Covid Fear Lingers In Krabi Despite Face Mask Mandate Being Eased

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Ao Nang beach. Photo: Jukka (CC BY 2.0)

 

TNR Staff

 

DESPITE the government having announced on Friday that people may now take off their face masks, many tourist business operators and workers in Krabi province are still worried about catching Covid-19 because there are people doing so everyday and the virus is also mutating, TV Channel 7 said yesterday (June 27).

 

In lifting the face mask mandate the government said those who are vulnerable and infected should continue wearing them and while it is now up to the rest of the general public whether they do so or not, they were told these masks are essential in crowded or poorly ventilated places.

 

Reporters from this TV channel visited some popular tourist spots in this southern province and saw that some foreign tourists had already started taking off their face masks but Thai tourists were still wearing them.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/06/27/covid-fear-lingers-in-krabi-despite-face-mask-mandate-being-eased/

 

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[PJPom]

I live in Ao nang and as I am an older man who wishes to get older I continue to wear my mask in shops and confined areas.

I don’t comment to others who don’t as it would only cause friction, an example was a European tourist in Lotus’s last week who was offered a mask by a staff member who was told to F### Off by said tourist.

The quality tourists are back ……

[473geo]

Ok here is the answer to the mask debate, a Thai worker testing positive for covid can be laid off work for 2 weeks no pay, as has happened to both my brother and sister in law, with a combined loss of earnings around 20k

Not quite the same for a tourist or retired foreigners 

[ThaiPauly]

If wearing a mask makes you feel safe then wear one.

Buy if you really don't wanna catch covid then you need to protect your eyes as well.

[sammieuk1]

I see 6 dose Anutin has Covid the best news of the month ????

[peter zwart]

41 minutes ago, PJPom said:

I live in Ao nang and as I am an older man who wishes to get older I continue to wear my mask in shops and confined areas.

I don’t comment to others who don’t as it would only cause friction, an example was a European tourist in Lotus’s last week who was offered a mask by a staff member who was told to F### Off by said tourist.

The quality tourists are back ……

It seems for a lot of people these days difficult to just say "No thank you".

[peter zwart]

11 minutes ago, 473geo said:

Ok here is the answer to the mask debate, a Thai worker testing positive for covid can be laid off work for 2 weeks no pay, as has happened to both my brother and sister in law, with a combined loss of earnings around 20k

Not quite the same for a tourist or retired foreigners 

Absolutely true. The sad thing is that the mask hardly works. A lot of research on that matter is done. Its the world of make believe.

[Johnnyngai]

1 hour ago, peter zwart said:

Absolutely true. The sad thing is that the mask hardly works. A lot of research on that matter is done. Its the world of make believe.

Doctors wear theirs' in the covid ward, people wear theirs' to look smart like a doctor

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, Johnnyngai said:

Doctors wear theirs' in the covid ward, people wear theirs' to look smart like a doctor

doctors and nurses and any other personnel wear them in the operating room