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Diplomat among 4 new infections

Thai classical dancers perform at the Erawan shrine at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Monday, when four new Covid-19 cases were confirmed. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Four new cases of novel coronavirus disease were reported on Tuesday – three quarantined arrivals and a diplomat who was infected locally – raising the total to 3,844.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said the locally infected patient was a Hungarian diplomat aged 53 who had been in close contact with a confirmed case on Nov 3.

The man lived in Bangkok and tested positive on Monday, but remained asymptomatic. He was receiving treatment at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province.

The CCSA gave no further details about the source of the diplomat’s infection, but the Hungarian…

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