BANGKOK, 14 May 2021: The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand issued a cautionary note this week to all airlines serving the country to check the Certificate of Entry (CoE) of foreign passengers before they board flights to Thailand.
The National News Bureau of Thailand said the order came
after the foreign ministry suspended the issue of CoEs for foreign arrivals
from Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan after a Thai returnee from Pakistan
contracted the highly contagious Covid-19 strain that is spreading across
India.
The CoE is a letter issued by a Thai embassy or consulate
that allows a foreign visa holder to enter Thailand aboard a special
Thousands of inmates infected
published : 13 May 2021 at 04:00 Panusaya: Caught the virus
Nearly 3,000 inmates at Bangkok s two main prisons Bangkok Remand Prison and the Central Women s Correctional Institution have been found to be infected with Covid-19.
Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan revealed the 2,835 infections on Wednesday after democracy activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul marked her release on bail by telling her Facebook followers that she had contracted the virus. She acknowledged that many inmates have infections.
Ms Panusaya was released on May 6 after being detained for 59 days at the Central Women s Correctional Institution.
Mr Aryut said mass testing on prison officials and inmates had found 1,795 prisoners at Bangkok Remand Prison and 1,040 at the Central Women s Correctional Institution to be infected with the coronavirus.
2021-05-13 03:36:26 GMT2021-05-13 11:36:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BANGKOK, May 13 (Xinhua) Thailand has reported the highest daily count of COVID-19 new cases Thursday following new prison clusters, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
The country reported 4,887 new infections in the last 24 hours, of which 2,835 were discovered in the prison system, and 32 additional fatalities, according to the CCSA.
Thursday s spike in new infections came after the Department of Corrections reported new clusters in two Bangkok prisons, with 1,795 inmates having been infected at Bangkok Special Prison and 1,040 infections having been confirmed at Central Women Correctional Institution as of Wednesday
Human Rights Watch
People held in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons and detention facilities are at grave risk from Covid-19 outbreaks, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai authorities should immediately act to ensure that prisoners and detainees have access to adequate protective measures and health care. The authorities should swiftly reduce overcrowding by releasing people who do not pose a serious and concrete risk to others.
On May 12, 2021, Thailand’s Corrections Department announced that 1,795 inmates in Bangkok Remand Prison and 1,040 in Central Women’s Correctional Institution had tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19. In addition, hundreds of people detained in provincial prisons such as in Chiang Mai and Narathiwat have reportedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus.