Pattani, Yala issue orders to help contain Covid-19 as Thai cases rise

A motorist travelling from Tak Bai-Sungai Kolok district gets his temperature taken at the Rimnam checkpoint, set up as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on March 27, 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (Agencies): The deep South provinces of Pattani and Yala have issued strict orders to deal with Covid-19 and prevent local people from getting infected.

Pattani Governor Kraisorn Wisitwong signed an order on Friday (March 27) after the province was classified as a high-risk area by the communicable disease control committee on Wednesday (March 26).