A bus driver who recently died from Covid-19 contracted it after partying with a friend who had the virus, according to the Department of Disease Control (CDC).
Anupong Sujariyakul, from the CDC, said its investigation team noted the driver developed a fever on March 26 after partying with nine friends, one of whom was a friend of a waitress who contracted the virus after serving drinks in a pub last month.
The female driver, along with seven others, were infected with the novel coronavirus.
The CDC said she had a high temperature and had diarrhoea on April 2 and went to Phra Pinklao Hospital to be tested, before she was sent home.
It said her result was positive for Covid-19 the following day and she was told to immediately return to the hospital.
The driver, 52, who drove on Route 140, died on Sunday night. She had been battling high blood pressure and heart disease.
She drove her bus from Victory Monument to Samae Dam despite her fever between March 26 and April 2.
Mr Anupong said her nine colleagues at work, including other bus drivers and collectors, tested negative for the virus.
She was only tested after learning her friends at the party were infected by the disease.
"The passengers on her bus had a very low chance of infection," Mr Anupong said. "If any passenger […] is worried, he or she can go get tested for Covid-19."
