Hotels, restaurants disinfected after 8th confirmed COVID-19 patient visited

AUTHORITIES are now conducting contact tracing and disinfecting the places the 8th Coronavrius patient visited to help prevent the further spread of infections such as Covid-19.

A woman tour guide aged 60 was confirmed by the authorities yesterday that she is positive for the Covid-19 infection.

The local authorities in Pakokku sprayed disinfectant at a restaurant in the town where the tour guide and seven French tourists had lunch on 17 March during their visit to the town.

Workers and owner are home-quarantined and facility quarantined for 14 days.

Meanwhile, the authorities in Thandwe locked down a hotel in Ngapali Beach where the tour guide and seven French tourists stayed and disinfected the hotel.

The employees of the hotel are also quarantined at the hotel for 14 days.

Authorities identified that the patient and French tourists had stayed at the hotel from 22 to 25 March. — Salai Ko Ki (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)