop railway market, the economy of my little province was relatively closed. Given that the fishery is a backbone of the local economy, Samut Songkhram is no stranger to migrant workers who work on fishing boats, in fish markets and related businesses, similar to our neighbour.

So when I first heard about the new Covid-19 outbreak in Samut Sakhon, clustered around the central shrimp market and migrant workers’ dorms, I told myself that Samut Songkhram was unlikely to avoid a similar fate. Luckily, the situation in my province…

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