Thai Covid Panel Skips Bangkok Lockdown, Limits Labor Camps

Thailand’s national Covid-19 panel announced a one-month clampdown on movements from all residential camps for construction and factory workers in metropolitan Bangkok and four other provinces, as infections continue to climb and medical facilities reach capacity.

With the contagious delta variant now spreading in Thailand, new clusters found in housing for laborers have added to the strain on medical facilities and staff in the capital, challenging the government’s efforts to contain a surge that began early April.