Thai cabinet approves plans to close schools, postpone next month’s Songkran New Year holiday
Vietnam's local authorities closing schools to protect schoolchildren from coronavirus. Photo: The Hanoi Times. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
BANGKOK, Mar 17, 2020, Bangkok Post. The cabinet on Tuesday approved plans to postpone next month’s Songkran New Year holiday and to close schools to limit the spread of the coronavirus, a government spokeswoman said, Bangkok Post reported.
The approvals followed a series of plans announced on Monday to close schools, bars, movie theatres, cockfighting arenas and other entertainment centres as well as postpone the Thai New Year holiday, which falls between April 13 to 15.
“The cabinet approved that the Songkran holiday be postponed and schools closed,” Ratchada Thanadirek, the government’s deputy spokeswoman, told Reuters.
She added that closures of entertainment venues would be up to the discretion of each provincial governors, adding that more details would be available later.
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