The Public Health Ministry has raised the nation’s Covid-19 alert level from 3 to 4 following a rapid increase in Omicron variant infections.
Health permanent secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit announced the decision on Thursday morning.
He said raising the warning to level 4 included encouraging people to work from home, suspend travel, closing risk areas and limiting the number of people at gatherings.
“We are seeing a fast outbreak at this time. There are several provinces that have more than one new case, including 769 cases in Chon Buri and 454 in Bangkok. So we do need to raise the warning to level 4,” he said at a press conference in Phuket.
The decision came after…
