Thai schools have reopened for the first time since mid-March, with precautions in place to guard against the coronavirus, ranging from temperature checks to installing makeshift cubicles for social distancing in classrooms.

At Sam Khok school, about 50 km north of Bangkok, nearly 5,000 students were told to self-quarantine at home for 15-days prior to the re-start as an extra precaution, Principal Chuchart Thiengtham said.

Students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch after the Thai government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand. — Reuters
Students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch after the Thai government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand. — Reuters

Students also get their temperatures checked and a facial recognition scanner automatically sends a message to parents, Reuters quoted him as saying.

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