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Thailand will officially end the practice of fining people for not wearing masks after a MoPH meeting yesterday.
Dr Tharet Kratnairawiwong, chief of the Department of Disease Control said that this related to powers given to provincial authorities to issue mask wearing orders.
The laws would be officially scrapped within 2-3 weeks after announcement in the Government Gazette.
Matters related to compensation were also decided, reported Siam Rath.
ASEAN NOW notes that mask wearing in Thailand is still prevalent especially in Bangkok.
However, slowly but surely the number of Thais wearing masks is beginning to decrease even in the Thai capital.
This is especially noticable in tourist and nightlife areas where both Thais and foreign nationals are mostly mask-less.
Outside Bangkok there is far less masking up.
During the pandemic fines existed on three levels of 1,000, 6,000 and 20,000 baht for repeat offenders.
ASEAN NOW carried very few stories about people being fined, however.
Dr Tharet Kratnairawiwong, chief of the Department of Disease Control said that this related to powers given to provincial authorities to issue mask wearing orders.
The laws would be officially scrapped within 2-3 weeks after announcement in the Government Gazette.
Matters related to compensation were also decided, reported Siam Rath.
ASEAN NOW notes that mask wearing in Thailand is still prevalent especially in Bangkok.
However, slowly but surely the number of Thais wearing masks is beginning to decrease even in the Thai capital.
This is especially noticable in tourist and nightlife areas where both Thais and foreign nationals are mostly mask-less.
Outside Bangkok there is far less masking up.
During the pandemic fines existed on three levels of 1,000, 6,000 and 20,000 baht for repeat offenders.
ASEAN NOW carried very few stories about people being fined, however.
