Number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand continues to increase

According to a VNA correspondent in Bangkok, the Department of Disease Control under the Thai Ministry of Public Health said the number of new COVID-19 cases in the country continued to increase during the week from April 28 to May 4, with 1,792 hospitalizations and 12 deaths.

Since January this year, Thailand has recorded 13,057 cases and 93 deaths from COVID-19. Of the total hospitalizations since the beginning of the year, 501 have pneumonia and 187 have required ventilators.

Medical staff take COVID-19 test samples from people in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: AFP/TTXVN

Notably, the number of COVID-19 cases requiring hospitalization as well as the number of deaths has increased in consecutive weeks since the traditional Songkran festival in Thailand from April 11 to 15. In light of this situation, the Department of Disease Control recommends that people resume preventive measures that were strictly imposed when the COVID-19 pandemic was strong, including ensuring a contact distance of 1-2m, avoiding crowded places, wearing masks in high-risk locations, washing hands frequently with water or alcohol-based sanitizers, and getting tested for COVID-19 if symptoms of cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, etc. appear.

According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper

Source: https://www.baoquangbinh.vn/quoc-te/202405/so-ca-mac-covid-19-tai-thai-lan-tiep-tuc-tang-2217870/