BANGKOK • Thailand is set to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and close schools and amusement parks for two weeks to stem a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread to most of the country, potentially jeopardising its plans to reopen borders to foreign tourists.
The closure of bars, pubs, karaoke and massage parlours in areas including Bangkok, the epicentre of the latest outbreak, may be extended nationwide until the end of the month, a meeting of the National Committee on Communicable Diseases decided on Thursday.
While Bangkok and 17 other provinces will be designated as maximum controlled areas because of the severity of the outbreak, 59 others will be designated as controlled areas, the panel said.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was to chair a meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration yesterday to consider the fresh curbs.
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