More returnees from Mideast infectedActivists gather at the Civil Court in Bangkok on Thursday, seeking an order that the government use normal laws to control Covid-19 instead of the executive emergency decree. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)The government on Thursday reported five more cases of new coronavirus disease, all quarantined returnees. The four new cases were people working abroad who returned from the United Arab Emirates on July 2. So far, 1,223 Thais have returned from the UAE and 21 of them had contracted the disease; 800 people returned from Egypt, and seven of them were infected. Globally, Covid-19 cases rose by 214,892 to 12.16 million with 552,029 deaths, up by 3,428.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2020 05:26 UTC