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Govt hopes to declare Covid-19 endemic by July 1

A health professional vaccinates an elderly woman against Covid-19 in Nonthaburi province early this month. Health authorities hope to speed up inoculations of elderly people, an important factor in redefining Covid-19 as an endemic disease by July 1 as the National Communicable Disease Committee plans. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The National Communicable Disease Committee expects the number of new coronavirus cases and fatalities to fall over the next few months, with Covid-19 becoming an endemic disease by July 1.

After chairing the committee’s meeting at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the committee came up with the plan to declare the disease endemic, as in European countries, to facilitate tourism and economic…

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