Officials in Songkhla have introduced a 30-day curfew in an effort to battle a surge of Covid-19 infections in the southern province. According to a Bangkok Post report, the provincial communicable illness committee has confirmed the curfew, which came into effect final night time and is in place till July 29. Governor Jaruwat Kliangklao says residents should stay house between the hours of 10pm – 4am. Basic , malls, and markets should shut by 9pm.
According to Jaruwat, the rise in Covid-19 circumstances is the outcome of at-risk folks meeting face-to-face and he has called on residents to cooperate with the curfew to find a way to curb the unfold of the virus.
In the district of Chana, officers are investigating an outbreak of the virus and introducing mass proactive testing of residents. The director of Chana Hospital, Supat Hasuwannakit, says three field hospitals are being opened and over 500 beds shall be made available this week. He estimates that it’s going to take round a month earlier than case numbers begin to go down.
Case numbers have risen after the discovery final week of a cluster at a manufacturing unit, with 157 new infections now reported within the province. The instances had been detected at factories and within communities. The new instances have raised the entire number of infections to five,463, with 15 deaths. The Bangkok Post reports that of these, 22 are critically sick, 361 are moderately ill, and 236 are being handled with the anti-viral drug, Favipiravir..