coronavirus in Thailand

People wear face masks in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: EPA
News
03 January 2021
Bangkok imposes partial lockdown to combat virus
Medical officials collect a nose swab sample to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon on December 19, 2020 after some cases of local infections were detected and linked to a vendor at the market. Photo: Jack Taylor/AFP)
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22 December 2020
90% of Myanmar workers infected with Covid in...
As of the morning of December 21, 90 percent of the more than 800 people infected with...
A migrant worker has a COVID-19 test performed at a shrimp wholesale market in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, 19 December 2020. Photo: EPA
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21 December 2020
Thailand to test 10,000 after virus outbreak...
Thailand will test more than 10,000 people for coronavirus after an outbreak linked to...
Thai soldiers guard a river crossing between Thailand and Myanmar in the border town of Mae Sot in Tak province in late October. Photo: AFP
News
03 December 2020
Growing concern over Tachilek coronavirus cluster...
A coronavirus cluster in Thailand grew to 10 on Wednesday amid fears scores of other Thai...
Chinese tourists put on raincoats and face shields as part of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic restrictions upon their arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 20 October 2020. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Business
22 October 2020
Thailand welcomes first tourists since March
Thailand has welcomed its first group of tourists in seven months, as part of an...
(File) Kayan women perform traditional dance during the visit of Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (not in picture) at the Dou San Bou Kayan village in Loikaw, Kayah State, eastern Myanmar, 29 December 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
22 July 2020
Ethnic Kayan women return home due to COVID-19
Hundreds of ethnic Kayan women who used to sell textiles and crafts in Thailand have...
(File) Migrant workers crossing the border between Thailand and Myanmar in a boat in Moei River near Mae Sot, Tak province in northern Thailand. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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13 July 2020
Thailand strengthens security along Myanmar border
The Thai Immigration Bureau said that it had dispatched hundreds of officers to patrol...
Myanmar migrant workers handling cotton thread spools in a textile factory in Pathum Thani province. Photo: AFP
News
29 May 2020
Many Myanmar migrants unlikely to return to...
Most Myanmar migrant workers, who have returned home from Thailand, have been found...
Myanmar citizens return from Thailand queue at the Myawady border on 26 May. Photo: MNA
News
27 May 2020
More citizens return from Thailand
A total of 1,394 Myanmar citizens returned home from Thailand through Myanmar-Thai...
A Myanmar migrant worker receives body temperature measurement as he arrives at Myawady Friendship Bridge 2 on 16 May, 2020. Photo: MNA
News
18 May 2020
More migrant workers return from Thailand
A total of 90 Myanmar migrant workers returned through the Friendship Bridge No 2 in...
Bangkok's famed nightlife -- -including the Soi Cowboy district pictured in 2016 -- could suffer a massive blow under Thailand's measures to halt the new coronavirus (AFP Photo/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)
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17 March 2020
Thailand to shut 'entertainment places...
Thailand will shut venues that attract large crowds, like "entertainment places", sports...