Bangkok orders strict implementation of Covid-19 measures in public places
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday ordered strict implementation of measures at four public spaces – markets, parks, religious places and entertainment venues – in the capital.
The order requires operators of each place to provide health measures to staff and visitors, such as space for social distancing, temperature checking and hand sanitising gel.
Visitors and staff are also ordered to wear face masks, and the places must be cleaned regularly.
Besides, the operators must collect visitors’ information for tracking, and run a queue system, particularly at parks and entertainment venues.
Under the announcement, entertainment venues – pubs, bars and karaokes – face the greatest challenge to strictly implement the measures.
In addition to the "new normal" measures, operators of entertainment venues are required to limit their customer numbers, with at least four cubic metres for one person. Group customers should be limited to a maximum of five persons.
Singers or other staff are prohibited from being close to customers. Nevertheless, the singers and dancers are allowed to dance on stage.
The BMA also has banned entertainment venues from running promotions of products they sell. Serving of drinks in mugs or other sharing containers are prohibited, while customers are not allowed to bring their drinks into the venues.
The BMA has urged the operators to install CCTV cameras at their venues, and ordered them to save the footage for at least one month before deletion.
