Thailand’s Porous Borders Spark Fear of a New Covid Wave

Migrants desperate for work bring coronavirus along with job skills

By: Murray Hunter

Thailand, which has earned praise as one of the few countries to handle the Covid-19 pandemic well, could face trouble from across the country’s porous borders. Over this past week, Thais have become jittery over the numbers of Thai nationals who have been illegally re-entering the country from Myanmar across a shallow river in Mae Sai …