On January 27th, 2021, Mr. Eakakchon Noyngern, Chief of the Office of Samut Songkhram Education Center, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, attended the Samut Songkhram Provincial Committee and Chief Government Agencies Meeting in January 2021 at Mae Klong Meeting Room, 5th Floor, Samut Songkhram Provincial Hall. Mr. Charas Bunnasa, Samut Songkhram Provincial Governor was the chairman, while the chiefs of government agencies, state enterprises, local government organizations, attended a meeting.

                     Before the agenda, there was a welcome speech for Ms. Sukanda Panasuttha on the occasion of becoming the President of Samut Songkhram Provincial Administrative Organization. Then, the Governor of Samut Songkhram summarized the situation of COVID-19 patients in Samut Songkhram Province. For a new cluster of the pandemic from January 21-26 2021, the results confirmed were 46 cases, such as 1 foreigner, 1 case from Ratchaburi, 2 cases from Samut Sakhon Province, and 42 cases from Samut Songkhram Province. Mueang District is divided into controlled areas, while Amphawa and Bang Khonthi District are a high surveillance area. In this regard, proactive measures have been taken to screen for migrant workers in the area as well as measures on illegal gambling. The ambiguity areas are rigorously tightened while the assembly and activities must have spacing measures and request permission from government agencies by requesting cooperation from the village headman, the police department, the highest surveillance and additional measures to control over temperature measurement. People who went to work in Samut Sakhon Province who are a high-risk group working across provinces in areas that have a spread to more than 2,500 people were provided a special surveillance system, a measurement to the temperature of everyone in the household, and recommended practices. The Royal Thai Hospital supervises the recording of key data into the online system to the COVID-19 center every day while the village headman limits the area, separates the people at risk from the general public, and checks for active infection periodically.

                 Other people should protect one’s face (eyes, nose, mouth) by wearing a mask, keep distance, wash hands often with alcohol gel / soap, and do not enter the risky area. If everyone has done all these together, all will be safe from COVID-19.

Reporter: Apinya Mukdathanaphong