Thailand reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths
05 April, 2020
Thailand reported 102 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, the country's public health ministry said on Sunday (Apr 5).
The most recent numbers raised the total in the Southeast Asian nation to 2,169 cases.
Twenty-three persons have died in Thailand because the outbreak first emerged in January.
On Friday, police and soldiers set up a huge selection of checkpoints across Thailand to enforce an indefinite nationwide curfew, banning most people from outside in a bid to curb the spread of the brand new coronavirus.
The curfew includes exceptions for individuals transporting medical supplies and health workers travelling to and from work.
Authorities said police, army and other security forces would setup 421 checkpoints in the united states to enforce it.
Thailand was the first country outside China to report a case of the brand new coronavirus, which since emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan late this past year has infected multiple million people worldwide and killed at least 50,000.
Since last month, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand has jumped from just a few dozen to a lot more than 2,000, prompting more strict social isolation measures by the federal government.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com