BANGKOK, March 19 (TNA) – Zoos in Thailand have been
closed until March 31 following an order by the Cabinet to limit public
gatherings in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
Ubon Ratchathani Zoo and Khon Kaen Zoo are among the 14 zoos
run by the Zoological Park Organization to be closed for 14 days.
The managements of the two zoos in the northeastern
provinces said it followed an instruction given by the Natural Resources and
Environment Ministry to sanitize its facilities and renovate landscape and
enclosures during the closures.
The closure is in line with the Tuesday’s cabinet resolution
to combat the outbreak by closing schools, universities, entertainment venues
and theatres in Bangkok and surrounding provinces for two weeks until March 31.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has also
instructed national parks to renovate tourist service centers as the number of
visitors plunges during the Covid-19 outbreak. (TNA)
