🔴 #COVID19 update on Saturday: ⬆️ 2,766 new cases ⬆️ 30 deaths. Richard Barrow

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN Governor Sathien Charoenruen held an urgent press conference this evening (Dec. 24) to disclose that three British tourists who have been in Thailand for three to four weeks tested positive for Omicron variant of coronavirus upon undergoing a repeat test to return home, Sanook.com said. Thai Newsroom

3 British tourists test positive for Omicron in Hua Hin

December 24, 2021 TNR Staff

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN Governor Sathien Charoenruen held an urgent press conference this evening (Dec. 24) to disclose that three British tourists who have been in Thailand for three to four weeks tested positive for Omicron variant of coronavirus upon undergoing a repeat test to return home, Sanook.com said.

Dr. Wara Selawattanakul, Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Public Health Doctor, said the test result of the fourth British tourist is pending while the three others confirmed to be infected with Omicron are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in this seaside town.

Those planning to travel overseas from Hua Hin were urged to delay their journeys while the private sector organising New Year's Eve festivities were urged to strictly follow Covid Free Setting guidelines.

These tourists came separately with a couple, a 51-year-old British woman and her 52-year-old husband, having landed at Phuket International Airport and stayed at a hotel there as part of the Sandbox scheme during Nov. 26-Dec.3. Later on Dec. 6 they flew to Bangkok landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport and then took a taxi to a hotel in Cha-am district.

The second group consists of a 53-year-old man, a 75-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman. They arrived at Phuket International Airport on Dec.3 then flew to Suvarnabhumi Airport on Dec.11 after which they travelled by a taxi to a luxury hotel in Hua Hin. They met up with the couple who came earlier at 8 p.m. that same evening.

They had all stayed at  SHA+ ( Safety and Health Administration) standard hotels and visited shopping malls, spent time on the beach, shopped at markets, dined at around five restaurants and visited other attractions at this seaside town as well as travelled on public transport.

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with no new deaths, December 24th. Pattaya News

Chonburi announces 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and no new deaths

Friday, 24 December 2021, 13:49

PHOTO: Covid-19 Center

Highlights:

• 175 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today

• 125 people recovered and were released from medical care

• No new deaths

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 175 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with no new deaths, December 24th.

This makes a total of 111,497 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 1,902 people still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 787 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April.

Additionally, 125 people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 108,808 people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave of Covid-19 began.

Two people were listed as being in serious condition in Chonburi currently, either on a ventilator or pneumonia, both of them were vaccinated.

In total, 1,902,029 people in Pattaya and Chonburi have received their first dose of a Covid -19 vaccine which is 81.66 percent of the total Chonburi population. Of those, 297,173 have received their first dose and are what the Thai government calls 608 groups (elders, have chronic health problems, and pregnant) which is 80.33 percent of those in these risk groups in Chonburi.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi 26, Si Racha 44, Banglamung (Pattaya) 69, Panat Nikhom 1, Sattahip 2, new soldiers in Sattahip 2, Ban Bueng 3, Phan Thong 10, Ko Chan 2, Nong Yai 1, and 15 people transferred from other provinces for medical care.

The details on the cases are as follows:

1. Work and stayed in Rayong, transferred from other provinces for medical care, 14 cases
2. Cluster, Supawut industries company in Banglamung, 11 cases
3. Cluster, Asahi Tec Group company in Mueang Chonburi, 3 cases
4. Cluster, Amagasaki Pipe company in Mueang Chonburi, 3 cases
5. Cluster,  Leschaco company in Si Racha, 5 cases
6. Cluster, Worldwide Products and service company in Si Racha, 4 cases
7. Risky occupations meeting many people, 3 cases
8. Back from other provinces in Chiang Mai, 1 case and Prachinburi, 1 case
9. Close contacts from previously confirmed cases in families – 38 cases, in workplaces – 36 cases, close personal contacts – 9 cases, and joined a party – 2 cases
10. Close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation), 8 cases
11. 33 cases  close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation)

Over 200 Omicron cases confirmed in Thailand, Kalasin -Udon Thani cluster of concern | Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul revealed today (Friday) that 205 Omicron cases have been confirmed in the country to date, with the husband-wife couple in Kalasin province, who recently returned from Belgium, being the origin of the most worrying cluster. Thai PBS World

Over 200 Omicron cases confirmed in Thailand, Kalasin -Udon Thani cluster of concern

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Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul revealed today (Friday) that 205 Omicron cases have been confirmed in the country to date, with the husband-wife couple in Kalasin province, who recently returned from Belgium, being the origin of the most worrying cluster.

The couple's initial COVID-19 test results were negative and they travelled back to their hometown, before visiting their children in Udon Thani. Relatives who came in close contact with the couple subsequently tested positive for the Omicron variant, which is thought to have come from the couple.

Based on the investigation, 22 people were in close contact them, including 19 restaurant staff and 3 members of the family. Another 100 people are also at risk.

Meanwhile, in the case of an Israeli tourist who escaped from an "alternative" quarantine facility in Bangkok and initially tested positive for the Omicron variant before testing negative once he appeared to have recovered, Anutin said that the Health Service Support Department will investigate whether the hotel being used as the facility had been lax in enforcing the required measures, which allowed for the escape of the tourist.

As to rumours that another lockdown will be imposed in the New Year, Anutin confirmed that there will not be a lockdown. Some areas have, however, already cancelled their New Year events. He urged provincial health offices to monitor the countdown celebrations and to make sure that such events comply strictly with the required anti-COVID measures, otherwise offices can order the cancellation of the event.



🔴 #COVID19 update on Friday: ⬇️ 2,671 new cases ⬆️ 1,422 probable cases (ATK) ⬇️ 27 deaths. Richard Barrow

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