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Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital in the Northern province has reportedly reduced its services by 50 per cent after 39 of its medics were found to be infected with Covid-19 this week.

A man in Chiang Mai panicked after his vaccination records showed he had received Sinovac for his first dose but AstraZeneca for his second.

An Indian national was arrested on Friday in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district for entering Thailand illegally through the natural border with Myanmar.

Some 6,000 rounds of ammunition for M16 assault rifle and 52 K75 anti-personnel grenades were found in four packages at a courier service company in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district.

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) on Tuesday revealed images from Aqua and Suomi NPP satellites taken on Monday showing smog caused by forest fires in the northern region of Thailand.

Chiang Rai authorities deported 72 Myanmar workers back to their homeland on Thursday. No reason was given for the move. Authorities said the workers had previously entered Thailand legally and none had worked in the Covid-19 hotspot in Samut Sakhon.

Twenty-eight Thais who returned from Myanmar completed their 14-day quarantine on Thursday and were released in a ceremony at Chiang Rai’s Wiang Indra Riverside Resort.

Tourists would not have to undergo 14 days quarantine after returning from Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, clarified on Friday.

Chiang Rai’s governor led a clean-up operation on Thursday, aimed at restoring confidence after dozens of Covid-19 cases were discovered in the northern border province.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the press on Tuesday that the Covid-19 situation in Thailand has not reached the epidemic level yet.

More than 100 Thais in Myanmar's Tachileik town have contacted officials to return to their country, while some young women are still trying to sneak in through natural channels, an official said.

Chiang Rai has found nine new cases of Covid-19 linked to the 1G1 Hotel in Myanmar, provincial officials said.