A meeting of Thailand’s Covid-19 Administration Centre, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, approved a motion to postpone the Songkran holidays from April 13-15 to later dates.
Bangkok (VNA) - A meeting of Thailand’s Covid-19 Administration Centre,chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, approved a motion to postpone theSongkran holidays from April 13-15 to later dates.
Thai Deputy Government SpokeswomanRachada Thanadirek tweeted on March 16 the cancellation is aimed at “increasingsocial distance” and “minimising public movement both domestically andinternationally”.
The compensating holidayswill be announced later, she added.
Songkarn parties have been called off in manyThai localities like Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai and Khon Kaen amidthe COVID-19 outbreak.
Thailand on March 16 confirmed 33 newCOVID-cases, the most on any single day in the country, raising the total to147.
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