Thailand closes Myanmar border crossings; Covid-19 cases escalating in Yangon


Image courtesy of The Nation Thailand/Asian News Network.

BANGKOK, Oct 18 (AP): Thailand has closed all border crossings between its northern province of Tak and Myanmar after five people in the Thai border town of Mae Sot tested positive for the coronavirus.

The five, none of whom exhibited symptoms, are the first locally transmitted cases confirmed in Thailand since early September, when a prison inmate tested positive.

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