Thai police check the temperature of drivers at a checkpoint after the country entered a state of emergency.

Thousands of people began leaving the capital Bangkok and returning to their provincial homes after businesses were closed on March 22.

The exodus caused the number of Covid-19 coronavirus patients outside of Bangkok to surge and the government put the country under the state of emergency to stop the spreading.

Footage from Sukhothai, central Thailand, shows the traffic police and the medical staff at the checkpoint screening travellers at the province's border yesterday morning (March 30)

The more strict screening process has been applied to stop the Bangkok residents spreading the virus to other provinces.

Sukhothai province has two border checkpoints waiting to check the travellers' body temperatures and contain them if they show symptoms.

Sukhothai has three cases and another 1,821 people are under the observation, of which 1,418 of them had returned from the capital Bangkok.

Thai police check drivers and their passengers for the coronavirus at checkpoints after the country entered a state of emergency.

Thousands of people began leaving the capital Bangkok and returning to their provincial homes after businesses were closed on March 22.

The exodus caused the number of Covid-19 coronavirus patients outside of Bangkok to surge and the government put the country under the state of emergency to stop the spreading.

Footage from Sukhothai, central Thailand, shows the traffic police and the medical staff at the checkpoint screening travellers at the province's border yesterday morning (March 30)

The more strict screening process has been applied to stop the Bangkok residents spreading the virus to other provinces.

Sukhothai province has two border checkpoints waiting to check the travellers' body temperatures and contain them if they show symptoms.

Sukhothai has three cases and another 1,821 people are under the observation, of which 1,418 of them had returned from the capital Bangkok.

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