THE Kawthoung-Ranong border gate at the border of Myanmar and Thailand will allow people to pass under the COVID-19 rules and regulations as of 6 June.

On 1 June, residents of Kawthoung were allowed to enter Ranong with a Border Pass through the Kawthoung-Ranong border gate. On the morning of 4 July, travel between the two country was banned.

Although the reason of the closure of the gate could not be known, a notice was posted in the afternoon at the gate saying it would reopen on the morning of 6 June, according to Ko Win Zaw, a resident of Kawthoung. The gate allows migrant workers under the MoU system, he added.

The Kawthoung-Ranong border checkpoint will be reopened on 6 June by checking Border Transit Certificates (BP/TBP) of the migrant workers, and those who enter and leave must follow the health directives of the Ministry of Health issued on 1 May, with quarantine and lab test.

A total of 153 Myanmar migrant workers who had been served the prison time in Thailand were released and transported from Ranong to Kawthoung by 9 trawlers on 9 April, and 30 migrant more workers under the MoU were also allowed to pass the Ranong port on 24 May.

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