No more than 300 Thai nationals allowed to return from Malaysia daily

People wait as Thai customs officers check their documents before being able to cross into Malaysia, after travel restrictions were imposed in an effort to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the border post in Sungai Kolok in southern Thailand's Narathiwat province on April 1, 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (Xinhua): No more than 300 Thai nationals can return home from Malaysia daily via border checkpoints in southern Thailand, a senior government official said on Thursday (April 16).

Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) secretary-general Somkiat Pholprayoon confirmed a maximum of 300 Thai workers can come back to Thailand from Malaysia daily, beginning Saturday (April 18), and then will be quarantined at specified places.