Chiang Mai eases restrictions on eateries, malls, convenience stores from Wednesday

[webfact]

(Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

Citing the low daily COVID-19 infection rate, of fewer than five cases for the past seven days, the provincial communicable disease committee of Chiang Mai has decided to ease some restrictions, starting Wednesday (June 9th).

 

Mr. Kanok Srichainan, permanent secretary of the Chiang Mai provincial administration, said today (Tuesday) that the COVID-19 situation in the province has improved steadily, so the provincial communicable disease committee deems it appropriate to allow the resumption of regular opening hours of department stores, convenience stores, shopping malls, community malls, night markets and eateries.

 

Alcoholic drinks, however, are still not permitted in eateries, including their outdoor facilities, and sales promotion activities, which may draw many people together, are still banned in malls and department stores.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chiang-mai-eases-restrictions-on-eateries-malls-and-convenience-stores-from-wednesday/

 

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[Thailand]

Glass of wine with a nice meal still a no go then? Dangerous combination.

[smedly]

27 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Glass of wine with a nice meal still a no go then? Dangerous combination.

yes you might enjoy it too much

 

now we couldn't have that could we

[Advocatus Diaboli]

If they did allow the alcohol service in Chiang Mai you would get a big influx of Bangkok party goers. Least we can still buy for home consumption.

[connda]

They should close down all the Thai roads until they reach 5 deaths per day.

[BritManToo]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Alcoholic drinks, however, are still not permitted in eateries, including their outdoor facilities,

So what has been relaxed?

They won't be getting any money from me until I can have a beer with my meal.

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On 6/9/2021 at 11:29 AM, BritManToo said:

So what has been relaxed?

They won't be getting any money from me until I can have a beer with my meal.

Might as well not open then.

[Trujillo]

"Cumulative infections in the province, since ... April 1^st, have reached 4,106 cases, but most have recovered, leaving 64 cases still under treatment in hospitals. The provincial death toll is 26..."

 

So 4,106 positive tests. Assuming no false positives (that never happens, right?), that means that 4,042 have recovered and thus protected in the future as if they had had a vaccination. Great, right? 

 

With 26 deaths in the province of 1.76 million souls, that means that 0.0015% of all residents here died with/of the virus since April 1st. In English, that's fifteen ten thousands of one percent. 

 

I'm just curious, and an open question for the government authorities: How "safe" does it have to be (how much risk is acceptable) to end the masking (outdoor particularly), the closures of fitness centers and ... of bowling alleys, etc?

 

Would 0.0015% do it? Or do we want to get all the way down to 0.001%? 

 

Does anyone in the government understand the phrase, "theater of the absurd"?

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On 6/10/2021 at 2:13 PM, Trujillo said:

"Cumulative infections in the province, since ... April 1^st, have reached 4,106 cases, but most have recovered, leaving 64 cases still under treatment in hospitals. The provincial death toll is 26..."

 

So 4,106 positive tests. Assuming no false positives (that never happens, right?), that means that 4,042 have recovered and thus protected in the future as if they had had a vaccination. Great, right? 

 

With 26 deaths in the province of 1.76 million souls, that means that 0.0015% of all residents here died with/of the virus since April 1st. In English, that's fifteen ten thousands of one percent. 

 

I'm just curious, and an open question for the government authorities: How "safe" does it have to be (how much risk is acceptable) to end the masking (outdoor particularly), the closures of fitness centers and ... of bowling alleys, etc?

 

Would 0.0015% do it? Or do we want to get all the way down to 0.001%? 

 

Does anyone in the government understand the phrase, "theater of the absurd"?

In April, the the number of infected was rising rapidly. Locking down seems to have worked. We've seen what happens elsewhere when rules are lax in the face of rising infections. 

[Danderman123]

I had an oil massage in Chiang Mai today. 

[Bill97]

14 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

I had an oil massage in Chiang Mai today. 

Thrilling news.????