<p>Authorities in Thailand have revised rules governing visitors from abroad after a breakdown in screening led to two infected foreigners posing a risk to public health.</p>.<p>The government said Tuesday that diplomats will be asked to stay in state-supervised quarantine for 14 days, instead of self-isolating. And it is postponing the recently allowed entry of three categories of foreign visitors so the procedures for them can be changed.</p>.<p>The categories are VIP guests of the government; diplomats or representatives of international organisations; and businessmen and investors and others with approved missions.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-andhra-records-highest-single-day-spike-of-37-covid-19-deaths-ups-tally-crosses-38000-mark-860261.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>The cases that caused concern involved a member of an Egyptian military group whose plane made two stopovers in the eastern province of Rayong last week, and the 9-year-old daughter of a foreign diplomat whose family returned from Sudan.</p>.<p>Thai authorities are revoking landing permission for eight Egyptian flights due to a lack of cooperation from last week's visiting military team.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials in Rayong also closed some schools and a mall, sealed off part of the hotel where the Egyptian had stayed, and gave coronavirus tests to his potential contacts.</p>.<p>Thailand has not had any locally transmitted cases for seven weeks, with the only people testing positive being travellers coming from abroad. </p>
<p>Authorities in Thailand have revised rules governing visitors from abroad after a breakdown in screening led to two infected foreigners posing a risk to public health.</p>.<p>The government said Tuesday that diplomats will be asked to stay in state-supervised quarantine for 14 days, instead of self-isolating. And it is postponing the recently allowed entry of three categories of foreign visitors so the procedures for them can be changed.</p>.<p>The categories are VIP guests of the government; diplomats or representatives of international organisations; and businessmen and investors and others with approved missions.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-andhra-records-highest-single-day-spike-of-37-covid-19-deaths-ups-tally-crosses-38000-mark-860261.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>The cases that caused concern involved a member of an Egyptian military group whose plane made two stopovers in the eastern province of Rayong last week, and the 9-year-old daughter of a foreign diplomat whose family returned from Sudan.</p>.<p>Thai authorities are revoking landing permission for eight Egyptian flights due to a lack of cooperation from last week's visiting military team.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials in Rayong also closed some schools and a mall, sealed off part of the hotel where the Egyptian had stayed, and gave coronavirus tests to his potential contacts.</p>.<p>Thailand has not had any locally transmitted cases for seven weeks, with the only people testing positive being travellers coming from abroad. </p>