Shoppers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus push their shopping cart at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 12, 2020. The Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business in capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
BANGKOK — Thailand has announced a further easing of restrictions that were imposed to fight the spread of COVID-19, including allowing some schools to reopen and scrapping a curfew.
The new measures taking effect Monday follow more than six weeks in which the daily increase in COVID-19 cases was usually less than 10, and almost all new infections originated abroad.
Socializing will become easier because restaurants will no longer be banned from serving alcohol, although bars remain shut.
International flights remain suspended until the end of the month while the government ponders how to gradually reopen the tourism sector, a major pillar of the economy.