BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand is tightening virus containment measures, imposing a ban on gatherings of more than five people and non-essential travel, along with an overnight curfew to quell a worsening COVID-19 outbreak.
Restrictions on movements from 9 p.m.-4 a.m. will cover the Bangkok metropolitan area and four southern provinces with the highest infections, according to a statement published in the Royal Gazette on Saturday. Limited services and operating hours for restaurants and shopping malls, closures of spas and beauty clinics as well as a ban on large gatherings will be implemented in Bangkok and surrounding districts. The measures take effect Monday until at least July 25, the statement said.
The move to tighten restrictions follows a relentless surge in infections and hospitalizations that have stretched the nation’s health care system,…
