A district office official checks the temperature of a driver entering Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri province on Tuesday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Prime Minister Prayt Chan-o-cha on Tuesday rejected a proposal to completely seal off five provinces to stop the spread of Covid-19 disease, amid a surge in new cases.
Gen Prayut said before the weekly cabinet meeting that the government had no plan to lock down Samut Sakhon and four eastern provinces, Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam also rejected the proposal, made public by Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutecha on his Facebook page, to block the transmission of the novel coronavirus, including a travel ban.
Mr Wissanu said authorities in the five provinces were already applying strict measures…
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