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Myanmar migrants leave field hospital

Migrant workers get sprayed with disinfectant as they leave the Covid-19 field hospital at Samut Sakhon’s provincial stadium, after completing their quarantine period. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

Almost 300 Myanmar migrants left the field hospital in Samut Sakhon on Sunday, becoming the first large group of migrants to have recovered from Covid-19.

A total of 292 Myanmar migrants were declared free of Covid 19 infection and discharged from the hospital which was set up inside a sports stadium.

They waved goodbye to doctors and healthcare workers before being taken in military trucks to the Central Shrimp Market where they live and work.

The market stopped trading when it became a virus transmission hotspot.

The recovered migrants went home with Covid-free certificates issued by the provincial public…

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