Authorities deliberate new guidelines for this year’s Songkran water celebration

With Thailand’s enormous water event, Songkran, readied to go on following month, officials are now mulling over potential standards to help reduce the threat of Covid-19. The society minister states there is broach setting up supposed “water play” areas that enable the water battles and dashes with a Covid-19 check-in at the entrance. Pattaya News states face shields, goggles as well as raincoats can be called for in the dash zones, however the idea is still being gone over.

The Thai new year has ended up being a yearly water battle with huge occasions in prominent traveler locations like Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and also Bangkok. Society priest Itthiphol Khunplume claims the “water play” areas are likely to be set up in areas with major occasions. In a previous record, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said people will require to follow social distancing policies during the event.

The federal government is also evaluating illness control guidelines for traditional activities like putting scented water over religious things as well as monk processions.

The Pattaya News states the government intends to hold a conference next Monday to go over Songkran standards in addition to various other Covid-related subjects like the length of the required quarantine for tourists entering Thailand.

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