Bangkok: Restaurant owners/managers defying Covid-19 opening ban face jail, say police

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Bangkok: Restaurant owners/managers defying Covid-19 opening ban face jail, say police

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that the chief of the Rattanathibet police and Nonthaburi officials were out in force at the weekend enforcing closure orders for restaurants.

 

One that didn't follow the order was the Pate restaurant in Bang Krasor district. 

 

The manager Sitthichai, 28, was hauled off to the police station and bills that he had issued were used in evidence against him. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

He will appear in court faced with the possibility of jail for a year, a 100,000 baht fine or both. 

 

Police have warned restaurants and other establishments to strictly comply with the closure order of Bangkok governor Asawin during the Covid-19 crisis. 

 

Source: Siam Rath

 

 

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[transam]

Hmmm, no latex gloves....????

[petedk]

He'll probably get a slap on the wrist and told not to re-open.

 

Still one or two restaurants open around here last night. The drivers parked outside our house with their motors on for a couple of hours while the bosses went out to eat.

I went for a walk to see and saw one open (behind closed doors). I could just see through a gap people were sitting inside eating.

 

[smedly]

Bars closed Restaurants open in pattaya - how logical is that, what's the difference in selling beer and selling food to masses of people .............. none

 

and when I say open I mean masses of people sitting drinking beer in restaurants - treetown a fine example 

 

Buriram Governor has the right approach - restaurants can open for take away service or deliver - no sitting eating and drinking beers - that's just a bar serving food

[topt]

19 minutes ago, smedly said:

and when I say open I mean masses of people sitting drinking beer in restaurants - treetown a fine example

What restaurants actually in Treetown other than the food court style aisle? When I went past about 7pm it all looked very quiet with few lights on.

Agreed Chunky Monkey and Hungry Hippo had people in. 

[natway09]

We will see if the RTP can really do their duties here & help save lives

[bluesofa]

5 hours ago, transam said:

Hmmm, no latex gloves....????

Absolutely.

The police are there, wearing their face masks that are useless, and as you rightly say no gloves, which is how they will catch the virus.

I bet they were touching all those potentially infected surfaces, then later touching their faces to remove the face masks.

I'd like to think the cops would have the common sense to wash their hands first, before removing their masks and touching their faces, but somehow I doubt it.

 

I just saw a scientific report (it was posted elsewhere on TVF) saying that the virus can survive 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel surfaces:

source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973