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Eight more Covid-19 infections in Chiang Rai

A man seeks a Covid-19 test at a royally sponsored mobile testing unit in Chiang Rai province on Saturday. (Photo: Supplied)

CHIANG RAI: Eight new Covid-19 infections were found in this northern border province on Tuesday, all coming from Myanmar’s Tachilek town opposite Mae Sai district, governor Prachon Pratsakul said.

This raised the total number of recent cases to 34. 

Of the total, 23 had worked at the 1G1-7Hotel, two at the Hollywood nightclub, one at another hotel, and seven from another entertainment spot in Tachilek. Another case also was from Tachilek, and had previously been thought to be a local infection, the governor said.

Dr Tossapol Boonthong, chief of the Chiang Rai public health office, said the 27th case was a 22-year-old woman who illegally crossed back from Tachilek to Chiang Rai on…

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