On May 22, samples of 900 workers in the camp were tested,of whom 519 were confirmed positive for COVID-19 on May 24.
The authorities said most of the workers at the camp weremigrants and will be quarantined in the camp, while Thai fellow workers will besent to field hospitals. The camp has been ordered closed from May 24 evening.
In recent days, many COVID-19 cases have been found among construction workersin Bangkok, including 36 exposing to the SARS-CoV-2 variant of B.1.617.2detected in India.
Death toll in Thailand exceeded 800, including 30 recordedin the past 24 hours. The country has seen a total of 132,213 infections so far.
Meanwhile, Malaysia and the Philippines continued to report thousands of newCOVID-19 cases.
On May 24, Malaysia confirmed 6,509 new cases, short belowthe record number of 6,976 cases announced one day earlier, together with 61deaths. So far, the country has seen more than 500,000 infections, including 2,309 deaths.
The same day, the Philippines’ Department of Heath also reported 4,973 newCOVID-19 cases, raising the national count to more than 1.18 million.Additional 39 deaths were also reported, pushing the country’s COVID-19 deathtoll to 19,938.
The Philippines has given 4 million COVID-19 vaccine shots to locals. As of May22, nearly 1 million out of the more than 110 million-strong population of the country hadreceived full COVID-19 vaccination. The country aims to vaccinate 70 millionpeople against COVID-19 this year./.