Thai health officers travel by boat to take care of COVID-19 patients in remote communities

Record ID: 1627551

  • Title: Thai health officers travel by boat to take care of COVID-19 patients in remote communities
  • Date: 19th July 2021
  • Summary: SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE, THAILAND (JULY 19, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS PUTTING ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) SUITS / FACE MASK / GLOVES HEALTH OFFICERS GETTING ON BOAT BOAT LEAVING DOCK (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF HEALTH OFFICERS ON BOAT VARIOUS OF HEALTH OFFICERS TRAVELLING ON BOAT HEALTH OFFICERS GETTING OFF BOAT (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, CHAROENRAT CHAIBUT, SAYING: "Some areas of the village can't be accessed by land, so we (health officers) need to travel by boat or raft to check on COVID-19 patients." HEALTH OFFICERS WALKING TO PATIENT'S HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, CHAROENRAT CHAIBUT, SAYING: "I'm doing this for the patient as it is quite hard to travel, and I'm glad the locals are accommodating us by providing transportation to people's houses." VARIOUS OF HEALTH OFFICERS CHECKING PATIENT'S TEMPERATURE HEALTH OFFICER TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, CHAROENRAT CHAIBUT, SAYING: "Our job is to perform a series of checks on COVID-19 patients in isolation every day including their temperature, shortness of breath and severe symptoms." VARIOUS OF HEALTH OFFICERS DISINFECTING EQUIPMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, CHAROENRAT CHAIBUT, SAYING: "Currently, I'm worried because we don't have enough health officers to take care of patients, even though case numbers and those awaiting to be cured keep rising." VARIOUS OF HEALTH OFFICERS PERFORMING NOSE AND MOUTH SWAB TEST VARIOUS OF HEALTH OFFICERS DISINFECTING EQUIPMENT AND HANDS
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2021 10:39
  • Keywords: COVID-19 Samut Prakan Thailand boat coronavirus drone health isolate swab test volunteer
  • Location: SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE, THAILAND
  • City: SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EMI9BGN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thai health officers are travelling by boat to take care of COVID-19 patients in remote communities on the outskirts of Thailand's capital on Monday (July 19), as the country struggles to tackle its worst outbreak to date.
    Public health officers in Samut Prakan province don personal protective suits (PPE) suits first, before navigating through small canals to provide daily tests on COVID-19 patients isolating in a remote village.
    "Some areas of the village can't be accessed by land, so we need to travel by boat or raft to check on COVID-19 patients," said public health officer Charoenrat Chaibut, who has also been conducting nose and mouth swab tests for other villagers.
    About ten percent of 60 households in the village were infected with COVID-19. Thailand reported on Monday 11,784 new cases, the fourth consecutive day of record infections.
    (Production: Jiraporn Kuhakan, Artorn Pookasook)
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