Bangkok extends lockdown on Covid-19 risky venues until May 17

In this Tuesday, May 4, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Klong Toey area, a neighborhood currently having a spike in coronavirus cases, in Bangkok. - AP

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday (May 7) extended until May 17 lockdown measures on some businesses and public places that carry high risk of spreading Covid-19.

The move follows a recommendation by the provincial communicable disease committee.