A worker holds a microphone that is covered to prevent Covid-19 infections at a karaoke parlour in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Friday, as the store resumed operations following a coronavirus-necessitated closure. (Kyodo photo)TOKYO: Karaoke fans in Tokyo got a taste of the "new normal" for singing in a karaoke box on Friday, the first day after business closure requests for such establishments were lifted following a sharp fall in new coronavirus cases. The parlour, which reopened at midnight Thursday as soon as the local authorities lifted the requests, saw a number of masked customers from the morning. A 21-year-old university student found the parlour's measures against the virus appropriate and responsible. Customers go through temperature checks at the entrance of a karaoke parlour in Shinjuku area on Friday.

Source: Bangkok Post June 14, 2020 11:15 UTC