COVID-19 will remain Thailand’s most significant health threat this year and the number of infections may reach 650,000, with a predicted death toll of over 800, by the end of the year, according to Dr. Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director-general of the Disease Control Department.
Last year, 652,868 people were infected with COVID-19 and 848 people died from the disease.
Due to the constant mutation of the virus, he advised people at high risk, such as the elderly, pregnant women, diabetics, those with high blood pressure, the obese, people with chronic kidney problems or cancer, to get vaccinated at least once a year, to wear face masks in crowded places and to wash their hands frequently.
Dr. Thongchai warned that, in addition to COVID-19, influenza and dengue fever also remain serious health threatsthis year.
Flu is a serious infectious disease which can be fatal, he said,…
