(Bloomberg) --
Thailand has banned all incoming passenger flights for the next three days to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.
The suspension took effect at 00:01 April 4 and will last until 23:59 April 6, the aviation authority said in a statement on its website Friday. Cargo flights and state aircraft are exempted from the new measure.
The authority announced the ban after some trouble at Suvarnabhumi international airport involving passengers traveling from abroad, a local newspaper reported. Several passengers resisted state officials' attempts to quarantine them at government facilities and left the airport, according to the report.
The authority is taking “serious steps” against 152 passengers, who defied the quarantine requirement, a spokesman for the government's Covid-19 control center told a press conference Saturday. They must report themselves to authorities by 6 p.m. local time to be put under 14-day state quarantine, he said.
Thailand reported 89 new novel coronavirus cases, taking the total to 2,067. It also had one new death, bringing the total to 20. The number of new infections is the lowest level since March 21, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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