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Lockdown deepens: Flight ban for Bangkok and 12 provinces, residents told to stay home

It will no longer be possible to fly in and out of Thailand’s worst-hit provinces, where residents are being asked not to leave their homes if possible.

The newest lockdown measures coming to curb COVID-19 infections and deaths by way of the Royal Gazette and aviation authority were announced yesterday and apply to provinces with the most severe outbreaks, a number which has now grown to 13. 

Effective on Monday, 10 Thai provinces impose overnight curfew, bans gathering of 5 people

The new restrictions are effective Tuesday through Aug. 2 in provinces deemed “dark red” and are subject to extension. The 13 provinces are Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkha, Yala, Ayutthaya, Chachoengsao and Chonburi. The latter three provinces are new to the list.

People living in the affected areas are…

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