No 24-hour curfew if people cooperate
published : 7 Apr 2020 at 01:05
writer: Gary Boyle
There will be no 24-hour curfew if people follow the 10pm-4am rule and the number of new cases of coronavirus disease drops, the head of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said on Monday.
Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin was responding to speculation on social media and some news reports that the government was planning a round-the-clock curfew.
"We have just announced a curfew from 10pm to 4am every day. Everyone still needs some time to adapt.
"If you can do it and the number of new infections falls, there will not be any other measures. But if the figure continues to rise, existing measures will be considered as inadequate, and more measures may be necessary," Dr Taweesin said.
Dr Taweesin said that during the overnight curfew from Sunday to Monday morning, police caught 919 violators. Another 79 had gathered together inside residences in a way that might spread the disease.
"This shows that some people were still being uncooperative. Please comply for the sake of yourself, your families and your society," he said.
Police pressed charges against 708 people and issued warnings to the others for violating the curfew. Police also increased the number of curfew checkpoints from 836 on Sunday to 923 on Monday, Dr Taweesin said.
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Vocabulary
- checkpoint: a place where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked - ด่านตรวจ
- comply (verb): to obey a rule, law, agreement, etc. or do what someone asks you to do - ปฏิบัติตาม (กฎหมาย, ข้อเสนอ, ข้อตกลง etc.)
- curfew: a law that does not allow people to go outside between a particular time in the evening and a particular time in the morning - กฎอัยการศึก คือห้ามออกนอกบ้านในยามวิกาล
- inadequate: not enough, or not good enough for a particular purpose - อย่างไม่เพียงพอ
- measure: a firm action taken to solve a problem or stop a dangerous unpleasant situation - มาตราการ
- round-the-clock: 24 hours a day -
- speculation: ideas or discussion about what might happen or has happened or why something has happened without having complete information - การคาดการณ์
- uncooperative (adj): not willing to be helpful to other people or do what they ask - ไม่ให้ความร่วมมือ
- violators (noun): people who go against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc. - ผู้ฝ่าฝืน, ผู้ละเมิดกฎ
