It will probably come as no shock to anybody, but the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration declared right now that they will follow the rules of the CCSA and extend the closure of entertainment venues indefinitely. The decision was announced at present that bars, pubs, karaoke, nightclubs, and different nightlife and leisure venues will not be reopening in Bangkok as with the the rest of Thailand (well, legally anyway).
In the announcement, the BMA mentioned that they’ll keep their guidelines consistent with the CCSA in enforcing the closure of entertainment venues and that there is no set finish date for the indefinite closure. They echoed the concerns of the CCSA that the Omicron variant that has given Thailand a resurgence of Covid-19 in the last month because of its high transmissibility might be much more easily spread if nightlife venues, the place people frequently chill out their vigilance in following safety guidelines, are allowed to reopen.
Template is still in full swing although, as any leisure venue that is in a position to meet the required requirements can open up a restaurant and serve alcohol, now till eleven pm. Venues should meet both the Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ SHA+ certification or the Ministry of Public Health’s Thai Stop COVID 2 Plus commonplace. Any nightlife or leisure venue that meets these requirements can then reopen as a so-called restaurant and host clients, serving alcohol until eleven pm.
But for now, actual nightclubs and bars or people can drink and celebration all night time, stay just a distant reminiscence of those magical days earlier than Covid-19. The hardly ever enforced punishment for violators of the bar closure legal guidelines is as much as one yr in jail. Fines, though not often given, have been raised to be from between 20,000 to 100,000 baht as quickly as a venue is convicted of the violation..g