The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has threatened to close restaurants that fail to comply with Covid-19 restrictions for 14 days.
All districts must make sure that restaurants strictly comply with the BMA's Covid-19 measures, such as socially distanced seating plans and the use of the Thai Chana application, said Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited from being served at all food shops in Bangkok.
Failure to comply will result in a 14-day closure, Pol Gen Aswin said.
A manager of one restaurant in Bangkok said sales had dropped by over 50% since Covid-19 hit. The restaurant was still willing to cooperate with the government's new measures, knowing that it might be closed for 14 days otherwise.
There were still customers getting takeaway, but not many, he said.
The restaurant closed at 7pm as there were no customers by that time, even though the government allowed all food shops to close at 9pm.
The Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration yesterday reported 15 new cases in Bangkok -- 13 Thais, one from Laos and one from Myanmar.
All of them were local infections. Eleven of those 15 people were asymptomatic.
From Dec 15, 2020 to Tuesday, Bangkok had 245 Covid-15 confirmed cases, the fourth highest after Samut Sakhon, Rayong and Chon Buri.
