Going to Thailand? Strict Covid-19 curbs imposed, night curfew in Bangkok, 9 provinces

Thai authorities on Friday announced a seven-hour night curfew across the capital city and nine provinces.

“Unnecessary travel will be prohibited. (People) won’t be allowed out of their homes from 9 pm to 4 am except for necessary cases,” said Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokeswoman for the Covid-19 taskforce, news agency AFP reported.

As per a Bloomberg report, containment measures include a ban on gatherings of more than five people, closing of spas and beauty clinics and reducing the operational hours for some businesses.

The move to tighten restrictions follows a relentless surge in infections and hospitalizations that have stretched the nation’s health care system,…