The Pattaya City municipality has cancelled the New Year countdown on worries over a possible second wave of Covid-19 infections following the virus outbreak in Samut Sakhon.
Pattaya mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem said on Tuesday that many people were infected in Samut Sakhon, most of them migrant workers, and the disease had spread to several other provinces.
The provincial committee on communicable diseases had met with relevant agencies to work out stricter measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, as there were many migrant workers in the province, Mr Sonthaya said.
The governor had ordered officials to survey living quarters and areas where migrant…
