Sweeping closures in city
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As a new wave of Covid infections bites, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered the closure of all entertainment venues from Tuesday until Jan 4.
The order covers bars with hostesses, horseracing tracks and cockfighting arenas and other entertainment venues including massage parlours. However, pubs and restaurants can stay open as long as they serve only food and drinks, and close by midnight.
BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang on Monday advised entertainment venues to switch to serving only food and observe disease control measures.
Meanwhile, the governor of Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of Thailand s latest Covid-19 outbreak, has tested positive for the virus, as health authorities in Rayong reported its first coronavirus-related death.
We cannot stop them all
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Army s major admission over border breaches
published : 22 Dec 2020 at 05:00
183 Twenty-five illegal migrants are arrested in Muang district of Kanchanaburi on Dec 12. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
The army admitted on Monday that it was impossible to completely seal Thailand s borders from illegal migrants, even as the Public Health Ministry confirmed the latest infection cluster at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon was linked to migrant labourers. Illegal migrant labourers are still crossing the border using natural channels, even though we have deployed a legion of soldiers to guard the demarcation. Our border is 5,526 kilometres long, said deputy army chief-of-staff and army spokesman Lt Gen Santipong Thammapiya.