Japanese maid restaurant has cardboard cut outs and masks dusring pandemic

Japanese maids at a restaurant in Bangkok are following Covid-19 rules with masks and cardboard cut-outs.

The miniature maid figures are placed on chairs to ensure that diners follow social distancing guidelines.

Waitresses also wear masks, perform temperature checks and spray hand sanitiser gel on customers entering the cafe today (June 29).

Su su, one of the maids at the Maidreamin restaurant, says in the video: ''Please don't fear Covid because we have lots of protection in our restaurant.

It's very secure here, everyone is protected.'' Restaurants were this month allowed to re-open after coronavirus infections in Thailand plunged - with no new locally transmitted cases for more than 30 days.

Ministers announced today (June 29) that bars, brothels and strip clubs will be allowed to open from July 1.

However, tourists are still banned from entering the country.

Thailand has recorded 3,169 cases of Covid-19 and 58 deaths this year.