Nineteen of the latest 115 cases of locally transmitted coronavirus occurred in Bangkok, health officials announced today, while the governor of the province where the outbreak emerged tested positive for the disease it causes.
Seventeen Thais and two migrant Laos workers tested positive in the capital, 10 of which were linked to the same seafood market southwest in Samut Sakhon province where the outbreak emerged 10 days ago, COVID-19 task force spokesman Taweesilp Wisanuyothin announced. The other nine were still being investigated and further details would be announced, he said.
Taweesilp used his daily briefing to warn that darker days could be ahead.
“Even a high-ranking official got infected in … the highest-controlled area,” Taweesilp said. “All provinces should strengthen measures as health officials suggest. If not, the curve of infections could…
