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Three new Covid cases linked to Tachilek workers

Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, director of the Communicable Diseases Division, gives details of the latest infections linked to Thai people working in Tachilek border town in Myanmar. (From Disease Control Department Facebook page)

Three new confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported on Friday morning – two Thais infected in Myanmar who sneaked back across the border, and a woman who travelled on a plane to Bangkok.

The 51-year-old woman was from Sing Buri province, said Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, of the Disease Control Department. She flew from the northernmost province of Chiang Rai to Bangkok on the same flight as two confirmed cases who had returned from working in Tachilek without passing through immigration or quarantine.

He said health officials were questioning the woman to find out where she most likely…

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