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A dozen Bangkok hospitals suspend Covid-19 testing amid shortages

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Reuters
09 April, 2021, 11:40 am
Last modified: 09 April, 2021, 11:41 am

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A dozen Bangkok hospitals suspend Covid-19 testing amid shortages

The hospitals issued notices on their social media and on messaging apps this week, some saying the suspension would last only a few days and others giving no date for resumption of tests

Reuters
09 April, 2021, 11:40 am
Last modified: 09 April, 2021, 11:41 am
Migrant workers from Myanmar get their temperatures taken by healthcare workers at the Myawaddy border office after passing through border gate at Myawaddy, Myanmar, after leaving Thailand due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 24, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. THANT ZIN AUNG via REUTERS
Migrant workers from Myanmar get their temperatures taken by healthcare workers at the Myawaddy border office after passing through border gate at Myawaddy, Myanmar, after leaving Thailand due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 24, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. THANT ZIN AUNG via REUTERS

At least 12 hospitals in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, said as of Friday they were suspending testing for Covid-19 due to high demand and shortage of supplies, amid a new spike in cases.

The hospitals issued notices on their social media and on messaging apps this week, some saying the suspension would last only a few days and others giving no date for resumption of tests.

Bangkok is at the epicentre of a new outbreak in Thailand that has seen new cases go from only a few dozen per day to several hundred per day, prompting the government to scramble to boost testing and trace new cases.

The government has been hosting its own mass testing in districts of Bangkok where clusters have been reported, mostly involving bars or entertainment venues that have been ordered closed for two weeks.

Thailand reported 405 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, and nearly a third of cabinet ministers are self-isolating due to potential exposure to cases.

The spike in infections comes at a tricky time for Thailand, ahead of next week's annual Songkran festival, known for big gatherings and notoriously crowded water fights that authorities have banned.

Thailand on Wednesday confirmed the presence locally of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 first identified in Britain.

bangkok / thailand / Covid -19

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