Six soldiers returning from Hawaii test positive to Covid-19
Six of the 150 soldiers who returned on Wednesday (July 22) from military manoeuvres in Hawaii have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.
The soldiers were in Hawaii from July 1 for a military operation called “Lightning Forge 2020” and took a direct flight to Thailand on July 22.
The returnees have been quarantined at Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel in Chonburi province, which has been turned into a state quarantine centre with medical personnel from Fort Nawamintharachini Hospital on duty.
The six patients, aged between 20 and 32, have fever, cough, runny nose, rash and diarrhoea and have been deemed patients under investigation.
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