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SINGAPORE – A 36-year-old restaurant owner in Bangkok has become the first Singaporean to be diagnosed with Covid-19 in Thailand, the health authorities there confirmed on Wednesday (March 11).
The man, who wants to be known only as Jay, owns Hawaiian restaurant Ohana Poke in the Thai capital.
He tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday – among six new cases confirmed by the Thai Health Ministry on Wednesday – and was transferred to a government quarantine facility.
On Tuesday, Jay put up a post on his restaurant’s Facebook page, which has since garnered more than 6,500 reactions and 5,200 shares, describing his experience and to allay concerns of staff, patrons and loved ones.
He said in the post that he had “immediately” informed the manager of the restaurant to close the shop upon testing positive for the coronavirus and that all restaurant staff have since been sent home for 14 days of self-isolation by a doctor.
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