Thailand urges calm after four test positive for virus

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Thai authorities have urged calm as they scramble to trace a potential coronavirus outbreak after at least four women tested positive on returning from neighbouring Myanmar, AFP reported.

Since detecting the first case outside of China back in January, Thailand has managed to keep Covid-19 infections low, at just over 4,000 cases, in part by imposing strict entry rules.

But it shares an extremely porous 2,400-kilometre border with Myanmar, where the virus is rampant, with more than 1,000 new cases a day in recent months.

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