Thailand has expanded COVID-19 restrictions that include stay-at-home orders and a night-time curfew to three more provinces as the number of daily
An announcement in the Royal Gazette yesterday said people living in Chonburi, Ayutthaya and Chachoengsao provinces will not be allowed to go outside unless necessary from tomorrow onwards.
It added that a curfew will be imposed from 9pm to 4am, while checkpoints will be set up to prevent people from travelling outside their provinces. Bangkok and nine other provinces have already been under these restrictions, the toughest in more than a year, since last Monday. Thailand is currently battling its longest-running and most severe outbreak so far. The country reported 11,397 infections and 101 deaths yesterday, bringing the cumulative total to 403,386 cases and 3,341 fatalities.
Most of Thailand’s deaths and infections have been recorded since April, due to an outbreak fuelled by the highly transmissible Alpha and Delta variants.The surge has overwhelmed hospitals, strained the economy and thrown tourism recovery plans in doubt.
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