Bangkok virus spike sparks alcohol ban, venue closures

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People stand in line to be sprayed with disinfectant during a mass testing event at a sport complex in Bangkok on April 17, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

Hundreds waited at a Bangkok stadium to get free Covid-19 tests Saturday as a spiraling infection rate gripped Thailand, on a fourth consecutive day of more than 1,000 new cases.

 

The capital appears to be the epicenter of the third wave, after infections were traced back to a nightlife district earlier this month.

 

In the past 10 days, the national infection total has jumped from 29,900 to more than 40,500 — the sharp increase probably due to a highly infectious variant of the virus originally found in Britain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bangkok-virus-spike-sparks-alcohol-ban-venue-closures/

 

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[KannikaP]

And what are we told to clean our hands with..............alcohol gel.    LOL

[Chivas]

How the hell have we in the UK been blamed for this.......!

 

Actually they probably aint wrong after the utterly catastrophic way Johnsons government has handled the crisis

[brucegoniners]

Yes. Ban alcohol. That's this country's answer to everything, lol

 

And the lack of water splashing and spraying dirt by the border is most certainly helping, hahahaha

[Nanaplaza666]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

And what are we told to clean our hands with..............alcohol gel.    LOL

55555 i geuss they will be selling a whole lot more of that when they really ban drinkable alcohol . 

[ukrules]

If only there was some way we could have possibly seen this situation coming and took steps to prevent it ????????????

[Bangkok Barry]

The alcohol ban is so that all the local mom and pop stores can sell at double-price because they are doing you a favour, therefore boosting the local economy. During the first lockdown my someone I knows wife got a large supply of Leo from her brother. He's a policeman.

[Magenta408]

If they are still using the PCR test after it has been totally degraded and ridiculed, expect the expected. 

[josephbloggs]

7 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The alcohol ban is so that all the local mom and pop stores can sell at double-price because they are doing you a favour, therefore boosting the local economy. 

Really.

Never paid a single baht over the normal price.