Restaurant vaccination requirement dropped, for now.

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From Coconuts Bangkok

A 2019 file photo of Rongros, a riverside restaurant in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district. Photo: Coconuts Bangkok

In the latest display of competent policy-crafting, the actual regulations enacted last night contradicted last week’s announcement that vaccinations would be required to eat at restaurants in the 29 hardest-hit provinces, including Bangkok.

According to what was made  formal last night, those eateries need only cap capacity at 75% or 50% for indoor, air-conditioned venues.

What was published in the Royal Gazette made no mention of a vaccination requirement.

Responding to the confusion, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director of the Disease Control Department, said that the public should stick with the Royal Gazette’s version for now.

Only a small portion of the population is fully vaccinated, and it was never clear Bangkok’s tens of thousands of eateries, large and small, were supposed to police health documents.

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/surprise-restaurant-vaccination-requirement-dropped-for-now/

[vinapu]

slowly but surely sanity returns

[TotallyOz]

I am excited to eat out again! Such a small thing but a big deal for me. Months of cooking / delivery has made me hungry from food served outside my own dining room.