PHOTOS: Masks and bikinis as Thailand’s nightlife and sex districts reopen amid Covid-19

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. It meant a return to work for some of the hundreds of thousands of people in the nightlife industry who have been struggling to survive.

Updated on: Jul 03, 2020 7:50 PM IST

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A woman wearing a face mask is reflected in a mirror as she dances inside the XXX lounge at Thailand’s legendary Patpong nightlife and sex trade district 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)

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Women wearing face masks dance inside the XXX lounge at Thailand’s legendary Patpong nightlife and sex trade district 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. (REUTERS)

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Women wearing face masks sit as they wait for customers inside the XXX lounge at Thailand’s legendary Patpong nightlife and sex trade district. (REUTERS)

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Women wearing face masks dance inside the XXX lounge at Thailand’s legendary Patpong nightlife and sex trade district. (REUTERS)

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Women wearing face masks dance inside the XXX lounge at Thailand’s legendary Patpong nightlife and sex trade district (REUTERS)