Thailand Steps Up Monitoring of Travelers From Virus-Hit Nations
- Travelers classified into groups for quarantine, monitoring
- Officials are trying to prevent mass outbreak of Covid-19
A health official checks the temperature of an incoming passenger during a health assessment at a checkpoint at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
Photographer: Vivek Prakash/AFP via Getty Images
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Thailand said it will classify all travelers into three groups under intensified surveillance for the new coronavirus as officials try to prevent a wider outbreak in the tourism-reliant nation.
People coming from China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Iran and Italy will be subject to mandatory 14-day self-quarantine, the Tourism Authority of Thailand said in a statement. They must apply for visas and present health forms at check-in certifying they are at no risk of developing the disease known as Covid-19, or they will be denied boarding.