Kingdom’s neighbours may start to ease restrictions

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Cambodia’s bellwether neighbours – Thailand and Vietnam – have started to propose easing extreme COVID-19 restrictions that have devastated local economies and greatly affected civil society because of ultra-low rates of new infections and no new deaths last week. The Kingdom’s closest trading partner – Vietnam – is already lifting restrictions on small gatherings (under 20 people) and restarting buses, taxis and regular domestic flights. Although people must continue wearing masks in public, schools will stay closed for several more weeks and international flights will remain grounded.

 

This is less than one month after Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 30 declared COVID-19 a nationwide pandemic and urged authorities at all levels to focus on efforts to contain the threat. In Thailand, the contentious nightly curfew (set from 10pm to 4am) is set to expire on Thursday with the Thai government meeting today to decide whether to extend the lockdown or discuss the relaxation of some restrictions.

 

However, Governor Pakkarathorn Thienchai the mayor of Thailand’s Chon Buri province – which includes the well known seaside town of Pattaya – reportedly already issued orders last week to ease some of the restrictions imposed, citing the “improving situation”.

 

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