BANGKOK (Xinhua): Thailand's eastern seaside tourist city Pattaya is imposing a temporary lockdown to keep out all visitors in sustained effort to stem the Covid-19 pandemic.
Phakharathorn Thianchai, Provincial Governor of Chonburi province, where Pattaya is located, confirmed on Wednesday (April 8) no entry by any visitors, Thai or foreign, into Pattaya under the lockdown, effective from Thursday until the end of this month. The lockdown is in addition to curfew, currently enforced nationwide between 10pm and 4am daily.