Only one new Covid-19 case in Thailand; govt reduce curfew times

National Security Council Secretary General Gen Somsak Rungsita speaking during a live television broadcast. - Image courtesy of The Nation Thailand/Asian News Network

BANGKOK: Thailand reported one new Covid-19 (coronavirus) case on Saturday (May 30) and no new deaths, taking the total number of infections to 3,077 as local transmission of the new virus appears to wane.

The new patient arrived in Thailand via a land border with Malaysia earlier this week and has been in quarantine, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.