4 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, 1 apparent reinfection

Caitlin AshworthPublished: 14:59, 16 October 2020| Updated: 14:59, 16 October 2020

180 1 minute read

4 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, 1 apparent reinfection

4 new Covid-19 cases were detected in quarantine with an apparent reinfection, according to the Centre of Covid-19 Situation Administration. The 4 new cases are from those arriving in Thailand from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Singapore and United Kingdom, raising the country’s total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases to 3,669. So far, 3,467 people have recovered and 143 are currently being treated for the virus. The death toll is still at 59.

A 46 year old Thai man travelling from Singapore tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival on October 9, an apparent second infection. Health officials report the man was diagnosed with Covid-19 in June. He is being treated in Chon Buri and is asymptomatic.
A 19 year old Thai student travelling from the United Kingdom tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival on Monday. She is being treated in Bangkok. The woman says she had symptoms of a runny nose and loss of smell before arriving in Thailand on September 29.
A 37 year old Ethiopian woman travelling from Addis Ababa tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival on Monday. She travelled to Thailand for other, unrelated, medical treatment and is being treated at a hospital in Bangkok. She is asymptomatic.
A 36 year old Thai woman travelling from Nigeria tested positive for Covid-19. She arrived on October 9 and tested positive 4 days later. She is being treated in Chon Buri and is asymptomatic.

4 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, 1 apparent reinfection | News by Thaiger

Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.