Photo Story: Thailand registers increase in cases but no deaths

Thailand’s new coronavirus cases rose to 18 on Monday, after falling to single-digits for the past week, but the country reported no new deaths.

Monday’s report brought the total number of cases to 2,987 since the new virus was detected in Thailand in January, with a total of 54 deaths.

The new cases were migrants who were entering Thailand through an immigration checkpoint in the southern province of Songkhla, which shares a border with Malaysia, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman of the government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

They were all being quarantined in an immigration detention centre, along with 42 cases found previously on 25 April, Taweesin said.

The Thai government announced that some businesses and shops can reopen and services and some activities can be resumed from 03 May 2020 on as long as social distancing and regulations are in place.

 

Photo: EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK

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