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Thai Authorities Check Fish Markets After Covid-19 Explosion

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Authorities checked a fish market in Ranong, southern Thailand, today after an explosion of Covid-19 cases in Thailand.

The market is one of those connected to the seafood market in Samut Sakhon province on the outskirts of Bangkok, where at least 821 workers have positive for the virus in recent days. Around 90 per cent of them were asymptomatic.

Shocking footage taken from the market this morning shows how army chiefs have put up a ring of razor wire around the sprawling market, which includes dormitories for the immigrant workers.

They are banned from leaving the compound and locals have had to deliver supplies of fresh food and water to them. There are believe to be more than 1,000 workers trapped inside the market area, which includes hundreds of shabby homes.

It came as several people in neighbouring areas tested positive following recent trips to the market, sparking fears of a second wave erupting in the country, which has largely kept the pandemic under control.

Deputy governor of the province, Surasak Polyangsong, said the first case was found last Thursday and since then, more than 2,000 people have been tested.

He said that an estimated 10,000 tests on people living and working in and around the market would be carried out using mobile labs this week.

Schools near Samut Sakhon have been ordered to shut while commuters between cities were advised to work from home. New Year events in the capital Bangkok have also been cancelled.

Thailand - which closed its borders in March and has enforced mask wearing - has so far recorded 4,907 cases of coronavirus and 60 deaths.

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