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Restaurants jittery on new restrictions

A family dines at a restaurant at The Mall Bang Kapi department store with a shield in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Restaurant operators are worried new state measures to curb the wave of Covid-19 infections will halt their recovering sales.

An executive at Laem Charoen seafood restaurant who requested anonymity said because seafood is mostly consumed freshly cooked at restaurants, more than takeaway or delivery, his company anticipates a sales decrease.

The government order on Monday that restaurants and street vendors stop dine-in services from 9pm to 6am from Tuesday to reduce the risk of the virus spread comes a day after a set of new restrictions was issued to halt the pandemic.

The new restrictions, including a ban on the use of buildings at schools and…

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