BANGKOK, Sept 10 (TNA) – The mass Covid-19 testing was conducted on more than 2,600 people in Tak province, bordering Myanmar while two main official border checkpoints have been closed along with 36 natural border passes.
The director of Urban Institute for Disease Prevention and Control Anek Mung-aomklan, said five mobile testing units were dispatched to the border areas in Tak’s Mae Sot district from Sept 8-9.
Health workers conducted Covid-19 tests on 1,641 villagers and 994 migrants. The test results will be known within 48 hours. Searching for Covid-19 cases will be done along the borders in both countries.
The next mass testing will be conducted in Songkhla’s Sadao district on Oct 8-9, he added.
After a rise in the confirmed coronavirus cases in Myanmar, Thailand has stepped up disease control measures at the border and medical supplies and protective equipment for patient care activities have been sent to hospitals along the border, said Thanitpol Jayanandana, Advisor to the Public Health Minister.
Local authorities and health volunteers remain vigilant to check on outsiders, arriving in the villages.
Tak shares 560-km border with Myanmar. Two permanent border checkpoints and 36 natural border passes will remain closed until the Covid-19 situation improves. (TNA)
