Infected tourist poses a ‘high risk’

Infected tourist poses a ‘high risk’

Dozens in contact with Krabi patient

Health officials are asking 290 people who came into contact with a Covid-19 patient in Krabi to closely monitor their health as 79 of them are considered “high-risk”.

Although most of the man’s relatives have tested negative, his wife’s status is still unknown.

The concern comes amid public health investigations in Krabi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Sukhothai, all centres which the man visited recently.

Walairat Chaifu, chief of the Epidemiology Division at the Department of Disease Control (DDC), said yesterday the 37-year-old man, an Indian national who lives on Koh Phi Phi, had twice tested positive since Nov 4, when he underwent a health check while applying for a work permit.

He is now being kept in isolation in a negative pressure room at…