Illustrative image (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand’ Centre for COVID-19 SituationAdministration (CCSA) on June 19 decided to extend the national stateof emergency by another month to July 31.
Thedecision was made during a CCSA meeting chaired by Prime Minister PrayutChan-o-cha.
TheCCSA decision comes even as Thailand proceeds with its final phase of easingits lockdown measures. Among the venues allowed to reopen on July 1 as part ofPhase 5 are all schools, bars and nightclubs, as well as entertainment venuessuch as karaoke bars and soapy massage parlours, and game and internet cafes -all considered to be high risk for an outbreak.
Thefirst phase began on May 3 with the reopening of parks, restaurants, open airsports venues and salons.
As of June 29,Thailand had confirmed 3,169 COVID-19 cases, including 58 deaths.
Meanwhile,Indonesia reported 1,082 new coronavirus cases on June 29, taking the national total numberof infections to 55,092, according to the country’s health ministry.
TheSoutheast Asian nation also recorded 51 more deaths on the day, sending thetotal number of COVID-19 fatalities to 2,805, the highest in East Asia outsideChina.
The number ofCOVID-19 cases in the Philippines soared to 36,438 after the country's Department ofHealth reported 985 more infections on June 29.
The departmentsaid in its bulletin that the number of recoveries further rose to 9,956 after270 more patients have survived the disease.
The deathtoll also increased to 1,255 after 11 more patients have succumbed to the viraldisease, it added./.
VNA
