Thailand to further ease coronavirus restrictions, shorten curfew hours

BANGKOK - Thailand will next week shorten curfew hours and ease restrictions on more businesses, the government said on Friday , in response to its low numbers of locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus.

From June 1, cinemas and theatres can reopen, but with no more than 200 people at a time and with strict social distancing measures, said Mr Somsak Roongsita, secretary-general of the National Security Council. A curfew will be shortened by one hour to last from 11pm to 3am and shopping malls, which reopened earlier this month, will also be allowed to extend their operating hours, he added.Zoos, beauty clinics, spas and traditional Thai massages will be allowed to operate, with social distancing in place, as will soccer fields and volleyball and basketball courts, but only for training purposes and with limits on spectators.

Thailand confirmed 11 new coronavirus cases on Friday, and no new deaths. All those cases were arrivals from Kuwait and were in state quarantine.The government has previously said it planned to reopen all businesses within June, although passenger flights remain suspended. The South-east Asian country has seen a slowdown in locally transmitted cases, and more recent cases have been found among those in state quarantine after returning from abroad.

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