(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Thailand's single-day diagnosis hits a new high, and inbound tourists do not need nucleic acid certificates from April

　　China News Agency, Bangkok, March 18 (Reporter Wang Guoan) Thailand officially announced on the 18th that there were 27,071 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, setting a record for single-day confirmed cases; 80 new deaths were added, the highest this year.

　　The capital Bangkok, with 3,252 new confirmed cases, still ranks first in the country, followed by Nakhon Ratchasima and Chonburi.

　　As of that day, Thailand had more than 3.3 million confirmed cases and 24,075 deaths.

　　Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over a meeting of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Management Center on the same day. The meeting decided to extend the implementation period of the "State of Emergency Law", which expired at the end of this month, to May 31.

This is the 17th time the Thai government has extended the implementation of the Emergency Law since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic.

　　The meeting agreed to resume the Songkran Festival (Water Splashing Festival) activities in the Thai New Year, but during the period, people were prohibited from splashing water, powdering, drinking, etc.

As for the dripping ceremony, bathing Buddha, temple activities and other folk activities, they can be held normally, but relevant activities must take epidemic prevention measures and not be held in public places such as roads.

　　At the same time, the meeting decided to add 2 tourist demonstration areas in Chiang Mai and Phetchaburi provinces, and increase the original 8 tourist demonstration areas including Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi and other provinces to 10.

　　In addition, the meeting also decided to simplify the procedures for international tourists to enter Thailand.

From April 1st, inbound tourists no longer need to submit a nucleic acid test certificate before entry, but they must take a nucleic acid test on the first day of arrival in Thailand and an antigen test on the fifth day after entry.

Inbound tourists are quarantined for 5 days and must purchase medical insurance with an insured amount of at least $20,000.

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