TAK: Local authorities have imposed a night curfew on migrant workers in Mae Sot district, and asked Thais to also stay home, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.
The provincial communicable disease committee, chaired by governor Pongrat Pirom, on Wednesday agreed on an 8pm-4am curfew curfew for migrant workers in Mae Sot and asked Thai residents to stay home from 11pm-4am.
The committee also ordered clinics and drug stores to send all customers with a fever, cough and sore throat for Covid-19 tests.
Drinking alcohol is banned at eateries, but customers can dine-in until 8pm. Shopping centres can stay open until 9pm.
The measures followed the diagnosis of 66 new Covid-19 cases in Tak on Wednesday, with 57 of them in Mae Sot district.
Since April 1 there have been 1,566 Covid-19 cases reported in Tak, and eight of them died.
