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Prayut seeks tighter migrant clampdown

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shows off the result of his negative Covid-19 test after holding a video conference with state officials in Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of the recent wave of Covid-19 infections. Government House photo

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered officials in Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of the new wave of Covid-19 cases in the country, to check for employers who might be secretly hiring illegal migrant workers after infections among that group failed to decline as expected.

The PM yesterday held a video conference at Government House with Samut Sakhon’s deputy governor Surasak Pholyangsong and other authorities to acknowledge the province’s progress in implementing key virus-fighting measures. These included active case detection, screenings, closures of at-risk…

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