
Myanmar’s COVID-19 at the Thai Border
The total cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 can grow to 6,000 in Thailand as the pandemic in Myanmar already reached the Thai border, according to the Department of Disease Control.
The total cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 can grow to 6,000 in Thailand as the pandemic in Myanmar already reached the Thai border, according to the Department of Disease Control.
Fourteen contacts of Myanmar migrants, who returned from Thailand to their home country and were found to be infected with Covid-19, tested negative for the coronavirus, said Ayutthaya governor Panu Yaemsri.
As COVID-19 infections in Myanmar continue to grow, Thailand’s Interior Ministry has ordered provincial governors to tighten security along the border to prevent the coronavirus.
The Ministry of Interior has ordered all provincial governors to round up illegal migrants in a bid to control the coronavirus disease
Nine Myanmar nationals were arrested in Ratchaburi province for illegal immigration.
Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon ordered tightened security along Thai –Myanmar border in the wake of a rise in Covid-19 cases in Thailand’s neighbouring country.
Three schools in the two provinces of western Thailand which share border with Myanmar have been temporarily closed to prevent the risks of coronavirus infections.
Two schools in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin has temporarily closed for one week to prevent Covid-19.
Health officials in areas bordering Myanmar have been ordered to watch out for illegal migrants as the coronavirus disease 2019 is spreading in the neighboring country.
More migrants from Myanmar have been caught trying to illegally enter Thailand in hope of finding jobs as the border has been sealed off to prevent the risk of imported COVID-19 cases.
Ten Myanmar immigrants have been forced to abandon their plan to travel to Malaysia due to COVID-19 and ended up being arrested in Thailand while trying to return to their home country.
Police seriously closed the border with Malaysia and Myanmar adjacent to five southern provinces to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).