BANGKOK -- A Thai national re-entering Thailand illegally from COVID-hit Myanmar has kicked off alarms in Chiang Mai, a northern province that was particularly popular with Chinese visitors before the pandemic.
On Nov. 24, the woman in her late twenties returned with two friends from working at the 1G1 hotel and casino Tachilek in Myanmar. The entertainment complex is 1.5km from an official border crossing to Mae Sai in Thailand. However, the trio used an irregular crossing point in order to avoid the mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine.
