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Outpatient service seen as the ‘new normal’

Outpatient service seen as the ‘new normal’

Public programmed as endemic era looms

A man collects his medicine from a dispensing machine at Rajavithi Hospital on Tuesday as the ‘Outpatients under Self-Isolation’ system is being offered to people with Covid-19 who have mild or no symptoms. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Public Health Ministry sought public understanding about the newly launched Outpatient under Self-Isolation service on Tuesday as it manages the transition of Covid-19 to an endemic disease.

It expects the new service will replace home isolation in most cases.

Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said 95% of cases are now either asymptomatic or mild, meaning there is no need for most people who are infected to receive…

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