Jonathan Fairfield Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Bangkok to close schools for two weeks as number of COVID-19 cases rise FILE PHOTO: A student wearing a face mask has her body temperature checked due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before entering a school in Bangkok, Thailand, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha The Thai capital of Bangkok will close all schools for two weeks after the New Year holiday as it tightens measures to control a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the city said on Friday. Thailand confirmed 279 new coronavirus cases on Friday, with the majority of them linked to a cluster among migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province south of Bangkok, and another cluster linked to illegal gambling dens that started in the eastern province of Rayong. These new clusters have started to spread into Bangkok, prompting the city's administrator to tighten measures to curb the spread of the virus. "We begin to detect new cases linked to students and other service businesses," said Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, the spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. "Therefore we decided to close more places," he said. All schools, daycare centres for the young and elderly, preschool and tutorial centres will be close from January 4 to 17 while other public facilities including amusement parks, playgrounds, public baths and massage parlours will be closed starting from Saturday, he said. Pongsakorn also said the city is considering restrictions on eating-in at restaurants but said that more discussions were needed with the government COVID-19 taskforce on Saturday. Thailand recorded two new deaths from coronavirus on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 7,163 and the number of deaths to 63 since the outbreak started last January. The majority of the new cases resulted from local transmission of the disease while six were imported from abroad, the government COVID-19 taskforce said. (Writing by Kay Johnson and Panu Wongcha-um: Editing by Neil Fullick) -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-01 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOilWorker Posted January 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Time for some quality family time... Edited January 1, 2021 by ExpatOilWorker 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I hope they extend to surrounding provinces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 17 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: We begin to detect new cases linked to students and other service businesses," Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeworldwide Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Does this apply to international schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelaoffy Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) More over reaction ! If measures are taken all these places could remain open ! All of this because of incompetence and corruption at the borders and private gatherings Edited January 2, 2021 by pixelaoffy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Happyman567 Posted January 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2021 kids in Thailand must really love school They never go lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 55 minutes ago, eeworldwide said: Does this apply to international schools? No. But expect an announcement soon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: No. But expect an announcement soon. Would seem some international schools have started announcing closures, or rather moving to online classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 18 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: No. But expect an announcement soon. Not sure if this include International schools yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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