Covid cluster at Korat school rises to 30
published : 3 Feb 2022 at 13:12
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
Three more students at a public boarding school in Nakhon Ratchasima have tested positive for Covid-19, raising the number of infections there to 30.
More than 300 students and teachers are confined in the dormitories at Triam Udom Suksa Nom Klao School.
The school's director said some Mathayom Suksa 4 (Grade 10) students tested positive for the virus two days ago. The school quickly contacted health officials and antigen tests were organised for students and teachers who had come into contact with the infected students.
On Wednesday, the number of infections at the school rose to 27. On Thursday, three more students were diagnosed with Covid-19, raising the total to 30, he said.
Two teachers also tested positive. All had mild symptoms.
Vocabulary
- antigen: a harmful substance that causes your body to produce antibodies to fight it - แอนติเจน, สารที่กระตุ้นการสร้างแอนติบอดี้, สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน, สิ่งแปลกปลอมที่เข้าไปในร่างกาย แล้วร่างกายจะผลิตสารซึ่งเรียกว่าแอนติบอดีขึ้นมาต่อต้าน หรือทำลายสิ่งแปลกปลอมนั้น ๆ
- boarding school: a school where students can live as well as study - โรงเรียนกินนอน
- confined: kept somewhere and not allowed to leave; detention - ถูกกักตัว
- diagnosed (verb): having found out what physical or mental problem someone has by examining them - วินิจฉัยโรค, พบสาเหตุ
- dormitory: a large building in or near a college or university, where students live - หอพัก
- mild: not strong - เบา, ไม่หนัก, ไม่รุนแรง
- symptoms (noun): signs that someone has an illness - อาการ
