Security Tightened along Border as Covid Cases Surge in Myanmar

[snoop1130]

Security Tightened along Border as Covid Cases Surge in Myanmar

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 8 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon ordered tightened security along Thai –Myanmar border in the wake of a rise in Covid-19 cases in Thailand’s neighbouring country.

 

The deputy prime minister ordered police, soldiers and administrative officials to seal off natural border channels in order to prevent illegal immigration.

 

The Royal Thai Navy Region 3 has dispatched patrol boats along the Kraburi River and at sea to intercept any attempt to smuggle Myanmar workers into Ranong province.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-532746

 

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[YetAnother]

46 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon ordered tightened security along Thai –Myanmar border in the wake of a rise in Covid-19 cases in Thailand’s neighbouring country.

i nominate the watchy general , the maskless one, the single IQ one, to be the immediate onsite, roving ambassador to myanmar

[utalkin2me]

Raise your hand if you think the same case increase is going to happen in Thailand sooner or later (if your hand is down you have got some thinking to do). 

[ukrules]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon ordered tightened security along Thai –Myanmar border

Nobody's sneaking in on his watch

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal Thai Navy Region 3 has dispatched patrol boats along the Kraburi River and at sea to intercept any attempt to smuggle Myanmar workers into Ranong province.

If only they had a few subs to do it discretely ? 

[sammieuk1]

The old timer is surely too old for pajama parties has he just been woken up ???? 

[Somtamnication]

They need to hurry up with those submarine purchases. The klongs and canals are ripe for incursions!

[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

They need to hurry up with those submarine purchases. The klongs and canals are ripe for incursions!

How will they remove the limpets from the submarine hulls. You know, those klingons on the starboard bow,

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The old timer is surely too old for pajama parties has he just been woken up ???? 

Thinking the same thing, nice nightshirt, at least he's ready whether he's coming or going... I'm certain he doesn't always know.

[DrTuner]

"Cases surge" .. and when did Myanmar start to actually test? Nothing is surging except number of tests. It's all been there all along, as it has in Thailand.

[Sheryl]

29 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

"Cases surge" .. and when did Myanmar start to actually test? Nothing is surging except number of tests. It's all been there all along, as it has in Thailand.

 

There are more cases being identified now and while not at the magnitude one tends to think of with the word  "surge", that term is being used by Myanmar media and the number of daily cases is near 200 now which is far more than at any time since the pandemic began. No reason to think this is due to a change in testing.

 

As Myanmar shares a long land border with India -- which is having a full-fledged surge by any definition - it is not surprising that cases have risen in Myanmar.

 

Mainly concentrated in Rakhine state (where there are crowded detention facilities) and Yangon i.e. locations where there is higher population density. The regions around that Thai border tend to be rural/forested with low density.