Covid set to be seasonal, expert says

Annual jabs key to preventing outbreak

As Covid-19 looks set to become a seasonal disease like influenza, the government should provide annual vaccinations, especially for those who are living with chronic health conditions and/or the elderly, according to a prominent virologist.

The head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, Yong Poovorawan, said in a Facebook post since more than 70% of the world’s population have been infected by Covid-19, case numbers will only spike when conditions are conducive for mass transmission — for example, during the onset of the rainy season.

Since at least 80% of all Thais have been vaccinated and/or infected at some point, the severity of symptoms reported by patients will…