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Five southern provinces among Thailand’s top ten for new COVID-19 cases

13 Sept 11:33 Key points summarised by AI

Five southern Thai provinces—Songkhla, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat—now rank among the nation's top ten for new COVID-19 infections, trailing only Bangkok.
These provinces collectively reported 19% of Thailand's new cases and 22 of 66 national deaths today, highlighting a concentrated outbreak in the South.
Local authorities are responding with measures like potential curfew extensions in Nakhon Si Thammarat, urgent calls for vaccinations in Yala due to unvaccinated fatalities, and addressing family cluster infections in Songkhla.

Today 11:44 Key points summarised by AI

Mass COVID-19 screenings in 40 of Bangkok's most crowded communities revealed an average infection rate of 13.35%, with the rate surging from 8.94% to 16.14% between two screening periods conducted by the Rural Doctors Society (RDS).
Positive cases were directed to secondary RT-PCR tests and home isolation, though some faced challenges in accessing these tests, prompting the RDS to collaborate with provincial hospitals and seek solutions for the rapid surge in infections.