86 Khon Kaen medics quarantined after fifth Covid case emerges

All 86 had made contact with the patient before tests revealed that she was infected and she was sent to Khon Kaen Hospital for treatment. So far, only 35 medics have been allowed to return home.
The hospital is now screening visitors before allowing them to enter the building and it has closed some portions where the Covid-19 patient had visited for sanitisation. This is the fifth Covid-19 case to emerge in the province
The authorities have also closed 10 routes to Kut Nam Sai village in Nam Phong district, where the woman came from, and left only three main roads open in order to control people’s movements and cut down on the contagion.
The woman is believed to have contracted the virus from her son, who has only just returned from a high-risk location but tested negative for the virus.