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Prime Minister Prayut comes up with the idea of setting a limit of 2 hours for visitors to shopping malls. Daccording to him, it would help to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The number of visitors allowed in should also be limited.
Yesterday, Prayut said preparations are being made for the next phase of reopening. He thinks the economy will be impacted by the crisis for another six to nine months.
Shops that do not comply with the measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus will be closed, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu warns in response to the crowds last Sunday when large groups of customers stocked up on spirits.
Thailand registers 1 new infection and 1 death on Wednesday
The Thai government reports on Wednesday, 1 new coronavirus (Covid-19) infection. One person has also died from the effects of the infection. This brings the total in Thailand to 2.989 infections and 55 fatalities.
Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesperson for the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said a 27-year-old Thai masseuse tested positive for the disease after returning from Russia and was quarantined. The resident of Buri Ram province returned from Russia on Sunday on a flight with about 70 passengers. After landing at Suvarnabhumi airport, they were quarantined in a hotel in Samut Prakan province. The woman had a fever of 38,3°C, was coughing, was short of breath and tested positive on Monday, said Dr. Tawesilp.
A 69-year-old Australian man who worked as a hotel manager in the southern province of Phangnga has died of Covid-19. The man already had asthma and became ill on March 25.
Source: Bangkok Post
An update from the Thai government regarding Thailand's #COVID19 situation, reporting from the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) at Government House:
https://www.facebook.com/thailandprd/videos/2578082072291816/
Logistics is not exactly a strong point of Thai governments and companies.
In short: this is not going to work because real thinking is needed to make this work (checking the 2 hours, many entrances to count people, who decides when no one can enter anymore? When can the next people enter?). And the workplace is obeyed, not thought.
And why aren't the malls open as usual? It wasn't busy before the crisis and with the current finances it won't be really busy either. Keeping distance from the other shoppers can't be a problem, I think.
I live in a market in Khon Kaen.
The Thai really don't keep their distance from each other here.
In uttaradit last Friday on the grounds of a school and partly mueng main building an “example” market for how it should be done.
Stalls at 2 meters, C-shaped footpath in two directions and separate walking directions. A plastic screen for the stalls, you could indicate what you wanted. was neatly packed and handed over to you with a kind of gripper tongs, but first pay in the same way. Oh the money is NOT washed or disinfected. But yes, I am a grouch.
At the exit, both the exit and the entrance were blocked by a man or 4 hut mutje and shoulder to shoulder, Before the group a man and woman or six from the province who neatly explained to the group why a market should look like this and one must keep a distance of 1.5 meters. I cleared my throat for a moment and spread my arms to indicate what was about five feet.
Replied with laughter.
Chris You are right.
In Uttaradit yesterday at Sri Phong Park in Uttaradit.
It is not very big and is located next to the university.
Nice aircon and free wifi.
Midwest yesterday. Cinema floor closed. Okay. Food court closed, so also the "free" stalls dud the entire floor, but closed, so also some smaller companies including a cooling company.
Ground floor. Everything close to 3 phone shops, 1 supermarket and a bookshops.
Clothing DIYS, Cadeaux shops, Restaurant, ice cream parlor, drinking stalls, everything closed
KFc and Pizzahut all take out.
You'll be done within 30 minutes.
Make your own pizzas and pasta's wife has worked and lived in Italy for 15 years.
Reported 90 days yesterday. Public (4 couples) neatly at 1.5 meters with mask and behind the plastic.
Went to get sandwiches in Friendship last week..farang came and stood next to me and just pushed me aside.
Few people in Central..there are no more tourists..so..I go very early and see 3 or 4 customers.
Really disastrous .. when will the tourists come again .. no one knows and the shops open on Sunday .. too expensive for the Thai.
How are you going to maintain 2 hours? Take photo/copy ID? And when 2 hours have passed, how are you going to track down the “offender”? Or is a log of arrivals and departures made per customer? And if the customer leaves through a different entrance/exit?
In short: nice idea, isn't it.