More schools in Bangkok and Pathum Thani were ordered to close on Tuesday due to Covid-19 fears. 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. 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, the school director said. As for schools in Samut Sakhon, the location of the latest Covid-19 hotspot, all schools had already been shut.

Source: Bangkok Post December 23, 2020 02:37 UTC