Bangkok's normally-busy streets were quiet on Friday (9 July), ahead of a strict new lockdown.

On Friday, Thailand’s top Covid panel announced new restrictions on parts of the nation seeing a coronavirus resurgence, from Monday.

A curfew will be in force and shopping malls will be closed, among other measures, in Bangkok and number of other regions. The restrictions will last two weeks.

Video showed cars on the roads but sharply reduced passenger numbers for public transport.

This footage was filmed and produced 10 July 2021.

Thailand’s top Covid panel is set to consider a partial lockdown of the nation’s worst virus-hit regions, including the Bangkok metropolitan area, to quell the deadliest wave of infections.

The video shows streets of Bangkok during the lockdown. As the author of the video says roadside incidents were almost normal, but the number of people using public transport dropped dramatically in the evening following the lockdown announcement.

This footage was filmed and produced 9 July 2021.

Thailand’s top Covid panel is set to consider a partial lockdown of the nation’s worst virus-hit regions, including the Bangkok metropolitan area, to quell the deadliest wave of infections.

The video shows streets of Bangkok during the lockdown. As the author of the video says roadside incidents were almost normal, but the number of people using public transport dropped dramatically in the evening following the lockdown announcement.