Filipino dies due to COVID-19 in Thailand, says envoy
Philippine Ambassador Millicent Cruz-Paredes confirmed on Friday that a Filipino succumbed to COVID-19 in Thailand.
In a televised public hearing, the Ambassador said thirty Filipinos have caught COVID-19. Two have yet to recover, 27 have gotten better, while one died this July.
“Sa ngayon po ay nakikipagtulungan kami sa kaniyang pamilya kung anuman po ang mga tulong na pangangailangan nila,” Cruz-Paredes said.
(We are helping the family with whatever assistance they need.)
According to the Ambassador, the more infectious COVID-19 variants have been blamed for an uptick in infections, which started in March.
On Friday, Thailand reported a daily record of 9,692 coronavirus infections, taking total cases to 381,907 since the start of the pandemic.
Philippine authorities are studying the possible inclusion of Thailand in a travel ban aimed at warding off the Delta COVID-19 variant, ABS CBN reported.
“Nakahanda na po kami kung anuman ho ang magiging challenges again na magriresulta dito at alam din po iyan ng ating mga Filipino community dito,” said Cruz-Paredes.
“At ganoon din po ang mga airlines sapagkat sa airlines po, sila po ang nakakapag-monitor din ng flow of passengers.”
(We are ready with whatever challenges will result from that and our Filipino community here knows that. That’s goes as as well for the airlines because they are the ones monitoring the flow of passengers.)
Authorities are negotiating with their Thai counterparts so that Filipinos could be included in the vaccination program and extend their stay in Thailand, she said.
The Thailand outbreak was initially fueled by the Alpha variant but 57 percent of recent cases in Bangkok have been the highly contagious Delta variant, officials say.
Thailand has also reported 7 cases of suspected mixed infection with the 2 variants at a Bangkok construction site.
Source: ABS CBN
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