Thailand third time unlucky
Bank research units have downgraded the 2021 GDP outlook as new wave of infections batters the economy
published :
10 May 2021 at 04:30
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A restaurant in Siam Square is deserted as most people work from home and are banned from dining at eateries. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
The third wave of the pandemic has unnerved businesses who previously believed they would be able to recover this year after Covid-19 walloped their income in 2020.
Complicated by a more contagious UK Covid-19 strain, the third wave has seen more than 1,000 infections a day since April 14, with deaths climbing to double digits a day.