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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021

Maximum Risky, restricted, or - No consumption in an Only available Prohibited access for
Control prohibited traveling eating establishment -for the learning or teaching
and or being outside Gatherings - Purchases allowed for purchase and other activities
in-house consumption
of food and
without a valid
involved a large number
Restricted reason of over 5 - Open not after 20.00 beverages via Closed of people Closed
Zone - Being outside the people not (No alcoholic purchase delivery services
house from 21.00 to allowed or consumption in the - drugstores and
4.00 not allowed establishment) medical supply
- No cross-province stores
travel permitted - supermarkets
- Cross-province - banks/financial
check-out points institutions
Not open after
20.00
Maximum Check-out points or Gatherings - Possible consumption Open as usual Open as usual Access to the site for All services
Control screening point of over 20 in the shop not after (limiting the (as stipulated teaching or learning and available
Zone people not 23.00 number, no sale by the other activities involved until 21.00;
allowed promotion) government) a large number of competitions
people with the approval possibly held,
from the Provincial with a small
Communicative Disease audience
Committee
Control No travel restriction Gatherings Consumption in an Open as usual Open as usual A site can be accessed Open as
Zone of over 50 eating establishment (as stipulated for teaching/learning usual. All
people not possible (no alcoholic by the as usual, following the competitions
allowed drink purchase or government) preventive measures possible, with a
consumption in an small audience
eating establishment)
Remark: The COVID-19 preventative measure mandate must be rigorously followed when organizing all events.
Figure 1 Color codes to classify COVID-19 situations: Dark red, red, and orange
(https://www.thairath.co.th/news/politic/2167877)

In Figure 1 (as translated into English by the author), three color codes for
three different scenarios represent the most severe to the least severe situations.
Each code encapsulates a set of seven descriptors related to travelling, activities,
eating establishments, department stores, beauty and massage parlors, academic

institutions, and sports. To elaborate, the areas coded dark red refer to the maximum
and strict control zones, in which, among others, gatherings of more than 5 people
are prohibited. Meanwhile, the red color code denotes the maximum control zone,
which prohibits gatherings of more than 20 people. The orange code is assigned to

the control zone, which prohibits gatherings of more than 50 people (https://www.
thairath.co.th/news/politic/2167877). In fact, two more color codes were
employed (not shown here). That is, the high watchful zones are coded yellow,
which prohibits groups of more than 200 people from congregating. Finally, the

surveillance zones coded green prohibits gatherings of more than 300 people.

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