(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)BEIJING – Thailand reported 527 new coronavirus cases, most of them migrant workers who already were isolated, and the government said it was tightening movements of people around the country.
Thailand has been struggling with a sudden virus surge after months of hardly any cases of domestic transmission.
Wary of another wave of infections, China is urging migrant workers to stay put during the Lunar New Year holiday.
On Tuesday, the country reported 7,445 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its confirmed total to 779,548, including 23,109 deaths.
India has reported more than 10.3 million cases of the virus, second in the world behind the United States, and over 150,000 deaths.