Footage shows Ranong Airport in southern Thailand which re-opened this week following three months of coronavirus closure.<br /><br />The facility was closed towards the end of March when Covid-19 was reaching its peak in Thailand and officials closed the borders.<br /><br />However, with no new locally transmitted cases of the virus for almost a month, domestic flights from the airport restarted on Tuesday (June 16).<br /><br />The airport director Preeda Chauykong said staff were following strict measure issued by the Thai Aviation Authority to prevent any further outbreaks of the virus.<br /><br />He said: "We believe that allowing passenger travel will boost the economy but we also must follow strict rules.<br /><br />"We have set up checkpoints at every entrance and exit and we have deployed many sanitising stations across the building, while the passengers are also ordered to wear a face mask all the time."
