Long Queues As Thai Malls Reopen After COVID-19 Shutdown
People line up for food donations organised by a Thai fine dining restaurant in Bangkok on May 17, 2020, to help people impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus. Romeo GACAD / AFP.Shoppers flocked to Thailand’s top-end malls on Sunday, eager for retail therapy as shopping centres reopened in a gradual easing of restrictions to revive the virus-ravaged economy.
In the main downtown shopping district, Central World touted a “new normal” of doing business on posters, while screens on the mall’s exterior declared “We are open”. Shopper Taewich Penpattakul said he was “not really worried” about contracting COVID-19 because of Thailand’s low caseload.Customers and businesses were advised to adhere to restrictions, which include limits on the number of people allowed in retail spaces and a ban on alcohol sales in restaurants. Cinemas, however, remain closed.
Tables had plastic dividers set up to encourage social distancing, while one restaurant placed cardboard dinosaurs opposite customers to indicate the place was not to be used.The government is also urging retailers and shoppers to check in on a digital platform when entering malls — it will send a message if a coronavirus case is discovered in a specific store.
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