BANGKOK: Thai protesters demonstrated on Saturday to demand more action to help seafood sellers hit by a Covid-19 outbreak as the government urged people to eat more shellfish.
Seafood sellers say business has fallen in a country whose economy had already been badly hit by a collapse in tourism. The issue is the latest seized on by protesters who for months have been demanding the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a new constitution and reforms of the monarchy. “We are building confidence that you can have seafood without getting infected,” Anucha Nakasai, minister for the prime minister’s office, told reporters.