BANGKOK - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved plans to postpone next month's Thai New Year holiday and to close schools to limit the spread of the coronavirus, a government spokesperson said.
The approvals followed a series of plans announced on Monday to close schools, bars, movie theatres, cockfighting arenas and other entertainment centers as well as postpone the Thai New Year holiday, or Songkran, which falls between April 13 and 15.
"The cabinet approved that the Songkran holiday be postponed and schools closed," Ratchada Thanadirek, the government's deputy spokesperson, told Reuters.
She added that closures of entertainment venues would be up to the discretion of each provincial governor, adding that more details would be available later.
source: news.abs-cbn.com
