Anutin promises ‘no lockdown’
Infected Thais returning from Myanmar no cause for panic
Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Sunday Covid-19 infections among Thais returning from the Myanmar border town of Tachileik would not cause a second wave of the new coronavirus in Thailand, nor result in another lockdown.
Mr Anutin, who is also public health minister, said that although Covid-19 infections had been found in several northern provinces such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phayao, all had been transmitted from the same source in Myanmar.
As a result, a second virus wave had not occurred, he insisted, and the government did not need to enforce lockdown measures.
Mr Anutin said the ministry had attempted to repatriate more Thais from Myanmar and when arrived back in the country, they were all being…
