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Elderly woman who died tests positive as cases rise

People get a Covid-19 jab at a vaccination centre managed by City Hall at the Thai-Japanese Youth Center in Din Daeng district, Bangkok on January 8, 2023. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

A 70-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Bangkok’s Bang Phlat district tested positive for Covid-19, according to rescue workers and police called to the scene.

A special team from the Ruam Katanyu Foundation, a rescue organisation, arrived at the victim’s house in soi Charansanitwong 40 on Friday along with a forensic doctor from Siriraj Hospital and police from Bang Yi Khan police station after the family reported the woman’s death.

An ATK test on the dead woman returned positive. Her body was handed over to a temple to be cremated…

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