Mae Sot expects mass return of Thais working in Myanmar casino

Sub-title: 

Border opens to prevent Thais sneaking back in

Description: 

"The border district of Mae Sot is on alert for a large number of Thais working in a casino in Myawaddy to flee the continued spread of the coronavirus in Myanmar. Opas Kankawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department, expected hundreds of Thai workers at a casino in the cross-border town to move back through the district in Tak soon after the province temporarily reopens the checkpoint to allow them through. “We have estimated hundreds of Thais are stuck there. We don’t know how many of them have been infected,” a video clip posted on the department Facebook page on Sunday quoted him as saying. The latest batch of Thai returnees -- believed to number 40 -- arrived on Thursday. Seventeen of them tested positive and were sent to Mae Sot Hospital. They worked for the Sky Complex casino, just across the Moei River that separates Mae Sot and Myawaddy..."

Source/publisher: 

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

Date of Publication: 

2020-01-10

Date of entry: 

2021-01-11

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, Thailand

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good