Restaurants certified for upholding Covid-19 safety standards nationwide will from May 1 be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages to customers until midnight, up from the current 11pm deadline, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced yesterday.
Night entertainment venues including nightclubs, bars and karaoke parlours will, however, remain shut, said CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin, citing a new resolution reached by the CCSA’s main committee earlier yesterday.
These outlets can be converted into restaurants and begin serving alcohol when approved by local communicable disease committees, he said.
Restaurants permitted to extend their alcohol-serving time are those that have met Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus, Covid 2 Plus, or Covid Free Setting standards, he said.
The additional easing of restrictions on businesses was…
