BANGKOK, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday launched a brand new COVID-19 hotline number in three different languages for migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia in Thailand.
The move came after 42 detained migrants were found infected with COVID-19 in Thailand's Southern Province of Songkhla a few days ago.
"From May 1 onward, 2.7 million migrant workers can access health guidelines in Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian by dialing the COVID-19 Migrant Hotline at 1422," Dr. Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director of the ministry's Disease Control Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Also at the press briefing, World Health Organization (WHO) representative Dr. Daniel Kertesz commended Thailand for ensuring that no one in the country is left behind.
"Migrant workers were vulnerable to the disease because the nature of their works made it difficult to practice social distancing, therefore providing guidelines via hotline could improve effectiveness of disease control," said the WHO representative.
Last Saturday the Thai Immigration Bureau said it has detained 115 illegal migrant workers from Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Yemen, Cambodia and India.
Forty-two were tested positive for COVID-19 and have been sent to hospitals.
One patient was heavily pregnant. Enditem
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