Thailand expands lockdown areas as COVID-19 cases surge
Thailand
Thailandon Sunday announced an expansion of coronavirus restrictions that include travel curbs, mall closures and a night-time curfew to three more provinces after the country reported a third consecutive day of record case numbers.
The country reported 11,397 infections and 101 deaths on Sunday, bringing the cumulative total to 403,386casesand 3,341 fatalities, the vast majority from an outbreak since early April that is being fuelled by the highly transmissible Alpha and DeltaCOVID-19variants.
Shopping malls will be closed and a 9 pmto 4 am curfew will be imposed from Tuesday onwards in Chonburi, Ayutthaya and Chachoengsao provinces, an announcement on the official Royal Gazette on Sunday showed.
Bangkok and nine other provinces have already been under these restrictions, the toughest in more than a year, since last Monday, as the country battles its longest-running and most severe outbreak so far.
The government earlier said it was planning to introduce more restrictions on movement as the surging number ofcases, which continue to rise despite the partiallockdowns in high riskareas, had stretched healthcare capacity and health officials warned that the severe outbreak could continue for months.
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