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Thailand records first COVID-19 case outside quarantine areas

Thailand recorded the first COVID-19 case outside state quarantine areas on August 19, the 86th day without a domestic case in the country.
Thailand records first COVID-19 case outside quarantine areas ảnh 1People wear face masks to avoid COVID-19 infection in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand recorded the firstCOVID-19 case outside state quarantine areas on August 19, the 86th day withouta domestic case in the country.

The Faculty of Medical Science at theRamathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital said a Thai returnee from Dubai ofthe UAE, who spent 14 days in state quarantine before being released, returnedwith symptoms on August 19.

The same day, the Centre for COVID-19 SituationAdministration also confirmed a new imported case which is a 37-year-old Thaiwoman returning from India.

Cumulative infections in Thailand, to date, are3,382, with 3,199 recoveries and 58 deaths.

Meanwhile, Secretary General of Thailand’sNational Security Council Somsak Rungsita said emergency rule against theCOVID-19 pandemic in Thailand might be extended for another month.

He told reporters that his agency will proposethe extension of the emergency decree, enforced nationwide since last March whenthe disease broke out in the country, until September 30 for the sake of theeffectiveness of measures against the pandemic./.
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