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Tourist city Chiang Mai warns locals not to take part in Songkran water festival

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Popular tourist city Chiang Mai in northern Thailand was quiet today after the government cancelled the annual Songkran festival due to the coronavirus.

Footage shows a canal that is normally packed with holidaymakers preparing to have water fights now empty.

There also are signs that say it is illegal to take part in the Songkran festival this year and violators will be fine for 2,000THB (49GBP).

Thailand has declared 2,369 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus and 30 deaths. The disease comes from Wuhan, China.

Thailand's measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic include a ban on all passenger flights, mandatory face masks, a national 10pm curfew and the closure of all non-essential customer-facing businesses.

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