Bangkok (NNT/VNA) – The Immigration Bureau has announced that allforeigners arriving in Thailand must now specify the countries they haverecently visited on their arrival card, to filter out the potential spread ofthe COVID-19 virus.

Immigration police deputy spokesperson Colonel Cherngron Rimpadee announced that the Immigration Bureau after discussions with relevant agencieshad resolved to ask all foreign passengers arriving in Thailand to list all thecountries they have recently visited.

Prior to the announcement, the arrival card that foreigners fill in, onlyrequested basic information, such as personal information, country of residenceand the accommodation each individual was staying in, while in Thailand.

On March 5, the government declared four countries and two territories to be athigh-risk of COVID-19, namely, the Republic of Korea, China, Hong Kong, Macau,Italy, and Iran.

Currently, the kingdom welcomes roughly 4,500 passengers daily from thesecountries.

Disease Control Department Deputy Director-General Kajornsak Kaewjaras shared thatall passengers from these high-risk destinations, and those who have visitedthem in recent times, must identify themselves to authorities.

Officials will provide a free medical check up, and ask for contact detailsthroughout their stay in the kingdom; government personnel will then be able tomonitor their well-being./.