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Is the Mae Sai/Tachileik border open for border runs during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Border Run Mae Sai COVID-19

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Has anyone done a border run at Mae Sai/Tachileik these past couple of days? I was talking to a Burmese friend this morning and she tells me that this border is closed due to corona virus fears

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Recent comments indicate that the Mae Sai/Tachileik border is open for border runs, contrary to concerns about closure due to COVID-19.

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Just posted on another Fb forum...

"For all of you who are as nervous about border runs as I am: today I did my third border run in a row at the border in Mae Sai. The second this calendar year. No problems, no questions. 🙂 🎉:

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The borders are not closed.

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