A Buddhist monk has his blood pressure checked during a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine drive at the Priest Hospital in Bangkok on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. - AFP
BANGKOK, May 18 (Reuters): Thailand reported on Tuesday 35 new coronavirus deaths, a record daily number that included the country's youngest victim up to now, a two-month-old baby, as authorities struggle to contain a third wave of infections.
The South-East Asian country's latest Covid-19 outbreak has seen infections more than triple and deaths increase six fold since it started in April, following a year of success in containing earlier outbreaks.
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