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Pathum Thani market spreading Covid-19

Disease control workers collect nasal swabs for Covid-19 tests at the enclosed Pornpat market in Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani, last Friday. (Photo: Pongpat Wongyala)

A Pathum Thani market was infected with Covid-19 from Samut Sakhon and has spread the disease to other provinces, according to a government spokeswoman.

Apisamai Srirangson, of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Monday that Covid-19 cases linked to Samut Sakhon were first confirmed in Pathum Thani on Dec 22.

The carriers were mobile food vendors who had visited a seafood market in Samut Sakhon.

From Jan 4 to 13, disease control workers tested 3,432 people at Pornpat market in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani, part of outer northern Bangkok, and 45 of them, or 1.31%, tested positive for Covid-19, Dr Apisamai…

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