A man sits alone in the deserted lobby of the Major Cineplex cinema at Lotus Bang Kapi in Bangkok on Tuesday. Cinemas have been closed since the start of the third Covid-19 outbreak, but will be allowed to reopen on Friday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

More businesses will be allowed to reopen from Friday, the night curfew and quarantine periods will be shortened and pilot reopening areas expanded, but the state of emergency will remain in force.