"The ban was initially imposed on April 3 to stem the spread of the COVID-19 from overseas travelers and Thai returnees," said CAAT director Chula Sukmanop. "However, we have made careful assessment and decided that it is safer to extend the ban on incoming flights to the end of April."
Chula said that under the ban, no flights are allowed to land in Thailand except for military aircraft on diplomatic missions, emergency landings, technical landings without disembarkation, those on humanitarian missions, those for medical, relief or repatriation purposes and cargo aircraft.
Any passengers who are allowed to disembark will be subject to a mandatory 14-day state quarantine.
Thailand on Wednesday reported 30 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number to 2,643, with total deaths standing at 43.
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