Bangkok’s Communicable Disease Committee has decided to close 31 types of venue and make it compulsory for everyone to wear a face mask when they are outdoors, effective for 2 weeks, starting Monday.
Pol Cpt Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA), said that the new restrictions were announced after a meeting of the Communicable Disease Committee, chaired by Governor Aswin Kwanmuang, to cope with the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Bangkok, where 1,582 new infections were recorded on Saturday alone.
The venues to close are:
- Theatres and cinemas
- Indoor & outdoor amusement and water parks
- Zoos
- Skateboard and rollerblade alleys
- Billiard or snooker parlors
- Game rooms and game machines
- Internet parlors
- Public swimming pools
- Fitness clubs and gyms
- Trade exhibition centres
- Exhibition halls
- Museums
- Public Libraries
- Nurseries
- Daily home care service for seniors
- Boxing stadia
- Martial Arts Schools
- Tattoo parlours
- Dancing schools
- Horse race courses
- Amulet Trading Centres
- Beauty clinics
- Weight loss clinics
- Traditional Thai and foot massage parlours
- All kinds of competitive grounds
- Conference rooms
- Banquet rooms
- Beauty salons, except hair cutting and washing services without queuing
- All sports stadia and courts
- Public parks and exercise grounds
- Convenience stores open from 5am to 10pm
- Shopping malls and department stores open from 11am to 9pm
All social activities, film production, religious activities and gatherings of more than 20 participants are also banned.
