Bangkok could reopen by Nov 1 if double-dose vaccinations cover at least 70% of the capital's population before this month ends, says the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang earlier suggested the Oct 1 reopening, the original tourism restart schedule for Bangkok and tourism districts in four other provinces, may be too ambitious.
The other provinces are Chon Buri (Pattaya City, Bang Lamung district, and Sattahip district), Phetchaburi (Cha-am district), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin district) and Chiang Mai (Muang, Mae Taeng, Mae Rim and Doi Tao districts).
Pol Gen Aswin has said reopening is not possible without 70% of the city's population having received two doses of vaccines alongside higher falls in new infections and hospitalisations of Covid-19 patients.
The conditions he set out were estimated to push the reopening timeline to early or mid-November.
As of Monday, 42% of Bangkok's 7 million residents have been double-jabbed, according to the CCSA.
