Thailand's Covid-19 cases again top 9,000, prompting tougher measures


Locals wait in line overnight for free coronavirus testing at the Wat Phra Si Mahathat temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, July 9, 2021. Faced with rapidly rising numbers of new coronavirus infections and growing concern over the proliferation of the highly contagious delta variant, major Asia-Pacific cities implemented new restrictions Friday in the hope of reversing the trend before health care systems are overwhelmed. - AP

BANGKOK, July 9 (Xinhua): Tougher restrictions are being imposed in Thailand's capital and surrounding provinces in an effort to curb rapidly increasing Covid-19 infections.

The Center for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Friday a set of new restrictions that will take effect from July 12, and will further limit people's movement in public.

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