Pattaya Music Festival attendees urged to get tested for Covid after positive cases

Caitlin AshworthThursday, November 25, 2021

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Pattaya Music Festival November 2021 | Photo via festival Facebook page

Those who attended the Pattaya Music Festival on November 12 and 13 are urged to get tested for Covid-19 after several people who went to the festival later tested positive for the virus. While the festival ran under Covid-19 prevention measures, with the audience seated to ensure social distancing, the government spokesperson says many people outside of the event area did not follow control measures. Many took off their masks, stood close together, and “secretly” drank alcohol, she says.

Pattaya Music Festival attendees urged to get tested for Covid after positive cases | News by Thaiger — Pattaya Music Festival November 2021 | Photo via festival Facebook page

Caitlin AshworthThursday, November 25, 2021

86 Less than a minute

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Pete424

2021-11-25 16:48

So it's got nothing to do with the large crowds in confined spaces? Because that would mean it was a stupid idea to get loads of people together in a confined space singing along. Blame the foreigners who were drinking…

Stardust

2021-11-25 19:45

2 hours ago, Pete424 said: So it's got nothing to do with the large crowds in confined spaces? Because that would mean it was a stupid idea to get loads of people together in a confined space singing along. Blame…

AlexPTY

2021-11-26 06:43

This festival went "under strict measures" so organizers and those who allowed this stupid thing have to face consequences. No? Sorry...

Saltire

2021-11-26 10:21

14 hours ago, Stardust said: The society has to learn to conentrate more on the people at risk, health issues and older people and sure they should not go where many people are or go clubbing etc. but I guess…

Stardust

2021-11-26 10:29

5 minutes ago, Saltire said: As a member of this elite group of sickly old people I agree 100%. Not likely in Thailand though as it took me 3 months to get vaccinated and the first jab is effectively useless.…

Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.