Recently, soldiers, police and immigration officials were deployed to monitor the five border districts of Tak province to prevent illegal crossings for fear illegal migrants may bring new Covid-19 infections with them.
The Chinese man apparently works in Myanmar in an area controlled by the Karen Board Guard Force.
Over the past 24 hours, 233 new Covid-19 cases have surfaced in Myanmar and the situation there is so bad that MP candidates in Myawaddy have had to cancel their election campaigns.