Virus Outbreaks at Thai Factories Threaten Export Sector, Recovery

Virus Outbreaks at Thai Factories Threaten Export Sector, Recovery
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 30, 2015. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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BANGKOK—A series of coronavirus outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the lockdowns’ crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry.

The virus has swept through over 130 factories, including those supplying international brands, with more than 7,100 cases across 11 provinces, making manufacturing one of the top sources of infections along with prisons and construction camps.