Monday: 7 new Covid cases, emergency decree extended
published : 29 Jun 2020 at 14:29
writer: Gary Boyle
The government reported seven new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Monday, taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,169 with 58 deaths since January.
All the new cases were Thai nationals in quarantine after recently returning from India and the US. There have been no local transmissions in the kingdom for 35 days.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration also extended the emergency decree for another month to the end of July after it is due to expire on Tuesday.
The centre said the extension was necessary because the country will open up more businesses and permit more travel, and all schools will be reopened on Wednesday.
The decision was reached in the meeting chaired by Prime Minster Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Vocabulary
- chair: to be the person in charge of a meeting, committee, or company - ดำรงตำแหน่งประธาน, ทำหน้าที่ในฐานะประธาน
- emergency decree (noun): a situation where the government takes on special powers in a dangerous situation and the rights of the people are often limited in some way - ประกาศภาวะฉุกเฉิน
- extension: making a period of time longer - การขยายออกไป
- quarantine (verb): to keep a person or animal that might have a disease separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - กักบริเวณ จำกัดบริเวณ
- quarantine (noun): a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - การกักบริเวณ, การจำกัดบริเวณ
- transmission: the spreading of a disease from one person or animal to another - การแพร่เชื้อ
- Keywords
- emergency decree
- cases
- centre
- member meeting
