CHANTHABURI: Operators of the fruit export sector are being told to implement strict Covid-19 protocols after a shipment to China was banned from entering the country for three days due to the discovery of traces of the coronavirus on the surface of durian packages.
Governor Suthee Thongyaem has issued an order requiring operators in the fruit trade to comply with disease control measures, including the need to test workers for Covid-19.
The move comes after a Thai shipment of the fruit at China’s Mohan checkpoint was found to be contaminated, resulting in a ban from Tuesday to yesterday. It was not clear what kind of testing revealing the contamination was carried out. The virus was detected on trucks and the surface of packages.
According to the governor’s order, local authorities must conduct random Covid-19 tests of workers on the premises of fruit trading…
