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Bangkok Shutting More Businesses to Curb Biggest Covid Outbreak

  • Cinemas, gyms, convention centers to be closed for two weeks
  • Majority of Thailand’s current wave centered on the capital
A pedestrian passes a food vendor at a deserted Khaosan Road in Bangkok on April 19.Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg
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The Thai capital Bangkok has ordered the shutdown of dozens of businesses considered at high risk for Covid infections as the city tries to contain its biggest outbreak since the pandemic began.

Establishments such as cinemas, gyms, and convention centers will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, while malls and convenience stores can still open but with shortened hours, according to the announcement Saturday night by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.