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Taweesilp clarifies ‘Mor Chana’ confusion

A sign with a QR code to download and install the Mor Chana app is seen during its launch at the Electronic Transactions Development Agency in Bangkok last April. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

The spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has apologised for saying earlier that people who do not install the “Mor Chana” Covid-19 contact-tracing mobile application would face a fine or imprisonment if they become infected later.

Taweesilp Wissanuyothin said on Thursday morning people were required to install the contact-tracing app under the government’s No.17 regulation, which took effect on Thursday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed the regulation by the power granted him during the emergency situation, which has been in place since March last year.

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