Chadchart wants mask rule eased
published : 3 Jun 2022 at 10:09
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: SUPOJ WANCHAROEN AND ACHADTHAYA CHUENNIRAN
Bangkok plans to authorise the removal of face masks as soon as possible if approved by local health and medical bodies, city governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Thursday.
His remarks came after Phuket relaxed its face mask-wearing mandate and other related Covid-19 measures.
The health and medical departments will be consulted on the matter, Mr Chadchart said, adding he believed it is time to move forward and focus on reviving the economy.
"Bangkok's Covid-19 situation appears to be not much different from that of Phuket, so we will base the decision on the face mask-wearing mandate mainly on medical facts and data rather than feelings," he said. "A decision will be made as soon as possible."
More discussions will be held on extending the closing time of night entertainment venues in the capital, he added.
As of Wednesday, night venues in 14 green-zone and 17 blue-zone provinces have been allowed to remain open and serve alcohol until midnight, said the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
In the CCSA's colour-coded Covid-19 zoning, green zones indicate the situation is stable whereas businesses in blue zones are freer to promote tourism-related activities.
Phuket, one of the blue zones, has become the first province to officially allow people to take off face masks when they are in open public spaces provided they keep a distance of at least 2 metres from other people, such as at the beach or in a public park.
Vocabulary
- consult: to ask for information or advice from someone - หารือ
- decision (noun): a choice or judgement that you make after thinking and talking about what is the best thing to do - การตัดสินใจ
- discussion: conversation; talk - การสนทนา, การอภิปราย
- economy: the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region - เศรษฐกิจ
- mandate: an official order to do something - คำสั่ง
- measures (noun): actions taken to solve a particular problem - มาตรการ
- revive: to come or bring something back to existence or use - ฟื้นฟู, ทำให้เกิดขึ้นอีก
- stable: firmly fixed; not likely to move, change or fail - มั่นคง
- zone: an area that has an important or typical feature; an area where a particular activity is allowed or not allowed - พื้นที่, บริเวณ, เขต
- zoning (noun): when government controls how the land is used in different areas of a city or country, limiting some areas to homes, other areas to stores and yet other areas to factories - การแบ่งอาณาเขตของประเทศหรือเมืองหนึ่งๆ ออกเป็นเขตต่างๆ
