The area where passengers wait for a boarding call at Mae Fah Luang airport in Chiang Rai could be where a passenger caught Covid-19. (Photo: Airports of Thailand)
A woman from Sing Buri had probaby caught novel coronavirus disease from two Thai women returning from Tachilek township while they were waiting for a flight at Chiang Rai airport, a senior public health official said on Monday.
Sophon Iamsirithaworn, director of the Communicable Diseases Division, said the 51-year-old woman from Sing Buri was probably infected with Covid-19 by the returnees at Mae Fah Luang airport, not while on the plane.
The three flew from Chiang Rai to Don Mueang airport on Nok Air flight DD8717 on Nov 28. Dr Sophon rejected a theory that the virus was spread in the aircraft. All passengers wore face masks and the woman…
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