BANGKOK, Jul 10 (NNN-TNA) – Tougher restrictions are being imposed in Thailand’s capital and surrounding provinces, in an effort to curb increasing COVID-19 infections.
The Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), announced yesterday, a set of new restrictions that will take effect from Jul 12, and further limit movement.
The measures for Bangkok and five neighbouring provinces, include the closure of at-risk premises, such as shopping centres, spas and massage parlors, and the stop of public transportation services earlier than usual, at 9:00 p.m. Furthermore, take-out restaurants, markets, convenience stores and parks are obliged to close at 8:00 p.m.
The Thai government also imposed a curfew for the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and four southern provinces that also recorded high COVID-19 daily cases.
In these areas people are advised to stay at home between 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m., and to avoid gathering with more than five people.
From today, the government will set up checkpoints to minimise inter-provincial travel, especially movements out of provinces most affected by COVID-19.
Those announcements came, after Thailand reported its second-highest daily record of 9,276 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, with 3,116 cases detected just in Bangkok.
The high infections in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region prompted the government to re-adjust the vaccine rollout, with 80 percent of vaccines supply to be allocated to senior residents and people with pre-existing conditions in this area, in July.
The recent rapid increase in cases was mainly attributed to the spread of the highly transmittable Delta variant, and the country is expected to see up to 10,000 new daily cases soon, CCSA warned.
A total of 72 deaths were recorded yesterday, the second consecutive day with fatalities of over 70, raising the death toll to 2,534.– NNN-TNA
