16 national police infected with Covid-19, 220 in quaratine
Sixteen national police were infected with Covid-19, and 220 policemen would be in quarantine for 14 days to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus, Assistant National Police chief Pol Lt-General Piya Uthayo said.
Ten of the infected personnel were from Metropolitan Police Bureau, one from Border Patrol Police, one from Police General Hospital, one from Special Brach Bureau, one from Provincial Police Region 1 and one from Narcotics Suppression Bureau.
However, their condition was not considered critical and they would be taken care of by the medical team, Piya said.
Piya also said that three vendors had been arrested on Friday for selling overpriced face masks and warned other vendors not to violate the law during the coronavirus crisis.
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