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Bangkok turns to train carriages to house Covid-19 patients

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Bangkok, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Bangkok authorities are converting 15 sleeper train carriages to accommodate about 240 patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms amid surging infections and overflowing hospitals.Officials of the capital, who on Tuesday visited Bang Sue Central Station where the sick will be sent, said that they are finalizing the conversion of the carriages and expect to receive the first patients on Friday."We need to install mosquito nets for windows, water and electricity systems and additional bathrooms," said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS THAI RAILWAY POLICE WALK INSIDE A PASSENGER TRAIN WHILE WAITING FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS ARRIVING TO BOARD A TRAIN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND PROVINCE, AT THE RANGSIT TRAIN STATION ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.

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