Songkran travel likely allowed
published : 19 Mar 2021 at 09:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Mongkol Bangprapa
Inter-provincial travel is expected to be allowed during next month's Songkran festival.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will meet today to discuss the easing of Covid-19 curbs.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said moves to ease various measures would be based on zoning under a colour-coded system used to identify which areas were most vulnerable to Covid-19.
Currently, there were no longer red zones which required maximum control, and Bangkok and Samut Sakhon are now orange zones.
Asked about the huge amount of inter-provincial travel expected during Songkran, Mr Anutin said provincial governors would lay down rules to screen people moving in and out.
Asked if water splashing would be allowed in provinces in green zones, Mr Anutin said the CCSA would make a decision today.
"We are now on the last lap. Covid-19 vaccines have already arrived and everyone will get the vaccine. Next year, we will be able to have fun again," the minister said.
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Vocabulary
- curb (noun): something that controls and puts limits on something - สิ่งควบคุม, สิ่งจำกัด, สิ่งระงับ
- ease: to relieve; to make a problem, situation or pain less severe or serious - บรรเทา
- governor: a person who is chosen to be in charge of the government of a state or province or a government agency - ผู้ว่าการรัฐ, ผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัด
- inter-provincial (adj): going between provinces - ระหว่างจังหวัด
- lap (noun): one journey from the beginning, esp. to the end of a track used for running, driving, etc - รอบ
- measures (noun): actions taken to solve a particular problem - มาตรการ
- vaccine: a substance which contains a form that is not harmful of a virus and which is given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease which the virus causes - วัคซีน
- vulnerable: easily damaged - ซึ่งถูกทำลายได้ง่าย
- zone: an area that has an important or typical feature; an area where a particular activity is allowed or not allowed - พื้นที่, บริเวณ, เขต
