Cautious optimism that Thailand’s second-wave outbreak is in decline led the prime minister to tease today a loosening of restrictions as soon as next month, while City Hall prepares to allow some businesses to reopen.
Speaking at the Government House, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the outbreak is declining as health officials succeed in containing it. He said that if things continue to go well, he may authorize the reopening of businesses and schools nationwide as soon as two weeks from now.
Hundreds of migrant Myanmar workers were quickly found infected within days of the first case being discovered on Dec. 18. Within a week, the virus had reached nearly half of the nation’s provinces. After peaking at 745 new cases on Jan. 4, likely due to a reporting lull during the year-end holidays, daily reports fell to an average of 277 confirmed cases each day….
