City Hall ‘sorry’ after iBerry boss reprimand

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday admitted negligence in its reporting of a confirmed Covid-19 case, which negatively affected the business of a restaurant erroneously included in the timeline.

Panruedi Manomaiphibun, director of the BMA’s Health Office, blamed the error on the rush to report the timeline and inform the public.

“As a result, the BMA is now reviewing its process of reporting the Covid-19 timeline and would next have to check with every confirmed Covid-19 patient one last time before publishing it,” she said.

One recent mistake had been the incorrect reporting of a visit by a confirmed Covid-19 patient to a branch of Rongsi Pochana restaurant, she said.

It was mistakenly mentioned in a publicly shared timeline that the patient visited the Lumpini branch in Sathon, although it was actually the…