Covid surge detected through testing of migrant workers but most are asymptomatic
A medical worker takes a test swab from a migrant worker at a seafood market in Mahachai district of Samut Sakhon on Saturday. (Reuters Photo)
Samut Sakhon has been put under lockdown with a curfew from 10pm to 5am in effect until Jan 3 following a surge of more than 500 Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
People’s movements out of the province are also banned.
Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said the 12 local infections initially reported earlier in the day had surged to 548 following the testing of 1,192 people in the province. Most of them are migrant workers from Myanmar.
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