50 More Thais Returned from Myawaddy Casino

 

 

BANGKOK, Jan 13 (TNA) – Security authorities in Mae Sot district of Tak province today received 50 more Thai people who returned from a casino in the adjacent Myawaddy town of Myanmar and they were considered as having high risks of COVID-19 infection.

 

The people were the fourth group of returnees to Mae Sot during the latest spread of COVID-19. They traveled on two government vehicles to quarantine.

 

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I see it doesn't specify whether the 50 returnees had originally left Thailand officially (as opposed to sneaking out over the border).

 

I do notice the TNA article says:

"Of the 157 new cases, 90 were locally infected, 42 were confirmed through active case finding, 21 sneaked in and four were quarantined arrivals."

 

It appears that after tightening the border for some time now, people are still able to 'sneak in'.

19 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I see it doesn't specify whether the 50 returnees had originally left Thailand officially (as opposed to sneaking out over the border).

 

I do notice the TNA article says:

"Of the 157 new cases, 90 were locally infected, 42 were confirmed through active case finding, 21 sneaked in and four were quarantined arrivals."

 

It appears that after tightening the border for some time now, people are still able to 'sneak in'.

The Thailand Myanmar border is 2,416 km long, I doubt if sneaking is needed.  For most of it they could likely march across with a brass band and not be noticed.

30 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

The Thailand Myanmar border is 2,416 km long, I doubt if sneaking is needed.  For most of it they could likely march across with a brass band and not be noticed.

They've got as much chance of noticing as a gastric band.