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Entry restrictions now in 42 provinces

Police set up a checkpoint for vehicles entering Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)

The number of provinces imposing self-quarantine or other requirements on travellers to fight the new Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 42.

Phichit, Lampang and Ubon Ratchathani were the latest to join 39 other provinces imposing a variety of restrictions on people entering their provinces, according to an update on Tuesday by the Interior Ministry.

The longer list underscores the seriousness of the third virus wave that originated in nightlife venues in Bangkok and spread to 74 provinces as of Tuesday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration gives the provincial communicable disease committee led by the governor in each province a free hand in imposing restrictions on people entering, as long…

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