Bangkok: The number of infected people continues to be on the rise and fall, and the new coronavirus is on April 10 at 5:16
In Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, severe measures such as closing all stores other than the sale of food and daily necessities have led to a slowdown in the number of infected people, but the Thai authorities said, We can't loosen it. "
In the middle of last month in Bangkok, the number of infected people exceeded 20 per day, and the cumulative number of infected people exceeded 100.
For this reason, the local government closed recreational facilities such as karaoke shops and massage shops on March 18 and closed all shops except for food and daily necessities from the 22nd, as well as restaurants. We have taken severe measures to ban eating and drinking and only allow take-out.
As a result, about one week after the introduction of these measures, the pace of increase has started to decline, and according to the announcement on the 9th, the increase per day was 21.
Regarding this, Deputy Director-General of the Thai Ministry of Health's Department of Disease Control, Tanah Rak Paripat, told NHK, "To reduce the risk of infection, we have to discuss how to exchange greetings, how to live, how to work and how to eat. It is important to take culture into account. "He pointed out that the ban on eating and drinking at restaurants was entirely due to the Thai food culture, which shares the same cuisine.
The Thai government continues to enforce measures such as restricting foreigners from entering the country and banning people from going out at night, but Deputy Director Thanarak said, `` The fight against viruses is like a marathon, We can't afford to loosen the measures as long as they remain, "he said.