Fresh outbreak feared over New Year

Most respondents in a poll conducted by the Department of Health have expressed concern about another possible outbreak of Covid-19, especially the Omicron variant, if New Year celebrations continue as planned.

Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, chief of the Department of Health, said there will be a huge movement of people over the long weekend which could ramp up the number of daily infections despite the country having already administered over 100 million vaccine doses.

As such, the public should refrain from lowering their guard and follow the Ministry of Public Health’s universal prevention to keep Covid at bay, he noted.

“The ministry’s concern about mass gatherings during the New Year festival is no different from the latest poll we conducted. It showed that people are afraid of possible outbreaks of the new Omicron variant,” he said.

The department…