Covid-19 is by far the deadliest international disaster this century. The pandemic has affected the health and livelihood of the vast majority of the world’s population. It has also resulted in massive economic losses on a scale rarely seen before. Thailand was the first country outside China to confirm a new coronavirus case. Nevertheless, the country met the challenge and succeeded in maintaining single-digit or zero infections in Thailand, to the extent that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Grebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), urged “all countries to follow Thailand.”
The world viewed Thailand’s early Covid-19 success as an inspiring underdog story because it…
