Health officials around Thailand today are preparing for an influx of workers returning home from the capital.
Starting today, local health offices in all locales are under orders to track Thais returning home from Bangkok, many of whom began streaming home after most of the capital’s businesses were ordered closed yesterday.
With the closure of malls, bars, massage parlors and more, the service sector was hit particularly hard, and much of its workforce is drawn from the outlying provinces. Though warnings were issued discouraging people from traveling, many have made the journey home, filling bus stations and other transit points.
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While the coronavirus outbreak had been concentrated in Bangkok, it has now been detected in more than two dozen provinces in all regions of the kingdom.
The Disease Control Department yesterday ordered local health officials, starting today, to track all people returning home in a database. In a written order distributed nationwide and signed by department Director-General Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, they were also asked to enlist volunteers to monitor those who might be ill.
Thailand’s tally of new coronavirus reports hit another high today with 188 cases announced.
Since it became the first nation outside of China to detect the virus, officials have now announced 599 infections. Nearly nine in 10 of those have been announced in the past week. Prior to one week ago, the public was told only 82 people had become ill, with one fatality.
ที่หมอชิต มีแรงงานจากประเทศลาวหลายร้อยคนหลั่งไหลกลับบ้านให้ทันด่านปิดเย็นนี้ เหตุผลเพราะ ไม่มีงาน เนื่องจากได้รับผลกระทบจากมาตรการคุมเข้มปิดสถานบริการใน กทม. #โควิด19 #ThaiPBS #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Y0U2tEodxI
— ThaiPBS (@ThaiPBS) March 22, 2020
พบยังมีประชาชน เดินทาวออกจากกทม.กลับต่างจังหวัด
ภาพวงจรปิด จากหมอชิต2 เมื่อ 11.22 น. #Covid_19 #โควิด19 pic.twitter.com/n0SRWnhIli— ittipat pinrarod (@ittipatNationTV) March 22, 2020
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