Border market closed amid outbreak


No business for now: A Cambodian vendor at Rong Kluea Market in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand. — Phnom Penh Post/ANN

THAI authorities have decided to close the Rong Kluea Market located near the Cambodia-Thailand border from today until further notice as part of efforts to contain a widespread outbreak of Covid-19 in Thailand.

Sa Kaeo provincial authorities in Thailand sent notice to the Banteay Meanchey provincial governor that they were implementing increased restrictions on their side of the border and requested that the Cambodian authorities follow suit.

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