Thailand imposes a nationwide curfew on April 3

Thailand now has 1771 COVID-19 cases, with 120 new cases confirmed over the last 24 hours and two more patients dying.The government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration made the announcement this morning (April 1). As of today, 1,429 patients are under treatment, of whom 23 are in critical condition, have recovered, and were discharged. The country has so far reported 12 deaths.

On April 3, the Thai government will impose a nationwide curfew from 0 p.m. to 4 a.m. local time, Report informs, citing the Reuters.

Notably, the number of people infected with COVID-19 coronavirus in Thailand exceeded 1.7 thousand people. Since March 26, the country has been in a state of emergency for 30 days.

On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan. The causative agent of the disease is a new type of coronavirus, which has the official name COVID-2019.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus in the world.