142,000 children infected with Covid since January - 369 are orphans. Suphatcha Sutthiphol of the Department of Children and Youth said that CCSA data showed that 142,870 Thai children had contracted Covid-19 in the period from January 1st to 4th September 2021. Of these 31,111 were in Bangkok and the rest in the provinces. ASEAN NOW

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Suphatcha Sutthiphol of the Department of Children and Youth said that CCSA data showed that 142,870 Thai children had contracted Covid-19 in the period from January 1st to 4th September 2021. 

 

Of these 31,111 were in Bangkok and the rest in the provinces.

 

Of the total 369 were infected orphans with the most of these being in Pattani, Yala and naratiwas in the south and Ayutthaya and Kalasin also in the top five.

 

Also in the news were comments from others involved in children's education that online learning has been a year wasted in the lives of Thai children. 

 

Calls are being made to get schools opened as quickly as possible so children can resume classes and resume social contact with other children.

 

It is felt that it is not just their learning that has suffered in various lockdowns over the last two years but their social development also. 

 

Those involved with children want to see all teachers vaccinated, moves to vaccinate children of secondary school age initiated and ATK testing kits used so that safe environments can be created to open schools in Thailand.