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Jonathan Fairfield

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Security agencies have been urged to maintain stringent border controls and restrictions on population movements in a COVID-19-related meeting, with the armed forces now called on to set up more field hospitals to accommodate the surge of COVID-19 cases.

 

The Ministry of Defence has ordered the armed forces to set up field hospitals to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases, and for security agencies to maintain stringent measures along the borders.

 

The Ministry of Defence Spokesman, Lt Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich said today that Deputy Minister of Defence Gen Chaichan Changmongkol has held a meeting with the Internal Security Operations Command, agencies under the Ministry of Defence, the armed forces, and the Royal Thai Police via video conference, where he urged these agencies to continue strictly enforcing COVID-19 containment measures.

 

The meeting emphasized the screening of people arriving at border crossings, and the suppression of illegal entries. Over the last week, security agents have arrested 248 people entering Thailand illegally; the are Laotian - 110 people, Cambodian - 69 people; Myanmar - 25 people, and four Chinese people.

 

In the meeting, agencies were urged to enforce stringent movement control measures, with security officials actively on site at 606 construction camps in Bangkok, and 88 road checkpoints set up to prevent unauthorized travels.

 

The Royal Thai Armed Forces has received a request to find suitable locations within military bases to set up more field hospitals, especially in the 10 maximum and serious control provinces, as well as to deploy military doctors, volunteers, and vehicles on proactive testing missions and patient transport.

 

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2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

restrictions on population movements

Total and utter BS, my Wife drove from BKK to Prachuap yesteday only one stop  point and she wound down her window 1  inch and they waved her on instantly without any question.............THATS the check, she's  on Bangkok plates on her car. They are stopping nothing and no one, it is of  course very good lip service.

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11 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Today 11397

Die 101

101 died today ?  Wow; or is that so far this month, this week, this wave ?  Not sure what numbers mean here TIT.

BTW, hope those tents are air conditioned and mosquito proof.

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10 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Total and utter BS, my Wife drove from BKK to Prachuap yesteday only one stop  point and she wound down her window 1  inch and they waved her on instantly without any question.............THATS the check, she's  on Bangkok plates on her car. They are stopping nothing and no one, it is of  course very good lip service.

I drove from Pattaya to Bangkok today in a Bangkok licenced car and saw not one single checkpoint - very little traffic too.

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12 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

101 died today ?  Wow; or is that so far this month, this week, this wave ?  Not sure what numbers mean here TIT.

BTW, hope those tents are air conditioned and mosquito proof.

You were right first time.... then went completely wrong.

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