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Chiang Rai Covid alert, 15 new cases linked to Tachilek

A security official watches 10 Thais returning from Tachilek to Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai through the checkpoint at the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on Monday. (Photo: Mai Sai district office Facebook)

A second hospital has been prepared to receive Covid-19 patients, with six new cases reported in Chiang Rai among people returning from working in Tachilek, in Myanmar.

Chiang Rai governor Prachon Pratsakul on Monday announced the six new infections found in Thai returnees, which had not yet been included in the daily update by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

The centre reported on Monday that nine Thais returning from Tachilek were among 21 new cases. The six new cases in Chiang Rai will be added in the centre’s tally on Tuesday, for a total of 15.

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