RELEASED: 5 Jan 2021 at 09:30
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon states he questions there are any prohibited gaming dens in Bangkok, regardless of cautions by a senior health authorities that such facilities position a severe coronavirus danger.
Opas Bhudachareon, head of Chulalongkorn Healthcare facility’s Centre for Emerging Contagious Illness, stated just recently one Covid-19 client there was connected to a gaming den in Bangkok. He even more advised those who had actually gone to the place to be checked for Covid-19.
Nevertheless, Gen Prawit the other day declared there were no such prohibited activities since the cops had actually secured down on them.
” You should ask the medical professional who offers this details,” he stated. “I do not think prohibited gambling establishments are running in Bangkok, however if the medical professional understands about it, he can notify the authorities.”
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) the other day reported 28 brand-new cases of Covid-19, consisting of a single person who had actually gone to a gaming den in Pattaya.
Nevertheless, BMA representative Pongsakorn Kwanmuang rejected reports that a few of those contaminated individuals had actually contracted the infection at gambling establishments in Bangkok, stating the Illness Control Department had actually informed him they had actually been contaminated at gambling establishments in Pattaya.
Individuals who take a trip from at-risk locations must self-isolate in the house, finish the BKK Covid-19 survey, use a face mask, clean their hands often and keep their range from others.
Bangkok reported 28 brand-new cases the other day, bringing the overall to 229 from Dec 20 till the other day.
On The Other Hand, Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Security of the Thai Constitution, stated he would petition Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, asking him to take on the issue of prohibited gaming and the arrival of prohibited foreign employees from neighbouring nations.
Mr Srisuwan stated the revival of Covid-19 infections had actually been brought on by individuals unlawfully importing foreign employees from neighbouring nations and those associated with prohibited gaming.
Gen Prayut, who supervises of the Royal Thai Cops Workplace, should take duty for letting the issue take place.
” Owners of betting dens, representatives who import prohibited migrants along with cops who get allurements from these operations should be penalized since they have actually triggered big financial damage to the nation,” he stated.
” Lots of people are now in monetary problem since of them.”
If Gen Prayut might not fix the issue and prosecute the culprits, he ought to resign, Mr Srisuwan included.
He likewise declared a number of little prohibited gaming dens were still running in Rayong, after the closure of the one believed to be the source of an infection cluster in the province.
The premier insisted he was taking the issue of prohibited gaming dens throughout the nation seriously however hard proof was needed for prosecutions to be pursued.
