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Cabinet approves B42bn lockdown relief

Cabinet approves B42bn lockdown relief

Aid limited to 10 red-zone provinces, 9 sectors

People queue up for rapid Covid-19 antigen testing at Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium on Tuesday. About 1,500 people sought to get tested. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The cabinet had approved relief measures for operators and people affected by lockdown measures imposed in Greater Bangkok and the far South.

Eligible groups are operators and their employees in 10 red-zone provinces — Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Tuesday.

The aid is limited to those in nine sectors: construction; accommodation and food services; arts,…

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