ASEANews HEADLINES: COVID-19 PANDEMIC: BANGKOK Thailand- Govt considers releasing 50,000 inmates as Covid hits prisons

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANEWS Headlines, ASEANews HEADLINES: COVID-19 PANDEMIC: BANGKOK Thailand- Govt considers releasing 50 000 inmates as Covid hits prisons

FILE PHOTO: An image captured from hacked CCTV footage posted on Youtube shows an overcrowded cell in Lang Suan prison in Chumphon province, Dec 23, 2019.

Thailand

Reported +9,635 new cases, total at 111,082, +25 new deaths, total deaths stands at 614.

The government, already trying to manage Thailand’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, is considering cutting its prison population by as much as 16% to counter the rapid spread of infections among inmates and workers in overcrowded facilities.

More than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in about a dozen densely-packed prisons. These latest clusters have pushed the country’s daily case count to record highs twice in the past week, including on Monday when more than two-thirds of the 9,635 infections were reported in prisons, official data showed.

The outbreak in the correctional system reflects conditions in many parts of metropolitan Bangkok, where infections have spread quickly in dense slums, crowded construction sites and even a government-housing complex. The slow rate of vaccinations has added to the challenge facing authorities.

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

COVID-19 infection crosses 164.18 million globally as deaths cross 3.40 million.

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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Tuesday, 7am, May 18, 2021

The update-5.18.2021 Sick Earth Plague Day 526

(1 Year, 6 Months, 168Days)

Coronavirus Covid-19

Cases Globally: 164,186,056;

Deaths: 3,401,971:

Recovered: 142,860,230

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	263,045	25,227,970	21,590,003	278,751
Iran	14,319	2,765,485	2,242,023	77,222
Turkey	10,174	5,127,548	4,961,120	44,983
Thailand	9,635	111,082	67,200	614
Nepal	9,198	464,218	345,523	5,215
Japan	6,233	684,145	595,177	11,508
Philippines	5,955	1,149,901	1,076,342	19,262
Malaysia	4,446	474,556	429,103	1,947
Indonesia	4,295	1,744,045	1,606,611	48,305
Iraq	3,552	1,142,925	1,050,687	15,995
Pakistan	3,232	880,362	792,522	19,617
Sri Lanka	2,456	145,202	119,629	981
Kazakhstan	2,089	360,193	317,741	4,073
Bahrain	1,579	202,556	185,619	752
Maldives	1,433	45,956	28,849	101
UAE	1,229	547,411	527,519	1,633
Jordan	1,104	725,258	710,445	9,276
Saudi Arabia	886	433,980	418,914	7,174
Kuwait	861	292,490	278,824	1,696
Oman	786	206,297	191,065	2,206
Bangladesh	698	780,857	723,094	12,181
S. Korea	619	132,290	122,163	1,903
Mongolia	533	49,175	41,844	214
Georgia	504	330,879	310,859	4,469
Azerbaijan	426	330,269	315,415	4,792
Cambodia	360	22,544	13,006	154
Taiwan	333	2,015	1,123	12
Qatar	302	213,485	207,796	532
Kyrgyzstan	259	100,732	93,886	1,711
Palestine	247	304,074	293,808	3,437
Uzbekistan	223	96,893	92,303	670
Afghanistan	221	63,819	55,010	2,751
Lebanon	201	535,954	500,872	7,631
Vietnam	184	4,359	2,668	37
Cyprus	167	71,231	39,061	347
Timor-Leste	131	4,589	2,406	10
Armenia	67	220,927	208,899	4,333
Syrian Arab Republic	50	23,788	21,073	1,705
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	47	1,638	582	2
Israel	40	839,159	832,093	6,389
Myanmar	32	143,097	132,123	3,213
Singapore	28	61,613	61,123	31
China	25	90,872	85,945	4,636
Yemen	25	6,568	3,042	1,294
Bhutan	10	1,296	1,177	1
Hong Kong	1	11,826	11,531	210
Macao	1	50	49	0
Brunei	0	232	220	3
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218