FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty square ouside CentralWorld shopping mall, which usually is crowded with tourists during a Songkran festival, after the government banned this festival amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans public-private partnership (PPP) projects worth 1.09 trillion baht ($33.39 billion) during 2020-2027, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the government tries to revive the struggling economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The 92-project plan includes 18 high-priority infrastructure projects worth 472 billion baht, Prapas Kong-Ied, head of the

State Enterprise Policy Office, said in a statement.

The government has promoted investment to spur long-term economic growth as Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy is heavily reliant on global demand, and exports have been weak.

The outbreak is hitting activity and the tourist sector, particularly hard, as Thailand has imposed a night curfew, having closed malls and bars and banned passenger flights to try to limit the spread.

The country has reported 2,643 cases of infection and 43 deaths.