People line up inside a liquor shop after Bangkok and several other Thai provinces announced a 10-day ban on alcohol sale starting April 10. (Photo: Reuters) Bangkok(VNA) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced that bothpublic and private sectors should strictly apply social-distancing measuresonce the lockdown is lifted or restrictions will be applied again.
The statementwas made after Thai people were seen crowding stores to purchase alcoholicbeverages.
Now there arelimitations on how many bottles of alcohol can be sold and during what hours,he said. The premier also warned that if people still crowd stores to purchasebooze, the government would once again impose a ban.
The number ofCOVID-19 infections in Singapore could hit 30,000 – 40,000 this month, butcontainment measures will help to keep the situation from spiralling out ofcontrol, local medical experts said.
While thetotal counts have continued to rise, the numbers have recently started tostablise, said Assoc. Prof. Alex Cook from the National University of Singapore(NUS)’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
Dr Leong HoeNam, an infectious diseases expert at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth NovenaHospital, agreed that cases could cross 40,000 this month but said it is likelythat Singapore has gone past the peak of daily confirmed cases.
Singapore has beenhit the hardest by the coronavirus in Southeast Asia. The country reported 788new cases on May 6, taking the total count to 20,198.
Meanwhile, Indonesiais set to revise its data on confirmed and possible COVID-19 cases across thecountry amid efforts to ramp up testing and to get a clearer view on the truescale of the outbreak.
WikuAdisasmito, the head of the expert staff of the country's COVID-19 task force,said the central government planned to provide more accurate data on thecoronavirus in Indonesia, including suspected cases and probable cases, inaccordance with the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s reporting standards updated in early April.
In Cambodia,the Independence Teachers’ Association (CITA) has asked the Education Ministryto consider reopening educational institutions as the country has found no newcases over the last three weeks.
Schools in thecountry has remained shutdown since March 16 to curb the spread of theCOVID-19.
Cambodia has to date recorded 122 COVID-19 cases, with 120 having fullyrecovered./.
VNA
