Thailand, Singapore and China mask up as COVID-19 reemerges

Songkran festival partly to blame as Thai authorities report 46 deaths from virus

20250528 Bangkok Daily life

People are donning masks again in Bangkok as Thailand reports 187,000 COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths from the virus this year.  © AP

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, WATARU SUZUKI and DYLAN LOH

BANGKOK/SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE -- Parts of Asia are on alert as hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases have been reported in countries including China and Singapore, killing at least 46 people in Thailand alone.

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