Thai military monitoring border as Malaysian outbreak rages
Soldiers from the Fifth Infantry Regiment under the Fourth Army Area were monitoring the border in Songkhla's Sadao district to prevent smuggling of migrant workers from Malaysia on Wednesday.
Malaysia has been hit by a severe outbreak of Covid-19, with new cases rising by around 4,000 per day.
Thirteen Thais stranded in Malaysia returned to Thailand on Wednesday and underwent screening and quarantine as per Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration measures.
