Bangkok (VNA) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on July 31requested military commanders to step up security measures along the country'sborderlines to keep out any suspected trespassers from neighbouring countries inthe context that the COVID-19 pandemic continues developing complicatedly.
The PM made the order at a monthly meeting with high-rankingmilitary commanders at the Ministry of Defence.
At the meeting, the ministry's spokesman Lt. Gen. KongcheepTantrawanich said that over the last several weeks, Thai authorities havedetected many illegal border trespassing cases and arrested a number of Myanmarand Cambodian nationals.
The authorities have feared those suspected invaders mightbe infected with the coronavirus, Kongcheep said.
On July 29, Thailand extended its state of emergency to theend of August to curb the spread of the COVID-19, even though the country hasnot found any new community infections for about two months.
The country has so far reported a total of 3,298 COVID-19cases and 58 deaths./.
VNA