Mae Sot slaps curfew on migrant workers

Mae Sot slaps curfew on migrant workers

Local authorities in Tak have imposed a night curfew on migrant workers in Mae Sot district, while Thais also are asked to refrain from travelling at night to help curb the spread of Covid-19.

The provincial communicable disease committee, chaired by governor Pongrat Pirom, on Wednesday agreed to an 8pm-4am curfew for migrant workers in Mae Sot and asked Thais to stay home from 11pm-4am.

The migrant workers are not allowed to move between tambons unless necessary and they must have permits from the Mae Sot district chief in advance.

The committee has also ordered clinics and drug stores to send 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 while convenience stores are allowed to open during 4am-11pm. Walking streets and flea markets are suspended.

Social gatherings except ordination services and funerals are banned. The number of attendants is limited to 50.

The measures followed the diagnosis of 66 new Covid-19 cases in Tak on Wednesday, 57 of them in Mae Sot district.

Since April 1 there have been 1,566 Covid-19 cases reported in Tak, eight of which were fatal.

In Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, local authorities yesterday reported a drop in the number of illegal crossings.

The number of detainees at an Organisational Quarantine (OQ) station located at a border patrol unit in Mae Chan district dropped 67 to nine since the facility opened on May 22.

However, the outbreak in Chiang Rai remains worrying with 18 new cases registered yesterday.

The province's accumulated Covid-19 cases in the third wave stood at 1,085 with 16 fatalities.

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