The other day, Facebook Memories showed me pictures of a lonely supermarket in Siam Paragon I had posted while buying household products during lockdown last year. It seemed like a digital diary to remind me how I had celebrated the Songkran festival and this year, my holiday plan has once again been blown to pieces due to a third Covid-19 wave that has hit Thailand.
Back in March last year, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium was considered to be the super-spreader site, while this time Thong Lor is the epicentre of transmissions of the UK variant. At least 11 police officers at Thong Lor station have been infected while Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob reportedly caught the virus from an official who visited a pub in Bangkok.
Meanwhile, some iconic figures in the entertainment industry like songwriter-singer Apiwat “Stamp” Eurthavorsuk, rapper Way…
