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Two Covid deaths, 271 new cases

Staff of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang demonstrate a mobile swab collection unit for Covid-19 testing at the institute in Lat Krabang district, Bangkok, on Thursday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The government on Thursday reported two new deaths related to Covid-19 and 271 new cases of the disease, 259 local infections and 12 imported infections, raising the total to 11,262.

Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said one of the two deaths was a British man, 71, who had diabetes, thyroiditis and lung cancer.

He arrived from London on Dec 7 and was quarantined. On Dec 11 he had a fever, coughing and phlegm and was admitted to a private hospital where he was diagnosed with lung inflammation. His condition gradually deteriorated until his…

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