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Home » Reader question » Do you have to wear a face mask on the street in Thailand?
Dear readers,
I find different rules on the internet about mouth masks in Thailand. It is clear for public spaces, but do you always have to wear your face mask on the street?
Thanks for taking the trouble to answer.
Regards,
Martin
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Face masks mandatory in Bangkok - also in your own car
On Monday (April 26), a post on the Facebook page of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) clarified the requirements for wearing a face mask in public.
The message stated that the face mask rule also applies to people who are in their own car with at least one other person, whether or not that other person is a family member.
The BMA said children under the age of 2 are exempt from wearing face masks.
Wearing a face mask is mandatory in all public areas, both indoors and outdoors, regardless of the distance between people.
Violators risk a fine of up to 20.000 baht under the Communicable Disease Act.
As in Bangkok, face masks are now mandatory in more than 40 Thai provinces.
Source: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
I don't use face book so no source.
Now just under half of the provinces remain.
Succes
PS the first time is a warning and the second a small fine I've read.
It won't be too bad, especially if many don't wear it, but you never know if you see a golddigger in uniform.
Yes unfortunately it is. I am currently in Thailand and everywhere on the street in Bangkok and the surrounding area as well as in Kanchanaburi you see almost everyone walking with the face mask. Amazing that you see scooter riders without a helmet but with a face mask on
The Ministry of Public Health has stated that there is no legal obligation:
https://aseannow.com/topic/1249008-moph-confirms-no-legal-obligations-for-people-to-wear-face-masks/
I don't understand this because there are fines for not wearing it
Here, with us in Chumphom, just about everyone wears a face mask when outdoors. I do that too, if only to avoid being provocative. After all, it's just a little effort.
Simple answer: YES
but it is hardly enforced. Same story as wearing a helmet when using a motorcycle
There is also nothing to enforce, because – in contrast to the legally required motorcycle helmet – almost everyone wears such a cap.
Incidentally, as I wrote above, according to the competent ministry (Ministry of Public Health) there is no legal obligation.
I am now in Bangkok and so far have not seen anyone who does not wear a face mask.
Whether it's mandatory or not, I personally don't think it's a problem.
I cycle a lot in and around Bangkok! But with a mouth mask, elfs with an expensive sports mouth mask, that is not possible. So I cycle without the mask in front of my mouth but have it around my wrist not only to have it quickly at hand in case of emergency, but also to make my good intentions clear.
We live in Lopburi. Everyone with such a stupid face mask. Of course not me. Rarely does anyone respond. Even the police say nothing. On the street a face mask and with 4 neighbors just get together without a face mask. How brainwashed people here are by this nonsense.
Such an attitude certainly does not deserve applause as far as I am concerned.
As mentioned above by Lung Addie, it can sometimes seem provocative to mingle with the population without a mouth mask when (almost) everyone is wearing one.
Brainwashed or not, I don't think this is nonsense. It is indeed only a small effort.
By the way, were we all not surprised at the time that the Thai minister of health managed to tell us that: “'f*cking farangs' without masks should be kicked out” … and there was some truth to that.
I am currently on holiday in Patong Beach and I think the percentage of people wearing a face mask outside is about 15%, so I am inclined to think it is not legally required.
Indoors, the percentage is between 20% (cafes, restaurants, massage parlors) and 95% (hotels, shops) by staff, and between 10% and 60% by customers.
Hopefully it will go to 0% soon, with this unnatural and forced stuff!!