BANGKOK - Thailand has approved more measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic after a recent outbreak in the country, including soft loans and reducing utility bills, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday.

Electricity and water will be subsided until March, Prayuth told a briefing, and Internet prices will also be supported to promote working from home. Low interest loans will be available for business owners, while further measures of a monthly 3,500 baht ($116) per person will be considered next week.

($1 = 30.1500 baht)

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat, Satawasin Staporncharnchai and Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Martin Petty) ((chayut.setboonsarng@tr.com, Twitter: @ChayutSet; +66854849033;))