A healthcare worker administers a nasal swab at a temporary Covid-19 testing site set up on Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, April 19, 2021. Thailand banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and closed schools for two weeks to stem the nation’s biggest outbreak of coronavirus, likely delaying plans to further reopen borders to foreign tourists. - Bloomberg
BANGKOK, April 19 (Bernama): A fresh wave of Covid-19 infections is sweeping across Thailand, with 1,390 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths reported over the last 24 hours, giving rise to concerns that there may not be enough hospital beds to treat those infected.
On Sunday, the Covid-19 cases hit another record high where a total of 1,767 new cases were recorded, taking the infection tally in the kingdom to 43,742 cases with 104 fatalities. It was the fifth consecutive day that Thailand has recorded more than 1,000 cases in its daily tally.
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