Covid won't stop Songkran
published : 9 Mar 2022 at 08:47
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
Songkran celebrations will go ahead next month after a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the government has said.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given assurances that all related activities and inter-provincial travel will be allowed during the Songkran festival from April 13-15.
But during celebrations, the public must comply with "Vuca" -- Vaccine, Universal Prevention, Covid free-setting and ATK testing -- measures.
Prayut has strongly suggested everyone planning to enjoy the water-throwing festival at least get a third vaccine dose and undergo an ATK test both before and after their travels.
Prayut also urged vulnerable groups -- those aged 60 and above, people with underlying illnesses and pregnant women -- to be fully vaccinated ahead of the festival.
The Department of Disease Control said Covid infections may have reached their peak as the infection rate, detected by RT-PCR and ATK tests, has declined in the past 2-3 days.
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Vocabulary
- allow: to let somebody/something do something; to let something happen or be done - อนุญาต, ยอมรับ
- assurance (noun): a statement that something is true, esp. when there is doubt about it; a promise; a guarantee - การรับประกัน, การรับรอง
- comply with: to obey a rule or law or do what someone asks you to do - ปฏิบัติตาม
- hiatus (noun): a pause in activity when nothing happens - การหยุดชะงัก
- prevention: preventing something bad from happening - การป้องกันภ้ย
- provincial (adj): related to "provinces" , the different parts of a country - ประจำจังหวัด, ส่วนท้องถิ่น
- suggest: to mention an idea or a plan for somebody else to think about - เสนอ, เสนอแนะ
- underlying (adj): important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly; existing under the surface of something else - ที่สำคัญและซ่อนอยู่, ที่อยู่ในตำแหน่งต่ำกว่า
- vulnerable: easily damaged or harmed - ซึ่งถูกทำลายได้ง่าย
