Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, prices for virtually all food and household items have skyrocketed.Eggs in particular have become more expensive – and sometimes scarce. While Germans and residents of many other western countries primarily hoard toilet paper, in Thailand eggs are hoarded.

The governor of Chonburi, Pakarathorn Thienchai, issued further restrictions that apply to Chonburi and thus also to Pattaya. This is intended to limit the spread of Covid-19 in the province.Among other things, supermarkets and grocery stores are prohibited from selling alcohol between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. 

The governor of Sakon Nakhon banned the sale of alcohol until April 16.The regulation published on Monday evening “prohibits the sale of spirits and alcoholic beverages of all kinds” because of the outbreak of Covid-19The province in northeastern Thailand is the first to have a total alcohol ban.

 An industry leader in Chonburi has described the devastating effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on tourism in Pattaya.The chairman of the Association of Thai Industries in Chonburi, Thanet Suphasahatrangsee, spoke to 77kaoded and said that “zero tourists” are traveling to Pattaya now. A few Russians had been in the seaside resort so far.

Air pollution in the north remains at a critical level. In Chiang Mai alone, the authorities monitored almost 400 active fire hotspots on Sunday.On the index of the online platform Air Visual, Chiang Mai leads the ranking of the cities with the poorest air quality in the world. It doesn't look any better in the surrounding provinces.

In an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Pattaya, Pattaya city officials informed residents and tourists.They set up an information center at the north end of Beach Road in front of the Thai Airways International building.

The governor of Chonburi asked the citizens not to leave the province.In a message that is clearly aimed at workers who want to return to their home provinces and villages, the governor warned that this could endanger relatives, especially the elderly and children.

he news platform Manager reported that a meeting attended by high-ranking officials criticized measures to curb Covid-19.According to Thai media, the vice mayor of Pattaya, Sutham Petchket, “blew a fuse” after it emerged that information and itineraries about six foreigners and a Thai who were infected with Covid-19 have not been passed on.

The Chonburi governor has imposed further restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19.The governor's decision includes social distancing as well as the closure of excursion destinations, venues and shopping centers throughout the province of Chonburi – and thus also in Pattaya.

Residents and tourism companies are demanding that the island of Koh Lan be sealed off to prevent the spread of the novel corovirus Covid-19.Media reported that locals, tourism companies and officials met at Wat Koh Lan, where a vote was held to block the island from visitors.

The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation will no longer bring sick people to the hospital, but will specialize in traffic accidents.Prasit Thongtidcharoen, head of the rescue foundation, said that while ambulances are disinfected, the safety of volunteers and employees cannot be guaranteed.

The police arrived to prevent people on Won Napha and Bang Saen beaches from sitting there and spreading the novel coronavirus Covid-19.Images had appeared on social media showing that the sociable residents of Bang Saen had settled on mats on the beach. 

The seaside resort returns to its roots. The bars and entertainment venues are closed and there are hardly any tourists left in the city.This is what Pattaya must have looked like when it was a sleepy fishing village 50 years ago when there was no talk of the world-famous and infamous party city.

The governor of Bangkok intensifies the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 and has ordered far-reaching closures.The five provinces bordering Bangkok have joined in on this decision and have ordered the temporary closure of many high-risk Covid-19 transmission sites from March 22 to April 12.

Disinfectants continue to be sprayed regularly in the seaside resort  Pattaya to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19.This time it was the turn of Soi 8 and the police station on the corner of Beach Road and Soi 9.