Phuket market linked to woman’s death

[Thaiger]

A popular Phuket market has been ordered to close until next Wednesday after Covid-19 tracing connected the market to an 86 year old woman’s death. Health officials have confirmed the unidentified octogenarian’s caretaker has also been infected. 5 more Burmese workers that lived in the same camp as the caretaker have also tested positive. After the woman’s death and the discovery that 6 people had already tested positive, health officers closed Talad Kaset Fresh market. Phuket City Mayor Saroj Angkhanapilas told the market vendors: As it became known, swab samples were taken from about 170 migrant workers at the market […]

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