Alcohol Restrictions Relaxed for Certified Restaurants

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Natthaphon Sangpolsit

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will allow certified restaurants to serve alcoholic beverages until midnight starting next month.

 

CCSA Spokesperson Taweesilp Visanuyothin said restaurants that meet Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus, COVID 2 Plus or COVID Free Setting standards will be permitted to sell alcoholic drinks until midnight starting May 1. Currently, certified restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol until 11 PM.

 

The CCSA spokesperson noted that night entertainment venues - such as nightclubs, bars and karaoke parlors - will remain closed. However, operators can transform these venues into restaurants to serve alcohol after they receive approval from their local communicable disease committee.

 

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The CCSA has also adjusted the color-coded disease control categories applied to different provinces. Thai provinces are now designated as either belonging to the yellow category for high surveillance or the blue tourism category.

 

There are currently 65 yellow provinces and 12 blue provinces, with Rayong and Songkhla recently added to the blue zone list. The zone adjustment will take effect on May 1, 2022.

 

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[RandiRona]

Uncertified should continue to fill in brown envelopes!!

[Skeptic7]

Quite relaxed in Nothing Even Close To Resembling' "restaurants" too. ????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will allow certified restaurants to serve alcoholic beverages until midnight starting next month.

Wow control freaks.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The CCSA spokesperson noted that night entertainment venues - such as nightclubs, bars and karaoke parlors - will remain closed. However, operators can transform these venues into restaurants to serve alcohol after they receive approval from their local communicable disease committee.

So there is the confirmation of Prayut killing the "old style" industry.

With the country on the verge of opening up without many restrictions the "entertainment" venues must become restaurants.

[Caldera]

Wow, a whole hour more of indulgence. 

[pedro01]

I walked thru Patpong a week ago. All shuttered except 3 or 4 places that somehow had a special exception. Cowboy is mostly open.

 

I haven't seen any alcohol restrictions in restaurants for months.

 

British/Irish pubs are open.

 

My mate who is on holiday here us also going to nightclubs (I draw the line there).

 

I'm a bit confused as to what's supposed to be closed.

[spidermike007]

Certified restaurants. Who ever heard of such nonsense? As if beer and wine causes covid. You know what allows the spread of covid? An incompetent health minister and PM. That is what. Not beer and wine. 

[natway09]

Had a great night in the Pubs last night. Not a menu in sight.

Mr Plod must be raking it in