Before the pandemic: Worshippers offer prayers to bring in the New Year outside City Hall’s headquarters at Larn Khon Muang in Bangkok. This year, the event has been cancelled. (Bangkok Post file photo)
Fear of a surge in Omicron cases has led to the cancellation of all events to mark the New Year planned for Bangkok by City Hall, and the private sector is being urged to follow suit.
Bangkok deputy governor Kriengyos Sudlapha announced the decision on Thursday.
Mr Kriengyos said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) took into account the rapid rise in new infections linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, and advice from the World Health Organisation that countries should put New Year holiday celebrations on hold.
City Hall had planned an overnight prayer ceremony to count down the end…
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