By Sunday officials had confirmed 689 cases linked to Mahachai.
It shares porous borders with four countries, including Myanmar, which sees more than 1,000 new cases a day. “It is impossible to social distance here,” said Kyaw Zay Yar, a Myanmar worker helping a local foundation coordinate testing.He said anti-Myanmar sentiment had been shared on social media — with Thais accusing the workers of importing the highly infectious disease.“The situation is likely to get worse in the coming days.”