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Pattaya adds beds to cope with rising Covid caseload

Pattaya adds beds to cope with rising Covid caseload

Chon Buri passes Bangkok as province with most new daily infections

A popular beachside walk in Pattaya is quiet as new Covid-19 infections spread in the resort city and neighbouring Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri. (Photo: Chaiyot Phupattanapong)

PATTAYA: Pattaya has created 700 more “hospitel” beds as the resort city and adjacent Bang Lamung district account for more than half of all the new coronavirus infections in Chon Buri.

Deputy mayor Manote Nongyai said on Friday 300 beds at hotels registered to quarantine infected people had been fully occupied and 700 more had been added.

The city has also coordinated with Bang Lamung Hospital which set aside 2,000 beds for quarantine, he added.

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