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| Thai medical staff taking temperature of parents and students. (Photo by=Thailand Medical News) |
[아시아뉴스통신=레악카나 기자] Thai Ministry of Public Health announced yesterday that 65 out of 76 provinces reported no new cases for a full month.The situation is not stable enough and the government continues to screen people returning from abroad and is proactively testing suspected cases.
The deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control says that the number of cases in Thailand is relatively low and is divided into 2 main groups: Thai nationals returning from abroad and people who had close contact with previous cases. Returnees are placed in mandatory 14 day quarantine to see if they develop symptoms.
Academics pointed out that there may still be some people infected with the virus without showing symptoms in areas around the country. Thailand’s caution shows an extreme risk-aversion compared to other countries that are reopening despite much higher rates of transmission, but with certain precautions and restrictions in place.
An analysis of infections in different areas shows 10 provinces have no cases at all. However, 42 provinces have a fatality rate of 0.1 to 1%, 18 provinces have a rate of 1.1 to 5%, 2 provinces have 5.1 to 10% and 5 provinces have a death rate higher than 10%.
