Although the government insisted that only some state-organised New Year countdown events had been cancelled over the Omicron situation while private events were allowed to go ahead, a number of organisers have followed in the government’s footsteps and scrapped their scheduled year-end events, a news source said on Wednesday.
Five government-sponsored countdown events will be held on New Year’s Eve under Covid Free Setting and SHA standards, government spokesperson Ratchada Dhnadirek said on Tuesday.