Govt pins blame on Egypt embassyTaweesilp: 'Egypt flights cancelled'The government said yesterday the Egyptian embassy dodged quarantine for its 31-strong military party visiting Rayong province, and 1,889 local people who went to the same mall as the Egyptian who tested positive for Covid-19 now face home quarantine. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), put the blame squarely on the Egyptian embassy in Thailand for arranging hotel accommodation for the Egyptian delegation instead of sending the visitors to a state quarantine facility. "Regulations required quarantine during their stay but the embassy contacted the hotel directly. Dr Taweesilp was referring to the 31 Egyptian military visitors who stopped over in the eastern province of Rayong on their way to China. The Egyptian embassy yesterday expressed its most sincere regrets and sympathies to all those who may have been adversely affected by this unfortunate incident.

Source: Bangkok Post July 14, 2020 22:52 UTC