13 businesses can reopen as usual in Bangkok

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced the outbreak had dropped from a peak of 49 new cases per day in the capital to around 10 cases daily. The latest contagion, which began in mid-December, had been contained faster than the first outbreak last year, said BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang. The BMA announced the following 13 businesses can reopen as usual, but under virus-control measures:

1. Gaming arcades

2. Internet cafes

3. Seniors day-care centres

4. Racecourses and stadiums except for horse racing and boxing (no spectators allowed)

5. Banquet rooms – though permission must be granted for more than 300 guests

6. Amulet shops

7. Beauty parlours and tattoo shops

8. Fitness centres

9. Massage shops and spas – but not massage parlours

10. Boxing gyms

11. Bowling alleys and skating rinks

12. Dance academies (no contests)

13. Martial arts schools