Thailand reported no new coronavirus cases on Monday, marking the second time since no cases were reported. This marks 21 days without local transmission of coronavirus, maintaining the country’s reported cases of 3,135 confirmed cases and 58 fatalities.
Any new cases that were detected were made to quarantine since the cases had been citizens who had returned from abroad.
Following this, the nationwide curfew was lifted on June 15, allowing establishments to function normally, mainly restaurants that supplied alcohol. Other establishments allowed to reopen on Monday were schools with fewer than 120 students, exhibition halls, music concerts, film productions, playgrounds, amusement parks, and sports competitions without spectators. Notably, pubs and bars are to remain closed.
Thailand was the first Asian country after China to have reported cases of coronavirus and has been considered a success story ever since, for having contained it.