Ten people infected with COVID-19 have been found in metropolitan Bangkok in the past 24 hours among 427 new cases announced by health officials this morning.
At least three Siam Square venues have been shut after one ill woman was traced to them, while the vast majority of today’s new cases were migrant workers at ground zero of the outbreak in Samut Sakhon province, southwest of Bangkok. Tests found 397 more workers infected with the virus, making for a total of 1,248 found so far.
This morning, the Siam Square One shopping mall announced that three businesses – dessert shop Cheevit Cheeva, cosmetics retailer Eveandboy and restaurant Krua Dok Mai Khao (White Flower) – were shut down after health officials traced an infected woman to the area. The woman’s seafood restaurant, Somsak Pu-Ob 2 by BTS Krung Thon Buri, was also closed for two weeks.
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