The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has sealed off a camp for Italian-Thai Development construction workers in Laksi district, after more than 1,000 tested positive for COVID-19, with 36 of 80 samples analyzed showing the highly contagious variant first found in India. The strain has spread rapidly in India and been designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Bangkok communicable disease control committee enforced community isolation at the facility for 28 days, in a bid to contain the outbreak, due to the infections of 1,107 out of 1,667 workers, or about 66% of the camp.
The infected workers will receive food supplies and medical treatment, while those who are symptomatic will be sent to hospitals. Health workers and investigators have been deployed to track down anyone who came into contact with the infected. Vaccines will also be administered to people in nearby communities from Tuesday. (NNT)
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