Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, the digital economy and society minister, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, putting other Palang Pracharath Party MPs at risk of being infected.
Chaiwut: Caughtvirus during trip
Mr Chaiwut said yesterday that after feeling unwell he took an RT-PCR test and the result was positive for Covid-19. What variant he caught was unknown.
The minister sought treatment at a hospital where he complained of a fever and a headache. Doctors found that the infection had not reached his lungs.
Mr Chaiwut believed he caught the virus while in Chiang Mai on Jan 20.
He said he would take part in a cabinet video conference yesterday, but would not be able to join PPRP leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon in an evening campaign walk in the Laksi area ahead of the Jan 30 by-election in Bangkok’s Constituency 9.
Government chief whip Nirote Sunthornlekha, a PPRP MP for…
