AFP reported. As per a Bloomberg report, containment measures include a ban on gatherings of more than five people, closing of spas and beauty clinics and reducing the operational hours for some businesses.
The move to tighten restrictions follows a relentless surge in infections and hospitalizations that have stretched the nation’s health care system, especially in the virus epicenter Bangkok.
The government earlier resisted a lockdown to avoid hurting the economy and targeted its curbs on construction-worker camps and night-entertainment venues, where large clusters of infections have been reported.
Thailand has seen a more than 10-fold surge in infections since early April and reported 9,276 new cases on Friday, the second highest