People pose for pictures with decorations made for New Year countdown celebrations outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Thailand ordered to scaled down gathering for New Year celebrations after reporting more than 155 new coronavirus infections and its first fatality since November on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Officials in Bangkok have announced new restrictions, including the closure of some entertainment facilities during the New Year’s holiday, as coronavirus infections continued to rise following a recent outbreak.
After months of seeming to have the Covid-19 situation under control, Thailand has seen two major clusters developing since the middle of this month that threatened to undo its progress.
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