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Nation ‘ready’ for Deltacron

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul meets elderly people at a temporary Covid-19 vaccination station in a community in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The public health minister says Thailand is prepared to deal with any new variant of the coronavirus including the newly emerged Deltacron that is now being closely watched by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Anutin Charnvirakul, deputy prime minister and public health minister, said his ministry has prepared the necessary medical tools, vaccines and drugs to ensure it can fight the virus no matter how it may mutate.

Mr Anutin said he believed the government’s Covid-19 preventive measures — social distancing, mask-wearing, hand washing and so on — are still effective.

“We are not worried about any new…

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