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Pubs, nightclubs and other entertainment venues will be allowed to reopen in 31 provinces from Wednesday (June 1), as Thailand prepares to declare Covid-19 an endemic disease in July.

Under the new law, negative COVID-19 tests will no longer be valid to gain access to public venues. Bars, restaurants and cafes are allowed to verify the identity of vaccine pass holders when in doubt.

Quebec is closing schools, gyms and bars and making work-from-home arrangements mandatory to stem a wave of coronavirus infections that has reached record levels.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday that he is concerned bars and restaurants which serve alcoholic beverages to dine-in customers could become hotspots for Covid-19.

The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday has approved the reopening date for entertainment venues, pubs, bars and karaoke joints across Thailand on January 16, said deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek on Tuesday.

The date of reopening entertainment venues, pubs, bars and karaoke joints across Thailand was shifted from December 1 to January 15 on Friday.

Pubs, bars and entertainment venues will be allowed to reopen in the coming weeks if the daily count of new virus cases stays in single digits, the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Tuesday (May 19).

News that New York's famed Pegu Club was closing for good upset bar lovers nationwide when the announcement came at the end of April. The 14-year old bar founded by Audrey Saunders had helped pioneer the craft cocktail scene; dozens of top mixologists trained there.

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said he would be heading overseas this week to seek advice about his plan to extend closing hours for pubs and bars in Thailand’s major tourist destination provinces.

Four simultaneous raids have been carried out on karaoke bars in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phra Thong Kham and Dan Khun Thod districts following a Department of Provincial Administration investigation into alleged underage prostitution and human trafficking.

Thailand’s ban on bars and entertainment venues allowing punters to play darts is now in affect nationwide.

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