Lockdown Measures Start in 13 Provinces

BANGKOK, July 20 (TNA) – Lockdown and curfew measures start in 13 dark-red provinces including newly added Chon Buri, Chachoengsao and Ayutthaya, today to control COVID-19. The maximum and strict disease control measures took effect in the three mentioned provinces as well as the ten other provinces that had earlier been declared dark-red zones namely Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla. The measures are as follows: – a 14-day curfew from 9pm to 4am – no local and inter-provincial trips except for those to buy essentials, receive vaccines and see doctors – 100% work-from-home practices at government organizations and state enterprises and maximal work-from-home policies at companies – hardcopy or online (https://covid-19.in.th/) registrations of those visiting and leaving the dark-red zones and reports on such trips at checkpoints – restaurants opening only for take-outs until 8pm – convenience stores and fresh markets closed from 8pm to 4am – department stores, shopping centers and community malls opening only their supermarkets, stores of drugs and medical supplies and vaccination stations until 8pm. (TNA)