Travel ban widened to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal after Indian variant found in Thailand; Covid-19 total cases now almost 87,000

A medical staff member administers a dose of the Covid-19 coronavirus CoronaVac vaccine to a resident of the Klong Toey community, one of the areas with the highest number of positive cases of the virus in the Thai capital, outside of an indoor football stadium in Bangkok on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK, May 11 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand has widened its travel ban to international arrivals from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal in a bid to prevent the Indian variant of Covid-19 from entering the country.

However, the Royal Thai Embassy in Pakistan said that holders of Thai visas (except tourist visas) may travel to Thailand before May 15.