COVID-19 PANDEMIC: YANGON- Companies asked to delay bringing in workers from covid-hit Myanmar
“The 2019 Plague” Day 274
Health authorities will ask businesses to delay bringing in workers from Myanmar, amid reports of a wave of Covid-19 infections there.
Sophon Iamsirithavorn, chief of the Communicable Disease Division, said on Friday there was a rise in the number of coronavirus disease cases reported in several countries.
This included Myanmar, where most cases were reported in western Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal.
.
.
Myanmar previously reported infections among returnees, but community infections had now been reported for the past two weeks. Accumulated Covid-19 cases in Myanmar had risen to 602, Dr Sophon said.
Rakhine state had prohibited people from leaving their homes from 9pm to 4am, he said.
Thailand has a 2,400-kilometre land border with Myanmar, and security along the frontier has been tightened to prevent illegal migrants sneaking into the country via natural border crossings, looking for work.
Dr Sophon said he would seek cooperation from business operators, asking them to refrain from bringing Myanmar workers into the country for the time being, to prevent them spreading coronavirus disease.
.
.
Interior permanent secretary Chatchai Phromlert said on Friday he had ordered the governors of the 10 provinces bordering Myanmar – Tak, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ratchaburi, Chumphon and Ranong – to tighten security along the border and ensure strict health checks on people arriving through official crossings.
Dr Sophon said there were six new cases of Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand, all people who arrived from abroad and were quarantined, bringing the total to 3,410.
Of the total, 2,444 were local community infections (71.6%), and 473 were people arriving from abroad, Dr Sophon said.
The death toll remains at 58 since June 2.
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR EMAIL
.
The most important news of the day about the ASEAN Countries and the world in one email: [email protected]
8.29.2020
