Starting today, Bangkok and nine other provinces are imposing increased pandemic restrictions that include a ban on dining-in, limited opening hours for shopping malls and the closure of worker camps.
The latest set of regulations to curb the coronavirus outbreak in Thailand were published in the Royal Gazette in the early hours of Sunday morning and will be implemented for at least 30 days – from June 28 to July 27 – in 10 provinces: Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla.
Shopping malls in Bangkok and its metropolitan areas must close by 9pm. No gathering of more than 20 people is allowed.
Due to an alarming increase in COVID-19 infections detected at workers’ sites, a total of 575 such camps in Bangkok and its metropolitan areas have been sealed off. Authorities have been sent…
