At Thai New Year, or Songkran, there are usually big water fights and people travel to visit their parents. Celebrations, often involving alcohol, have been scaled back to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

在泰国新年（宋干节）期间，通常会举行大规模的泼水活动，人们会去看望父母，还会饮酒庆祝。为了遏制新冠病毒的传播，今年的新年庆祝活动规模已经缩减。

Thailand has confirmed 2,423 coronavirus cases, with 32 fatalities. More than half the cases have been in Bangkok, where a mobile testing system is being rolled out.

泰国新冠肺炎确诊病例已达2423例，其中32人死亡。超过一半的病例出现在曼谷，该市正在推出移动新冠病毒检测站。

“The culture ministry has asked to stop all Songkran activities, traveling back to hometowns and pouring water for blessings with older family members,” said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

“文化部已经要求停止所有的宋干节活动，让人们不要返回家乡，不要和年长的家庭成员一起泼水祈福”，泰国政府的新冠病毒疫情管理中心发言人Taweesin Wisanuyothin说。

“Pay respect to elders from one to two meters … remember older people have the highest risk of dying,” he said.

他说：“向老人行礼的时候要和他们保持一到两米的社交距离……记住，老年人的死亡风险最高。”

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