News Forum - Will Songkran be wet or dry? CCSA to discuss restrictions on March 18

[Thaiger]

The question of whether or not to allow massive water fights to celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year, will be discussed on March 18 at a Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration meeting. The celebrations with water guns and splashing have been called off for the past two years to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Recently, the Department of Disease Control warned that the holiday’s water fights from April 13 to 15 would most likely be cancelled if the new Covid-19 infection count reaches 30,000 in one day. Yesterday, the CCSA reported 21,162 new cases with 65 related deaths. A spokesperson […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

 

58 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

 

 Will Songkran be wet or dry?

 

 

Soaked in alcohol as usual.

 

 

[Pinetree]

Ah, Songkran, a time to buy in food and beer, clean the pool, double lock the outside gate and hunker down for those mad days. Good time to do some DIY around the house and garden. 

[Tim_Melb]

5 minutes ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Soaked in alcohol as usual.

No with the current infection rates it will be dry and most events will be banned like last year. 

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

15 minutes ago, Tim_Melb said:

No with the current infection rates it will be dry and most events will be banned like last year. 

People at home won't stay dry.

[Guevara]

The debate as to whether or not Songkran had a significant impact on a surge in positive numbers continues. It would make sense to give it a miss for a year. But then, those in power will be looking at the revenue generated.

[alex12345]

Let's face it the cases seem to be sneaking down again, although I read the other day the ATK tests were quite high, but that people don't need to take pcr tests if they test positive for atk now, this of course make the official rt-pcr test results lower. Either way it doesn't matter, the worlds narrative is to declare it endemic and its well overdue.