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TNA MCOT reported from several airports in Thailand after air travel was halted in 13 deep red zone provinces yesterday for 14 days due to the latest spike in Covid-19 cases.
At Hat Yai airport in the southern province of Songkhla there was only security staff and all shops and counters were shut.
There have been 9,400 infections and 44 deaths in the province with a new cluster at the Sapsin market in Muang district resulting in the closure of the market until July 28th.
Meanwhile in Chiang Mai the media reported that there was barely a soul at the airport with no passengers for the first time in 100 years since the airport was founded.
There were just a few security staff and people packing up stock in shops.
The last flights there were 990 passengers on six flights on Tuesday.
An airport official said they would be using the down time to do cleaning.
