YALA, March 30 (TNA) – Thirty four Thai students have been put in
health quarantine in Yala after they returned from Pakistan on Monday, as the
southern province has enforced a complete lock-down to contain the Covid-19
outbreak.
The students arrived in Yala Monday morning on two charter
buses from Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Head of the Provincial Public Health Office of Yala Dr.
Songkran Maichum said the students had first been screened and later placed
under a14-day quarantine.
At least 35 Covid-19 patients have been reported in
Yala. A 54-year-old resident of Yala on
Sunday died from Covid-19, becoming the country’s eight victim.
The man travelled to Malaysia’s Kelantan state of Malaysia
on March 12 and later confirmed to have been infected with the novel
coronavirus on March 18.
With the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the province, the
Governor of Yala on Sunday evening declared a lock-down prohibiting
non-essential interprovincial traveling.
As of Monday, Thailand has 1,524 coronavirus cases, 1,388
active, and nine deaths. (TNA)
