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Police search for missing infected tourist switches to Koh Samui

International passengers await Covid-19 testing upon arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The search for a recent Israeli arrival who left his Bangkok hotel without waiting for his Covid-19 test result, which later returned positive, has shifted to Koh Samui.

He initially headed to Pattaya, but was reported to have later gone south to to the holiday island.

Deputy police spokesman Pol Col Krissana Pattanacharoen said on Wednesday afternoon that police had applied for a court warrant for the man’s arrest.

According to media reports, Tourist Police had notified Bangkok police that the tourist had contacted his embassy and said he would surrender to police on Koh Samui.

Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, spokesman to the Metropolitan Police Bureau said the test result…

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