We are in phrase III

 | Thu 19 Mar 2020 17:00 ICT

CityNews – 19th March 2020, Charoenrit Sanguansat, Chiang Mai Governor, announced that following the closure of over 200 entertainment venues last night for the next fortnight, he has tasked the president of the Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce to find ways to help businesses who are suffering by coming up with plans to help ease the financial struggles of many.

Chiang Mai has stretched stage II of this COVID-19 pandemic as far as it can, the governor said, but now it is has reached stage III of the pandemic. This means that a new working committee has been appointed to coordinate between different groups to support a possible impending crisis. Dr. Surasingh Wisudratana, retired deputy director of the Chiang Mai Public Health office has been put in charge of this new working committee.