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Field hospital for canning-plant sick

Work to be done: A man pulls a heavily loaded cart through Bangkok’s Sampheng market near Yaowarat (Chinatown) in Samphanthawong district. The market, famous for wholesale goods like toys and souvenirs, is still open amid the latest Covid-19 outbreak as people switch to delivery services. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

A field hospital is being set up at a canned pineapple factory in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district after Covid-19 infections linked to the cluster rose to 112 yesterday.

Deputy provincial governor Prompiriya Kijnuson yesterday said that 257 factory workers considered at risk of contracting the virus were tested and 112 were positive.

Mr Prompiriya said provincial authorities have agreed to set up a field hospital with 250 beds in the compound of the factory to treat patients who show…

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