BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul got a little miffed at Western tourists this week when several rebuffed the protective face masks that he was personally distributing on a Bangkok street. Anutin said the incautious farang should be reported to their embassies and expelled from Thailand. Asian tourist, especially Chinese, were meanwhile happily accepting the masks, he said. The Chinese are perhaps in a mood to be grateful after the government decided to keep granting them visas on arrival. It had been suggested the privilege be withheld amid the coronavirus scare, but the value of Sino-Thai relations prevailed.

Source: The Star February 07, 2020 09:11 UTC