— A province in southern Thailand has reinstituted strict controls, including a two-week self-quarantine on arrivals from outside, as concerns heighten over controlling the coronavirus. Phangnga, a popular tourist destination on the Andaman Sea, is the first province to reimpose restrictions launched in March but gradually lifted. Most of the new cases came from the Seoul metropolitan area, where health workers have struggled to track transmissions emerging from churches, restaurants, schools and offices. Through next Sunday, restaurants are required to provide only takeouts and deliveries after 9 p.m. Gyms, billiard clubs and after-school academies remain closed. Authorities have also shut down churches and nightspots and shifted most schools back to remote learning nationwide.

Source: Daily Sun September 05, 2020 02:42 UTC