The Thai government is patting itself on the back again, with a spokesperson saying officials have been praised by the World Health Organisation. Traisuree Taisaranakul says the administration has been cited as a “role model” for its management of the Covid-19 pandemic.
She was speaking after a meeting between the health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghrebreyesus, and the WHO’s regional director for Southeast Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh. According to a Nation Thailand report, the meeting took place at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Traisuree says both Ghrebreyesus and Singh praised Thailand for its handling of Covid-19.
“The WHO will use Thailand’s Covid-19 management as a role model to create an international standard for disease management worldwide.”
According to Traisuree, the WHO also praised…
