(Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)The government on Thursday reported eight new cases of coronavirus disease among quarantined returnees, as global daily infections hit a new high. Panprapa Yongtrakul, of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the four new cases had arrived earlier from Egypt. Two other cases arrived from Sudan - male and female students aged 20. They were quarantined in Bangkok and their infection was confirmed by their first test on Tuesday, four days after arrival. Meanwhile, 106 patients remained at hospitals, and all of them were quarantined returnees.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2020 05:48 UTC