BANGKOK: After managing against the odds to keep the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) largely in check for most of the year, Thailand has suddenly found itself challenged by an expanding outbreak among migrant workers on the doorstep of Bangkok, the capital.
SURPRISE ATTACK A vendor wearing a face covering to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus sells fish from a pushcart outside a produce market in central Bangkok on Dec. 23, 2020. Thailand has kept the coronavirus largely in check for most of the year, but is facing a challenge from a large outbreak of the virus among migrant workers linked to a major seafood market close to the Thai capital. AP PHOTO
The surge of cases in Samut Sakhon province threatens to undo months of efforts to contain the virus and hasten recovery of Thailand’s ailing economy.
Seeking to slow the spread of the virus by isolating infected…
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