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More than 1,500 inmates at Phitsanulok Prison in Thailand tested positive for COVID-19

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Ashoka, director of the Correctional Department of the Ministry of Justice of Thailand, revealed on December 13 local time that a new round of new crown pneumonia has appeared in some prisons in Phitsanulok Province in northern Thailand. As of the 12th local time, the rapid test results of the new coronavirus in the custody of prisoners in the province showed that 1501 people tested positive. Most of these prisoners have no symptoms or only mild symptoms and are currently being treated in isolation in prison.

The latest figures from Thailand's Ministry of Justice show that there are 282118 detainees in prisons across the country, of which 260,790 have completed 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccination, accounting for 92.4% of the total number of prisoners. (Reporter Li Min)

Source: CCTV News Client

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