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Samut Sakhon Covid cases to keep rising

Samut Sakhon Covid cases to keep rising

Situation ‘back to normal’ within 4 weeks

A Myanmar worker waits for a nasal swab test for the coronavirus in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Sunday. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

New cases of Covid-19 originating at a fresh seafood market in Samut Sakhon are rising as authorities conduct more tests on migrant workers from Myanmar.

Deputy provincial governor Surasak Polyangsong said on Sunday 146 more workers from the neighbouring country tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday, raising the province’s tally to 694.

The figure was considerably higher than the 516 infections in Myanmar workers reported hours earlier by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

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