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2 new Covid cases linked to Myanmar nightspot

2 new Covid cases linked to Myanmar nightspot

They work in same venue with infected woman in Chiang Mai

Security authorities patrol a border area in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai on Sunday as they try to clamp down on Thais illegally returning to Thailand from Myanmar. (Photo from Pha Muang Task Force Facebook account)

CHIANG RAI: Thailand has recorded two new coronavirus cases in this northern province, both women who crossed the border illegally and worked at the same entertainment venue — on the Myanmar side of the border — as the infected woman feared to be a superspreader in Chiang Mai.

Chiang Rai public health chief Thossathep Boonthong said on Monday the women, 26 and 23, illegally entered Mai Sai district from Tachilek town in Myanmar under…

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