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Pro-democracy protesters react as security forces fire a water cannon to disperse an anti-government demonstration at Sanam Luang next to the Grand Palace in Bangkok on March 20, 2021. - Photo by Lillian Suwanrupha / AFP

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Covid-19: 1,671 new cases reported, four fatalities bring death toll to 1,229

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