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secondAngkok’s ban on the sale of alcohol in bars, clubs and restaurants began today as the country introduced a series of new restrictions aimed at curbing the rise in coronavirus cases.
Thailand initially appeared to have escaped the worst of the virus, registering just under 4,000 cases in total in November, despite being the second country to detect an infection in January.
But an outbreak last month in a mass seafood market has turned into a resurgence, with infections now detected in 53 of the kingdom’s 77 provinces. By Saturday, the number of cases had risen to more than 7,300.
In Bangkok, where more than 2,600 active cases have been detected, city authorities acted quickly and announced a partial closure that will take effect on Saturday.
Bars and nightclubs, boxing arenas, cockfighting rings and massage parlors, as well as hair salons and gyms, will be among a large number of businesses affected.
The capital also announced yesterday that public schools will be closed for two weeks, while more than a dozen virus checkpoints were installed across the city on Saturday.
“We do not want to use extreme measures such as lockdown and imposition of a curfew, but we need stronger medicine to prevent the further increase,” said Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesperson for Thailand’s Covid-19 task force.
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