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Thailand sees new daily record of COVID-19 deaths, Singapore probing re-infections

Thailand reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the country early last year, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on April 22.
Thailand sees new daily record of COVID-19 deaths, Singapore probing re-infections ảnh 1Medical workers take samples for COVID-19 testing in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 17. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand reported seven newdeaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest number of fatalitiesin a single day since the start of the pandemic in the country early last year,the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on April 22.

It also confirmed 1,470 new COVID-19 cases, taking totalinfections to 48,113.

In Singapore, authorities are investigating thepossibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers’dormitory, after a dozen of positive cases were found there, the Ministry ofManpower said in a statement on April 21.

Hundreds of migrant workers are put under quarantine at governmentfacilities after one worker was detected with COVID-19 on April 20 duringroutine testing. The worker had received a second vaccination dose and hisroommate also test positive.

To date, 10 workers who previously showed a positiveserology test result were found to be COVID-19 positive. Serology testsindicate past infection.

Singapore has documented over 60,880 COVID-19 cases,including 30 deaths, since the pandemic started. A majority of the cases werediscovered in dormitories that house a large number of low-income foreignworkers, triggering lockdowns of the facilities last year./.
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