Reduction in mandatory quarantine back on the table again

Thai health officials are trying to determine how the South Korean military officer, who tested positive for Covid-19 after returning home from Thailand’s annual Cobra Gold training, became infected with the virus. So far, it’s a mystery.

Local health authorities investigating the case are asking South Korean authorities for more information about the officers whereabouts to figure where exactly the officer came in contact with the virus, according to the Department of Disease Control’s chief of the epidemiology division, Walairat Chaifoo.

“We have three assumptions that firstly he might have been infected with the disease in his country. He might also have been infected in alternative state quarantine or at the meeting place. We do need to have additional information from South Korea in order to verify those assumptions.”

Here’s the timeline:

October 17: The 32 year old…