Frontline staff at Bangkok hospital brace for new COVID-19 cases

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As Thailand struggles to deal with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections, staff in the intensive care unit of Bangkok's King Chulalongkorn ...

A doctor takes off her personal protective equipment after treating a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok on May 11, 2021. BANGKOK: As Thailand struggles to deal with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections, staff in the intensive care unit of Bangkok's King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital are fearful of what may lie ahead.

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment attends to a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok on May 11, 2021. "Each time I wear three layers of plastic protection. It is extremely hot," said nurse Veena Samutkalin, 45.Since starting work at the 40-bed ward about a month ago, Veena has stopped visiting her relatives, worried about the risk of infecting them.

Thailand has administered 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to frontline workers and high-risk groups, and expects a broader vaccination drive to start in June with locally manufactured AstraZeneca doses.

 

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