All Pattaya entertainment venues to close for 14 days

 

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All entertainment venues in Pattaya have been ordered to close from 18 - 31 March in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19.

 

The order affects all bars, beer bars, pubs, go-go bars, massage parlours, sports venues and movie theatres.

 

Restaurants will remain, as will shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores such as 7-Eleven.

 

Screening measures will also be stepped up on public transport, including on the ferry service between Pattaya and Koh Larn. 

 

Officials have also ordered a ‘Big Clean’ where large parts of the city will be disinfected from Wednesday.

 

The news comes after government officials on Tuesday announced that all entertainment venues in Bangkok will also close until the end of the month. All schools and educational facilities have also been ordered to close.

 

However, officials have stressed the move is not a ‘lockdown’, and have cautioned against using the term.

 

While people are still free to travel and go about their daily business,  people are urged to be proactive with regards to self hygiene, which includes regularly washing hands, using hand sanitizer, wearing a face mask and maintaining a distance of at least 1 metre between others, especially those who are coughing or sneezing.

 

 

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14 minutes ago, webfact said:

Restaurants will remain

Quick call to the sign writer to change name from XXXX bar to XXXX bar/restaurant, and put a few sandwiches on show for sale ! 

Edited March 17, 20206 yr by Thaiwrath

I'm glad they've done this. With the Government ordering closure of entertainment venues in Bangkok, Pattaya had to follow suit. If they didn't, imagine the exodus from the capital down to us at the weekend! This would have guaranteed to spread the virus here. 

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Officials have also ordered a ‘Big Clean’ where large parts of the city will be disinfected from Wednesday.

It will take more than disinfectant to clean that place.

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

close for 14 days

and then another month and another month and another month...

Or does anybody expect that that virus will just go away anytime soon?

So will Retox Game On be closed.. Cos thats the only bar I go to in town?

Its a fine line between bars that sell some food and restaurants that have a bar. I think it will end up with all the die-hards drinking in the closest restaurant that sells beer.

Noticed the lottery still went ahead 2 days ago...............no problem with being less that a metre apart at the draw...........

Surely, health officials have recommended a 4 to 6 week "closure" (like everywhere else). But the TAT could not possibly go with that.
A 2 week "closure" is about as useful as closing the barn door after the horse has bolted out of the barn before.

Are they going to line up the gals and disenfect them to while their at it?  

Pattaya's thieving ladyboys invite you to party with them on Beach Road!

21 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

and then another month and another month and another month...

Or does anybody expect that that virus will just go away anytime soon?

Yes 14 days will achieve nothing in stopping the virus.

 

Edited March 17, 20206 yr by findlay13

9 minutes ago, swissie said:

Surely, health officials have recommended a 4 to 6 week "closure" (like everywhere else). But the TAT could not possibly go with that.
A 2 week "closure" is about as useful as closing the barn door after the horse has bolted out of the barn before.

They will just extend it every 2 weeks, its called marketing, announce a 2 week closure (then extend it) and it doesn't sound as bad.

33 minutes ago, Blue Farang said:

I'm glad they've done this. With the Government ordering closure of entertainment venues in Bangkok, Pattaya had to follow suit. If they didn't, imagine the exodus from the capital down to us at the weekend! This would have guaranteed to spread the virus here. 

Hua Hin, here we come !

How much is a ticket to phuket?

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

Officials have also ordered a ‘Big Clean’ where large parts of the city will be disinfected from Wednesday.

Finishing those bloody roadworks would be a better idea...

6 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

How much is a ticket to phuket?

About Bt1700 on air asia.

12 minutes ago, Tops said:

Hua Hin, here we come !

 

you'll be back on the first ferry 

 

47 minutes ago, Blue Farang said:

I'm glad they've done this. With the Government ordering closure of entertainment venues in Bangkok, Pattaya had to follow suit. If they didn't, imagine the exodus from the capital down to us at the weekend! This would have guaranteed to spread the virus here. 

Yep, and now we have an exodus of unemployed workers heading home to the provinces.

 

The exact thing they have tried to prevent by cancelling songkran.

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

While people are still free to travel and go about their daily business,  people are urged to be proactive with regards to self hygiene

dirty farangs must install an app to ensure they shower at least once a week

hot wings have suddenly become very popular

To help the bar owners convert their place into a restaurant.

Just print them out and put them on the wall.

 

And who will police the 14 day closure, LOL!

So do the soi 6 girls now start working in restaurants?

Interesting... ????

24 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

How much is a ticket to phuket?

Don't know but the price just doubled

21 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Finishing those bloody roadworks would be a better idea...

Yes, get the injured farangs out of all the holes and fill the bloody things in!

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, get the injured farangs out of all the holes and fill the bloody things in!

Leave the ones who are already in it ????

14 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

So do the soi 6 girls now start working in restaurants?

Interesting... ????

Yes , its the fish market .

Not see any mention of guest houses?

They all seem to have facilities downstairs for drinking ehm "tea"...

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by spiekerjozef

21 minutes ago, legend49 said:

And who will police the 14 day closure, LOL!

The bar on Soi 9, near the Soi Buakao , (near the Skaw Beach Hotel and Tree Town), stays open all night until around 10 am. Have seen the characters in brown drive past this place, with bar music, karaoke and such clearly seen and heard from the street. I imagine it will continue.