Construction site in Bangkok
The first case of a Beta (South African) variant COVID-19 infection and four more COVID-19 clusters, with over 500 infections, have been found in Bangkok, according to the government.
One person from Bangkok, who has a connection with an infected person in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat, has been found to be infected with the Beta variant, previous only seen in the southern region bordering Malaysia, according to the Public Health Ministry yesterday (Sunday).
Most recent infections in Bangkok and other parts of the country have been by the Alpha variant, but infections by the Delta strain are increasing.
Meanwhile, there are four more clusters in Bangkok, containing 515 infections, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), bringing the total of clusters in the capital under watch to 111.
Two are in Bang Phlat district (a hotel in Charan Sanitwong Soi 40 and at a worker dormitory in Soi Rung Pracha) and one each in Huai Kwang (at a worker dormitory on Thiam Ruam Mit Road) and in Lad Krabang (378 infected workers out of 4,849 at a bakery).