Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand will reopen checkpointson the border with all neighboring countries to resume cross-border cargotransport and trading from July 1, according to the Center for COVID-19Situation Administration (CCSA) chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

CCSA on June 29 decided to reopen a total of 37checkpoints on the borders with Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia so thatcargo can be transported and traders allowed to cross the border, said CCSAspokesman Thaweesilp Visanuyothin.

That is part of the Phase-5easing of Thailand's lockdown measures against the pandemic.

However, tourists from the neighboring countries are notallowed to enter Thailand via those border checkpoints.

In Indonesia, the majority of people diagnosed with theCOVID-19 are asymptomatic carriers, thus possible transmissions from thesecarriers should be kept an eye on, said Doni Monardo, the chairman of theCOVID-19 mitigation task force.

More than 70 percent, or even higher in several regionsat up to 90 percent, of the patients in Indonesia did not show symptoms, saidDoni after a limited cabinet meeting on June 29.

If they were not put under quarantine, they could spreadthe virus to anyone, with the highest risk of transmission faced by people withcomorbidities or congenital diseases, he added.

The latest data shows that over 85 percent of theCOVID-19 death toll involved those with comorbidities, such as hypertension,diabetes, asthma, tuberculosis, cancers, and other illnesses, he said./.