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Covid-19 not yet endemic

Covid-19 not yet endemic

Kingdom still at risk of fresh outbreaks

Travelers wear face masks to prevent Covid-19 infection at Suvarnabhumi airport on April 9. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Thailand cannot yet declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease as the country is still at risk of a fresh wave being triggered, Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine, warned on Monday.

About two years into the pandemic, everyone wants to see the end of the spread of the virus but the disease cannot yet be declared endemic, he said during a Siriraj Hospital Facebook Live session.

He said the virus can still trigger a new outbreak and the country must still fully…

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