More schools in Bangkok and Pathum Thani were ordered to close on Tuesday due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19.
Twenty-nine schools in Pathum Thani were temporarily closed until Jan 3, after a couple working as seafood vendors in Wat Sa Bua market, Thanyaburi, were found to be infected.
In Bangkok, Samsenwittayalai School said on Tuesday it would switch to online learning from today until Dec 30.
Bunyaphon Phothiwa-thanat, the school’s director, said its annual sports event — which was previously scheduled for Friday — would have to be postponed until Jan 22.
Other extracurricular activities would also be put on hold until further notice.
Students, parents and teachers who had been in close contact with confirmed cases and/or visited Samut Sakhon since Dec 1 were advised to be tested, he added.
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