Masks and bikinis as Bangkok sex districts reopen with new rules


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  • Thursday, 02 Jul 2020

A woman has her temperature checked before entering a bar after the Thai government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as bars and nightclubs are reopened nationwide, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

BANGKOK (Reuters) - With performers wearing facemasks as well as bikinis, Bangkok's red-light districts reopened on Wednesday after more than three months of shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Bars, karaoke venues and massage parlours were in the latest category of businesses allowed to reopen - with conditions - now that Thailand has gone 37 days since recording any local transmission of the virus.

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