Nightspots ordered to close

New outbreak: Filepic showing customers having a drink outside a bar in Khaosan Road, Bangkok. Three districts in the Thai capital have seen a rise in new cases recently. — Bloomberg

Officials in Bangkok ordered a two-week closure of all entertainment venues in three districts to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus from nightspots there.

Health officials are also trying to cope with a coronavirus outbreak at a prison in the south.