Thailand prison holding activists are driving high Covid rates
In this photo released by Department of Corrections, COVID-19 prisoners sit inside a field hospital set up at Medical Correctional Institution to treat COVID-19 inmates, in Bangkok, Thailand
THAILAND’S prisons holding democracy activists are driving the country’s rising Covid-19 figures, official records showed today.
The authorities reported over 4,800 infections — the largest daily rise — with more than half found in two prisons in the capital Bangkok, according to Thailand’s Covid-19 taskforce.
Last month, the Department of Corrections said that only 10 new cases had been found at Bangkok’s remand prison, but the total jumped to 1,794 this week after protest leaders raised concerns.
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