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Thailand: Bangkok offers SARS-CoV-2 testing at home

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is offering testing at home for people who suspect they may have caught the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the acute respiratory disease (COVID-19).
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Bangkok (VNA) - The BangkokMetropolitan Administration (BMA) is offering testing at home for people whosuspect they may have caught the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes theacute respiratory disease (COVID-19).

As of April 8, Bangkok has reported the highestnumber of COVID-19 infections in Thailand, with 1,223 patients out of 2,369 confirmedcases in the Southeast Asian country.

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on April8 that the BMA, together with staff from the Mor Lab Panda Facebookpage, have been sending mobile teams to conduct COVID-19 testing at theresidences of people who had completed an online questionnaire and were at-risk.  

Those who tested positive would be taken totreatment facilities. This would quickly contain the disease and relieve theworries of people living nearby, the governor said.

The units would go to see people who completedan online screening questionnaire, which is in Thai, at bkkcovid19.bangkok.go.th andlearned they were at risk of having caught the disease, Aswin said.

The website was launched on April 3 and morethan 20,000 people had completed the form by April 8 afternoon.

The governor asked people inBangkok to try their best to stay home, regularly wash their hands, practisesocial distancing, wear face masks and refrain from sharing personal items, tohelp prevent the spread of COVID-19./.
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