Nakhon Ratchasima governor pulls the plug on music festival amid Covid-19 fears

The decision was made by the provincial governor and the provincial Communicable Diseases Committee.
There were also rumours that a 43-year-old woman with fever had come from Chiang Mai to attend the music festival. The woman and her close contacts have tested negative.
Nakhon Ratchasima Governor Wichian Chantaranothai on Sunday called the agencies involved in organising the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district for an urgent meeting after finding many complaints about lax Covid-19 control measures, including lack of a limit on the number of people who could attend, not enforcing the wearing of masks and social distancing.
Tens of thousands of people had flocked to the Ocean Khao Yai area, the stage for the music festival, originally scheduled for Saturday-Sunday evening. Crowds gathered outside the entrance to the venue for 2-3 hours on Saturday night.
Only 50,000 people were eventually allowed inside, from the original capacity of more than 150,000 people on 500 rai (80 hectares), in order to comply with orders from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.