Thailand’s ‘Hi-So’ elite blamed for new Covid-19 cases forcing closure of nightspots

Thailand is contending with a third wave of Covid-19 driven by a fast-spreading variant first identified in Britain after clusters were found across Bangkok’s wealthy party scene including at a VIP club allegedly popular with government officials.Thailand recorded 559 new coronavirus infections on Friday and one more death, after several days of a climbing caseload initially linked to bars and clubs in the capital’s upmarket Thong Lor district was hastened by the travel movements of Bangkok’s…

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