SAMUT SAKHON: A 45-year-old nurse died from Covid-19 on Sunday, less than a week after getting her first shot of Sinovac vaccine.
The death of Uraiwan Chantharaplin was announced by the Samutsakhon Hospital where she worked.
Assigned to the men’s ward, the nurse came down with fever, a cough and a sore throat on July 25. She was immediately tested with the result given the next day confirming she had contracted Covid-19, Dr Anukul Thaithanan, the hospital director, said on Monday.
On July 27, she was admitted to the Samutsakhon Hospital after taking care of her mother and niece who were both infected and were being treated in the same hospital.
Uraiwan was put on respirator before being placed in the intensive care unit. On July 30, she was referred to Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok where she died two days later.
Dr Anukul said Uraiwan died less than a week after…
