By Reuters Staff
People queue to check their temperature as they visit a popular entertainment street to celebrate New Year’s Eve during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand confirmed 315 new coronavirus cases on Sunday in a second wave of infection where the majority of the cases were local transmission.
The new cases include 21 cases imported from abroad, the governments COVID-19 taskforce said.
Thailand has confirmed a total of 7,694 coronavirus cases and 64 deaths since its first case last January.
The government is eyeing tougher measures to restrict businesses and limits peoples movement in 28 provinces, including the capital Bangkok to curb the spread of the virus.read more