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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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ONLINE REPORTERS

Friday: 6 new Covid-19 cases from abroad

Local travellers queue, with careful spacing, to check-in for domestic flights at Suvarnabhumi airport last week. (Photo: Dusida Worrachaddejchai)

The government on Friday reported six new cases of coronavirus disease, all quarantined arrivals from Myanmar, Nepal, Norway and the United States, raising the total to 3,628.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said two of the cases are foreigners.

The two cases from Myanmar are a Thai man, 43, and woman, 47, both company employees.

They arrived on Monday, were quarantined in Tak province and tested positive for Covid-17 upon arrival. They were asymptomatic.


The two cases from the US are both Thai, a woman student, 21, and man, 23. They arrived last Saturday and were quarantined in Bangkok. Their first tests, on day 4 after their arrival, were positive.

A Nepalese student, a woman aged 23, who arrived on Sept 24 and tested positive in her second test on day 13. She had no symptoms.

The case from Norway is a Lithuanian man, 29, who arrived last Saturday and was quarantined in Bangkok. His infection was confirmed by the first test on day 3 while being asymptomatic.

Of the total 3,628 cases, 3,441 (94.85%) have recovered, including two discharged in Thursday, and 128 patients remain in hospitals. The death toll is unchanged at 59.

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