Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials interview migrant workers in Bangkok's Chatuchak district during Covid-19 screening and testing following an outbreak in Samut Sakhon. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has told the Public Health Ministry to prepare for a new Covid-19 lockdown in case the pandemic spirals out of control. Prayut said on Monday that public health officials were testing migrant workers as far and wide as possible. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said it was still impossible to decide whether New Year celebrations should be cancelled. Apartments where migrant workers live are being turned into makeshift quarantine centres.

Source: Bangkok Post December 21, 2020 22:52 UTC