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Over 1,000 prisoners in Nakhon Si Thammarat catch COVID-19 from unknown source

Over 1,000 prisoners in Nakhon Si Thammarat catch COVID-19 from unknown source

13 Sept 10:54 Key points summarised by AI
  • Over 1,000 prisoners in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Zone 6 maximum security prison have contracted COVID-19 from an unknown source, with 396 developing symptoms.
  • Prison officials are using an occupational training building to quarantine and treat symptomatic inmates with Favipiravir and Fah Talai Jone, while separating low-risk prisoners.
  • Trang provincial prison disinfected after 163 new infections and now requires mandatory COVID-19 swab tests for all incoming suspects, directing positive cases to a field hospital.
  • Nakhon Si Thammarat recorded 533 new infections, ranking as the fourth highest province in Thailand for new cases.
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