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ONLINE REPORTERS

Covid found in 397 more migrant workers

Health officials take nasal swabs to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon. (Photo: AFP)

The government on Tuesday reported 427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including 397 migrant workers, raising the total since the start of the pandemic to 5,716.

At least 16 of the new transmissions of the virus occurred in Thailand.

The virus was also detected in 14 people who recently arrived from other countries.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said the infected workers were detected during testing after the Samut Sakhon outbreak.

Sixteen locally infected people were linked to the shrimp wholesale market in Samut Sakhon province.

They included five in Bangkok.

Other locally infected cases were three vendors in Saraburi, two in Pathum Thani, two from Samut Prakan, a female employee, in Chachoengsao, a female in Nakhon Pathom, one female vendor from Phetchaburi and one from Uttaradit.

About 1,000 seafood vendors from 22 provinces were frequent buyers at the shrimp wholesale market in Samut Sakhon and local health officials were alerted to test them and people in close contact.

The 22 provinces are Chiang Mai, Phetchabun, Nakhon Ratchasima, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Songkhram, Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Kan, Chumphon, Saraburi, Pathum Thanni, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Songkhla, Samut Prakan, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong.

Of the 397 infected migrant workers, about 90% were asymptomatic. They were among 2,015 tested people at the shrimp wholesale market in Samut Sakhon and 44% of all the tested people turned out positive, the CCSA said.

The 14 newly confirmed cases among quarantined arrivals consisted of four from Pakistan, three from the United States, two from Sudan and one each from Bahrain, Switzerland, Germany, France and Kuwait.

Of the total 5,716 local cases, 4,078 (71.3%) had recovered, including 25 discharged over the past 24 hours, and 1,578 were being treated. The death toll was unchanged at 60.

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