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Plans to ease restrictions at Chatuchak Market have been postponed in response to the latest outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangkok.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to ease lockdown measures at Chatuchak Market.

Another 224 cases of Covid-19 related to the Covid-19 outbreak in Bang Khae district have been found, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reported on Monday following proactive testing from March 11-14.

The Pathum Thani public health office on Thursday announced that Pornpat and Suchart markets in Thanyaburi district would be allowed to open effective immediately, while merchants can occupy a maximum of 30 per cent of selling areas so as to promote social distancing.

Samut Sakhon’s Central Prawn Market in Muang district is ready to reopen on either January 26 or 27 after a major clean-up scheduled on January 25, the province’s deputy governor Theerapat Katchamat announced.

Thanommit Market in Bangkok announced via its Facebook page that a male vendor who ran a food stall at the market had tested positive for Covid-19.

Nonthaburi’s Covid-19 Operation Centre said on Thursday that provincial Governor Sujin Chaichumsak had signed an order to temporarily shut the two markets.

Nakhon Pathom launched a “big clean” of all fresh markets in the province on Tuesday as part of a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Buri Ram province on Wednesday closed a fresh market for three days after learning that 200 people may have been exposed to Covid-19 there.

The Governor of Uttaradit province on Tuesday ordered the closure of Pha Kanoon market in the province for seven days, after a new Covid-19 case was found there on Monday.

Samut Sakhon’s normally busy fish markets paid the penalty on Friday after a prawn-seller in the city tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday.

A 67-year-old woman who runs a seafood shop has been confirmed positive for Covid-19 in Samut Sakhon province.