Thailand stays under COVID-19 emergency with third extention

Curbs will be eased, paving way for allowing business travel from Japan and China

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 Passengers walk through Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on June 8. Thailand is extending its coronavirus state of emergency for a third time but will also further ease restrictions, including some covering travel into the kingdom. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The Thai government has decided to keep the kingdom under a state of coronavirus emergency until July 31 despite having recorded no local transmission for over a month.

It is the third extension of the emergency decree, which was originally imposed from March 26 and was scheduled to end on April 30. Two previous extensions followed, each lasting a month.

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