Khon Kaen eyes new cluster, Nong Mon market, 12 infected cases, linked to Sri Muang Thong Market mobilize a team of medical personnel to screen more than 800 people at risk
Date 10 Aug 2021 Mr. Somsak Changtrakul, Governor of Khon Kaen Province revealed that the overview of the situation of the Covid-19 virus epidemic At present, there are 5,250 confirmed infected patients admitted to various hospitals, with 23 cumulative deaths. From the increase in the number of patients, they can be divided into 2 large groups, the percentage of those infected in the province. 25 and those who return to their hometowns and those who come from other provinces to receive treatment at various hospitals which has a proportion of this group up to 75%
” At the same time, from the investigation of the disease, it was found that there is a link to the cluster that has been monitoring, namely Nong Mon Market, Ban Ped Subdistrict, Mueang Khon Kaen District. Link to Sri Muang Thong Market Cluster There are vegetable vendors at Nong Mon Market. Go buy vegetables at Sri Muang Thong Market. Then get the infection back to spread in the family and close people. including people in the market As a result, Nong Mon market cluster has found 12 preliminary cases. The province has announced that people who go shopping at a vegetable shop between July 14 and 30 must sign up for a thorough screening. push
A total of more than 800 people have signed up for screening tests. The team of medical personnel and frontline personnel have set up an in-depth checkpoint Ready to test for more than 400 people who are at high risk, and have not found any infected people. However, we are now coordinating with the Ban Ped T.T. to speed up the control of the spread of this Nong Mon market not to spread widely. and clean the entire market immediately.”
The governor of Khon Kaen province added that The province has provided at least 60 high-flow oxygen machines to be distributed to various medical service points to treat patients. As for the overall vaccination, it is now at 13.46 percent. By the middle of this month, alternative vaccines will come in the part of Khon Kaen Municipality and various local administrative organizations. This will create many more group immunity. From the inspection, there were 1,432 villages out of a total of 2,234 villages in the province. It was considered to be a strong community caretaker and to fight the situation clearly.
