Bangkok weekend market closed amid tightening Covid-19 restrictions

Published date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:41:48 +0700

Bangkok's famous weekend market was closed today (July 19) as ministers ponder brutal communist China-style lockdown rules.

Surging Covid-19 cases in recent weeks have lead to a nighttime curfew, mass closures of business, mandatory mask laws and vaccine roll-outs - all without reducing infections.