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Senior Indochina Correspondent @ChannelNewsAsia (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) Formerly based in Myanmar. Now Bangkok and around the region

Mar 17, 2020, 5 tweets

#Thailand government #FB shows #PM #Prayut Chan-o-cha & his cabinet ministers practicing social distancing during #COVID19 #coronavirus #โควิด19 #ไวรัสโคโรน่าสายพันธุ์ใหม่2019 sitting 1 metre apart from each other and wearing masks during their regular weekly meeting. (Govt pics)

#Thailand #PM #Prayut speaking to media now after cabinet meeting to discuss plans to tackle #COVID19 #coronavirus #โควิด19 #ไวรัสโคโรน่าสายพันธุ์ใหม่2019 in country like closing education institutions, large entertainment venues. Shows speaking with mask takes getting used to

#Thailand #PM #Prayut flanked by a few of his #DPMs & his cabinet ministers including that of #Health #Transport & #Finance. Country is not just facing negative #COVID19 #coronavirus impact. Also dealing with #AirPollution #drought

#Thailand #PM #Prayut insists the country will NOT close its borders & lockdown like some other nations have done. He doesn't see the need to take this measure now. Says country will instead step up on preventive #covid19 #coronabirus measures that are sufficient for now #โควิด19

#Thailand #PM #Prayut says for 2 weeks, nation will close places like #universities #schools #pubs #massageparlours sporting stadiums. All government officers will be urged to work from home & they'll not be able to travel overseas. #shopping malls #restaurants to remain open

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