Local businesses favour a partial lockdown, especially in areas with severe infection numbers to reduce the economic impact.
Many business leaders warn a total nationwide lockdown would cause huge losses for the country’s economy and massive harm for enterprises.
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Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said the group disagrees with reinstating nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, as happened during the first wave last year.
He said the impact would be enormous and the business sector cannot tolerate any more total lockdowns.
Mr Sanan proposed the government introduce tighter…
